1. 2015: 15 years old, getting invested into politics. "Socialism is the best ideology because solidarity and social progress for all the people would work when everybody would work for one another". I am fully submerged in old Soviet and East German propaganda, even hearing some march songs when I am under the shower.

2. 2016: I am in 11th grade, extremely cringy ancap phase. Doing weird NAP jokes. "Everything should be based in private contracts. Any time of government is oppressive. Tax is theft and hindering true human development. Only unrestricted markets are truly efficient. ". But you know... the roads. Damn.

3. 2017 - 2022: Basically evolving from Ancap to more government laissez-fare market economy." Markets are usually more efficient, however social cohesion may suffer disproportionately and thus erode social identification needed for society to work." First half of this period I would consider myself libertarian. I start studying electrical engineering.

4. 2022: Basically classical liberalism with an European touch meaning some leaning to green and working class parties.

I am fully adult and start my first job, have massive trouble getting back in a normal life after the pandemic, studies go smoothly. Starting my first full-time job. The Ukraine war happens.

5. The Ukraine war is going for two years, record high inflation, the rise of sympathy for authoritarian intervention of government can be felt in Europe. I start feeling like the Europeans really are in dire need for a common identity because social cohesion is falling. Migration crisis, fall of real wages, economy stagnant, population is getting older. All this making me more open for government promoting this common identity, not because I personally would like that for me but rather this is simply something most people would benefit from. At least that's how I feel like due to the social problems we are facing. More sympathy towards military spending and flexing NATO military might against Russia. More eager to provoke in foreign policy. I begin to see the beginning of some sort of second cold war between the west and east. 5G hardware by Huawei is getting banned in European countries (and rightfully so) ; the rise of two autonomous technospheres has begun. This results in more need for common ideology based in western democratic values, higher public spending especially in defense. Its important to show the US that we are trustworthy allies and backing the US up whenever possible

Last paragraph was my biased assessment of the status quo. How was your political progression. Have you had similar paths?.

What would the Z-axis be on the political compass? The current 2 axises, X and Y, are centralization(Y) and economic(X).

Article Unlock Link: https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/election-2024-quiz-poll-ideology-7533f46b?st=70z7i57m6685f4l&reflink=share_mobilewebshare

Yes, assassinations have been turned off, Democracy 3

Here's the first version of it: https://i.imgur.com/Feu1pgM.jpeg

I really liked the simplicity and straight-forwardness of this political compass I saw a while ago, but I felt like a few things were out of place or just didn't make a whole lot of sense, so I set out to make my own modified version of it.

I wanted to paint broad strokes that could encompass many different ideologies inside of each separator and tried to avoid highly specific and niche ideologies (which I actually found pretty hard to do and probably failed in doing in a few instances). I tried to make this as agreeable, unbiased, and intellectually honest as possible.

I especially would like some feedback on the left quadrants since I'm a rightoid myself so I'm not super familiar with the intricacies of all the different variants of being a commie.

I'm also not very happy with where I placed Social Democracy (since I feel that would just belong to the lower-left part of Liberalism) but I couldn't think of anything else to put in there. Also not entirely sure if Georgism, Market Anarchism and Market Socialism all fit where I put them. Any suggestions here would be highly appreciated.

Keep in mind of course that this is just a rough first draft and I will actually try to focus on making it look aesthetically pleasing like the original once I get all of the positions right.