PoliticalMatters/PoliticalCompassAxes

I've been doing some thinking on the two sets of axes used by the two tests quoted on /PoliticalCompass and I think I've worked out the relationship between them.

politicalcompass.org uses:
- Axis 1: Economic Freedom vs Economic Security
- Axis 2: Social Freedom vs Social Security

beasts.org uses:
- Axis 1: Freedom vs Security
- Axis 2: Pragmatism vs Idealism

The links seem to be:
High Freedom = High Economic Freedom + High Social Freedom
High Idealism = High Economic Security + High Social Freedom

Where:

FREEDOM
more or less corresponds to the % of GDP controlled by the state:

  95 % USSR
  60 % Sweden
  50 % UK
  40 % USA
  05 % Tax haven with no public defence force or welfare state

PRAGMATISM
seems to correspond to the balance of power between the demos and the elite.

SOCIAL FREEDOM

  free thought (you can disagree with the state)
  free speech (you can publish what you think)
  free dress (you can wear what you want)
  free worship (you can pray to whom you wish)
  free culture (you can use your mother tongue)
  free travel (no permits required)
  free sex (marry and fuck and raise kids how you like)
  free art (plays, music, pictures)
  free death (suicide, abortion, death penalty, dueling)

ECONOMIC FREEDOM

  the freedom to offer and accept mutually agreeable contracts
  the freedom to own property and put it at risk
  the freedom to pass on what you win to whomever you wish

ECONOMIC SECURITY

  some property is held in public trust to be used for the common good
  a welfare state exists to protect even the less successful
  taxation and the economy are regulated for stability and to prevent abuse

SOCIAL SECURITY

  reduce external and internal threats through watchfulness and control
  protection of traditions and national identity
  maintain public decency and moral standards
  strength through unity
  efficiency through uniformity
  effective education and direction through cohesion - speaking with one voice

This seems to tie in with [David Brin's 4 Memes]: Paranoia, Machismo, Homogeneity and Tolerance.

These roughly correspond as follows
Paranoid - fear of external invasion = high value on security (low value on freedom)
Homogeneity - fear of civil strife = high value on social security
Tolerance - fear of persecution = high value on social freedom
Machismo - fear of being screwed over = high value on pragmatism

Which gives us:

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There is now also a [Political Spectrum Quiz] at gotoquiz.com

It uses "Libertarian vs Authoritarian" for one axis, and "Left vs Right" for the other. I'm not sure how it corresponds to the other two quizes. --Pallando