The Two Dimensions of the Political Compass
The two dimensions of the chart as demonstrated in the political compass represent a multi-axis political model that can be applied by the website in an exercise of naming or organizing political thought in relation to two scopes. This aspect of chart serves as a source of help to a new generation especially in extracting a better idea of their political viewpoints, along with the kind of political orientation they have. The creators of the website feel that one dimension is not enough as that would be politically restrictive and limiting in terms of choice. At the same time, restricting the chart to just one dimension would kill the social debate and it would be a bit challenging to get the expected diversity in political opinions from the survey tests taken on the website. Heinelt, Sweeting and Getimēs (164) support this explanation claiming that political leadership and community participation in the cities allow several respondents to a political survey so as to make remarks concerning their typical political culture. The primary theory of the political compass maintains that political ideology can be adequately assessed along two distinct and autonomous dimensions, which would not be achieved if the chart was restricted to one dimension. This would not give room for the need for the economy to be managed by a cooperative collective agency in an effort to analyze the collected results for political projections.
Weber's Three Dimensions: Power, Property, and Prestige
In keeping with Weber’s three dimensions (power, property, and prestige), the answers located the political dimensions on the website as it accommodates a diversity of political thoughts are expressed by the website. Weber developed these three dimensions as multidimensional approach to describing the prevailing social stratification in various governments that demonstrates the relationship among wealth, prestige and power. In essence, an individual’s power can be displayed in the social order using their existing status depicting their relative wealth, or shown in the economic order using their prevailing class depicting the prestige. At the same time, an individual’s order, according to Weber’s three dimensions, can be demonstrated within the political order using their existing political party depicting the power element.
Adolf Hitler and the Political Perspectives
Moreover, a well-known person picked who does not appear in any of the charts and can be put on the chart is Adolf Hitler. This was a German politician, orator, and Pan-German revolutionary who actively participate in the political developments across globe. He had a political dimension as revealed by the affiliation to the Nazi Party, where he served as the leader before rising to power as a German Chancellor. His actions in politics has immense contribution to the state of world politics as he propagated dictatorship before successfully initiating the Second World War in Europe through the invasion of Poland (Tetlock 116). The social perspectives of the chart’s dimensions depict the non-socialist side of Hitler as he advocated for the building of stronger state despite the means of achievement. He preferred massive human deaths to the establishment of the government, which correlates with the required political thoughts on the chart. On the economic perspectives, Hitler was not regarded as an extreme right-winger on the account of his economic policies. He largely relied on the Keynesian economic policies while slightly leaned towards the left side in keeping with some of the modern-day labor policies. These perspectives, therefore, are crucial for present political analysis.
Works Cited
Heinelt, Hubert, David Sweeting, " Panagiōtēs Getimēs. Legitimacy and Urban Governance: A Cross-National Comparative Study. Taylor " Francis, 2006.
Tetlock, Philip E. Counterfactual Thought Experiments in World Politics: Logical, Methodological, and Psychological Perspectives. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 1996. Print.
