[MD] Value and the Individual

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Craig, previously]
> I prefer to view the "political space" is terms of 3 mutually
> perpendicular axes: "economic", "social" & "foreign affairs".
> The "economic axis" ranges from free markets at one end to
> increased government intervention/spending on the other.
> The "social axis" ranges from free speech, abortion rights, freedom
> of association, etc. at one end to censorship, anti-abortion laws &
> prohibition at the other.
> The "foreign affairs axis" is less clear.  It can either be thought of as
> ranging from nationalism to internationalism or else as ranging from
> isolationism to interventionism.


[Krimel]
> I've seen libertarians use this sort of Cartesian division of political
> space with good effect.

Thank you for the compliment.

[Krimel]
> You might have a dictatorship that promotes both laisser-faire and
> civil liberties. The labels just don't fit.

Huh?  Your example fits my labels perfectly.  Such a government
would be on the free market end of the "economic axis" & on the
"civil liberty" end of the "social axis".
You do point out the need for a different axis: one that ranges from
democratic to autocratic.
Craig