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The other right: what’s wrong with the Political Compass

17 October 2018

7:54 AM

17 October 2018

7:54 AM

There’s something wrong with the Political Compass.

I was trying, earlier this year, to write an article about the fundamental values of the left and the right. The more I wrote the more the article unravelled itself, line by line. Eventually, I made the embarrassing discovery that I didn’t really understand what right wing was.

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