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The Three Telos Model or Triangle political Map is a way to describe political beliefs based on the core axiom of the philosophy. It is based on the concept of a [[w:ternary plot]] where the different underlying philosophies can be mixed but must sum up to the totality of the of the persons ideological position.
A video explanation of this model can be found [https://youtu.be/LA9dFRCX0KM here].
Different political philosophers also argue that a good political ideology must also incorporate additional constraints. For instance, from the right, Milton Friedman advocated for the necessity of putting one of two desired values ahead of the other by stating "A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both". From the left, anarchist Mikhail Bakunin argued that a good political ideology must have both significant amounts of freedom and equality, stating that "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice; socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality". ▼
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===Equity/Equality of
* Justification: Equity can be good because it is fair and reduces harm and abuses of power in many ways
* Philosophical foundation: Young Hegelians and Marxism
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== Nonlinear spaces ==
Not all ways of classifying a political ideology need map to a cube or use the standard p-norm distances.
What is often called [[w:Horseshoe theory|horseshoe theory]] claims that the extreme authoritarian economic left (Communism) is adjacent or close to extreme authoritarian economic right (neo-reactionism/fascism). A classification that follows this thought must then place these two close by or next to each other: either by using dimensions where they naturally fit next to each other, or by making opinion space curved so that going in the direction of fascism leads to Communism.
▲Different political philosophers also argue that a good political ideology must also incorporate additional constraints. For instance, from the economic right, Milton Friedman advocated for the necessity of putting one of two desired values ahead of the other by stating "A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both". From the economic left, anarchist Mikhail Bakunin argued that a good political ideology must have both significant amounts of freedom and equality, stating that "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice; socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality".
Such additional constraints would impose further structure on a political classification chart; however, it may still be useful to represent political ideologies that violate the constraints. Even if they are in some way suboptimal or are inherently self-contradictory, people may still hold them.
==Calculations==
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