The reason to think in terms of ideological Turing test is that “opposite” is almost never correct. Almost nothing can be usefully simplified to a simple one-dimensional aspect where both ends are reasonable and common.
In the mulidimensional space of different personal influences (genetics, upbringing, current social environment, governmental and non-governmental support and constraint networks), there are likely multiple points of belief in the balance of choice vs non-choice. It’s just not useful to characterize one cluster as “opposite” of the other.
Personally, I find the three-axis model fairly compelling—it’s not that different political leanings come from different points on a dimension, it’s that they are focusing on completely different dimensions . Progressives tend to think of oppressor/oppressed, Conservatives about Barbarism/Civilisation, and Libertarians about Coercion/Freedom.
This does get accepted (to some extent—it’s still massively oversimple) by both liberal and conservative friends of mine, so passes at least one level of test.
The reason to think in terms of ideological Turing test is that “opposite” is almost never correct. Almost nothing can be usefully simplified to a simple one-dimensional aspect where both ends are reasonable and common.
In the mulidimensional space of different personal influences (genetics, upbringing, current social environment, governmental and non-governmental support and constraint networks), there are likely multiple points of belief in the balance of choice vs non-choice. It’s just not useful to characterize one cluster as “opposite” of the other.
Personally, I find the three-axis model fairly compelling—it’s not that different political leanings come from different points on a dimension, it’s that they are focusing on completely different dimensions . Progressives tend to think of oppressor/oppressed, Conservatives about Barbarism/Civilisation, and Libertarians about Coercion/Freedom.
This does get accepted (to some extent—it’s still massively oversimple) by both liberal and conservative friends of mine, so passes at least one level of test.