RE: Left/Right... can't we do better than this?

From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Wed May 21 2003 - 02:07:50 MDT

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    Phil writes

    > Actually, it is the choice of the variables to map to
    > the dimensions which is important. Nolan saw
    > correctly that (1) there could be a fairly clean
    > division of state coercion into social vs. economic
    > and (2) that this division in fact reflected closely
    > the real political divisions, so much so, in fact,
    > that he ventured to use the resultant map to make
    > predictions as to future trends and possible
    > successful strategies. (Note that I am well aware -
    > as is David Nolan - that the division between social
    > and economic levels of coercion embodies a lot of
    > crossover and ambiguity. Not enough to render the
    > chart useless, however, by a long shot.)
    >
    > He could, after all, have used other variables:
    > red/blond hair vs. black/brunette, or, race-based, or
    > rich vs. poor, but none of these mapped as well to
    > anything useful.
    >
    > Unfortunately, he followed up this tour-de-force with
    > the creation of the Libertarian Party, which was
    > largely a disaster for the freedom movement, as I and
    > many others predicted at the time.

    You did? Could you say more about why the Libertarian
    Party was/is such a disaster? I did not realize that
    this viewpoint existed.

    Thanks,
    Lee



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