• Ajen@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    1 month 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.”

    • CalipherJones@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 month ago

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

      • Ajen@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        1 month ago

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

        • CalipherJones@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          1 month 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.

          • Ajen@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            1 month ago

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