The Political Spectrum

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The Political Spectrum
What is Populism?
What is a Libertarian?
What is the role of political parties?
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Moderate

• A person who takes a position in the political
  center
• Centrist

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Liberal

• Favoring social freedom permissive
• Favoring ideas that treat all people with equal
  justice regardless of educational, financial,
  sexual or racial status.

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Liberalism

• Principle tenets of liberalism include
• That governments rule with the consent of the
  governed.
• That all people have equal rights under the law.
• That no person shall be deprived or property
  without due process of law.
• That the freedom of individuals shall not be
  arbitrarily abridged.

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Conservative

• A person who favors maintenance of the status quo
  or reversion to some earlier status.
• Tending to resist change.

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Conservatism

• The inclination, especially in politics, to
  maintain the existing or traditional order.
• A political philosophy or attitude emphasizing
  respect for traditional institutions, distrust of
  government activism, and opposition to sudden
  change in the established order.

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Democrat

• In political science, a democrat is an advocate,
  follower, or proponent of democracy. One who
  practices social equality is commonly referred to
  as a Democrat.

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Republican

• An advocate of a republic (usually in opposition
  to a monarchy)
• A member of the GOP (Grand Old Party

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Socialism

• The political philosophy (or group of political
  philosophies) that supports a high degree of
  social and economic equality, coupled with
  collective decision-making and some degree of
  collective or public ownership over productive
  capital and natural resources.

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Reactionary

• An extremely conservative person or position that
  not only resists change but seeks to return to
  the good old days of an earlier social order.

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Communism

• A socialist society in which resources are held
  collectively, under the slogan "from each
  according to his or her ability, and to each
  according to his or her need", and in which the
  State is either abolished because it is harmful
  or withers away because it is no longer required.
  Communism is the final aim of revolutionary
  socialist ideologies such as Marxism and
  anarchism.
• A classless, stateless society in which its
  members have free access to all resources.

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Fascism

• A system of government marked by centralization
  of authority under a dictator, stringent
  socioeconomic controls, suppression of the
  opposition through terror and censorship, and
  typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and
  racism.
• Oppressive, dictatorial control.

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Populism

• 'Populism' is a political philosophy that holds
  that the common person is oppressed by the elite
  in society, and that the instruments of the State
  need to be grasped from this self-serving elite
  and used for the benefit and advancement of the
  people as a whole. A populist reaches out to
  ordinary people, talking about their economic and
  social concerns, and appealing to their common
  sense.

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Libertarian

• One who advocates maximizing individual rights
  and minimizing the role of the state.
• One who believes in free will.

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The Role of Political Parties