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The '''Three Telos Model''' or "Triangle Political Map" or "Political Trichotomy" is an alternative to the standard two-dimensional [[political spectrum]]. It's a way to to describe political beliefs based on the core axiom of the philosophy. It is based on the concept of a [[w:ternary plot | ternary plot]] where the different underlying philosophies can be mixed but must sum up to the totality of the of the persons ideological position.
The '''Three Telos Model''' or "Triangle Political Map" or "Political Trichotomy" is a explanatory model of political ideology. It's a way to to describe political beliefs based on the core axiom of the philosophy called a telos. It is based on the concept of a [[w:ternary plot | ternary plot]] where the different underlying philosophies can be mixed but must sum up to the totality of the of the persons ideological position. This is a departure from the standard cartesian spaces such as the two-dimensional [[political spectrum]].

The core concept is that there are three teloses or axiomatic end goals which are fundamentally incompatible with each other. Favoring any one telos comes at the expense of another. In this way the model is an attempt to show how differing balances of core values result in different ideological positions.


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===Decomposition===
===Decomposition===


Many familiar concepts can be expresses as a decomposed aspect of the three teloses. Each telos has a different meaning in different context and the theory holds that each context should be able to be decomposed into three differing stances which align with each telos.
Many familiar concepts can be decomposed to align with each other within this concept.


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== Nonlinear spaces ==
== Nonlinear spaces ==


Not all ways of classifying a political ideology need map to a cube or use the standard p-norm distances.<ref>https://antinomiaimediata.wordpress.com/2018/11/28/ideological-dimensions/</ref>
The use of a Cartesian space has been the standard practice for mapping ideology but there is no clear reason why this topology is preferrable.<ref>https://antinomiaimediata.wordpress.com/2018/11/28/ideological-dimensions/</ref>

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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.


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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). This would imply a horse shaped political spectrum embedding in a 2D space. This concept has little to no academic traction but it does illustrate the once problem which arises from a simple 1D political spectrum. The Three Telos Model does not encounter such an issue as there can be many types of authoritarianism.
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Different political philosophers also argue that a good political ideology must also incorporate additional constraints. For instance, from the liberal economic position, 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 collectivist position, 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". These positions are not incompatible since both argue for the same result however the difference lies in what is controlled and what is expected to arise naturally.


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Political philosophers have argued that a good political ideology must also incorporate constraints between different desires. For instance, from the liberal economic position, 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". The implication of this being that both Equality and freedom are desirable but they have fundamental incompatibilities. Constraints such as these can be expressed by changing the topology of the ideological space to make having full Equality and Freedom impossible in the model.
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.


It may still be useful to represent political ideologies that violate the constraints and are practically untenable. Even if they are in some way suboptimal or inherently self-contradictory, people may still hold them. It is unclear if the ultimate goal of such political maps is to chart the space of what people claim to believe or what is political viable.
==Calculations==


Statistics that can be computed from a political spectrum and a set of candidates include:
* [[Centrist bias]]
* [[Mean minimum political distance]]


== References ==
== References ==
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