• CalipherJones@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Vast government structures that encompass the lives of hundreds of millions of people can’t be put on a single page. We shouldn’t focus on political identity. We should focus on what works.

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      4 days ago

      Are you saying it’s better to use one dimension to describe political ideology than 2 dimensions? Because that’s all I’m comparing. I’m not saying the political compass is perfect, I’m saying it’s better than “left VS right.”

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        4 days ago

        I’m saying human systems and the ideas surrounding them can’t be quantified by a single graph.

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          4 days ago

          I didn’t say they could be. But graphs can be helpful in understanding certain aspects of those systems/ideas.

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            4 days ago

            I suppose my nitpick is that it simplifies things so much that it obfuscates what we’re actually discussing a lot of the time.

            It becomes an argument of this vs that instead of what do we have to do to achieve common shared goals.

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              I disagree, I think having a common frame of reference is useful in discussing opposing viewpoints.