Meta-Political Compass Expanded Universe

Meta-political compass, expanded universe. The idea is that the political compass at each position on the compass represents what the people in that position see the axes of the political compass as being. People's governance Confused Confused Conquest Exploitation Governance Civilization Left Right Civilization Chaos / decadence Tyranny of structurelessness Social justice Exploitation Authoritarianism Conservative Permissive Equality Plutocracy Other yin Yin Yang Other yang Blank slate Human nature Social authoritarianism Civilization Capitalism Chaos / decadence Economic authoritarianism Economic freedom Social freedom Freedom Authoritarianism Left Right Freedom Confused Plutocracy Confused Equality Tyranny Confused Freedom

A dense diagram expands the political compass into a layered “meta-political compass,” with multiple smaller four-axis charts connected around a central grid. The joke is that every political position interprets the axes themselves differently, creating an increasingly confusing recursive map of ideologies and contradictions. It is typically shared as an absurd reaction to overcomplicated political theory or endless ideological classification.

• @beobanka / 5119 2020-11-23