The Opposition

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SweetasNuts
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24.02.2024 15:53:35
Richard Fromage

SweetasNuts wrote:
Listen up everyone I have got a 2:1 from university in politics and economics so I think you will find that I know more than you about politics  

Goedendag,

That's what we in the business like to call, an 'Argument to authority fallacy' whereby ones argument rests upon ones own authority as a means to undermine ones opponent. Of course, at first glance, having a mid level politics degree would imply you know more about politics than somebody who lacks that same degree, however, practically speaking we know that ones qualifications don't make one infallible when it comes to ones area of 'expertise', and indeed ones opponent can in fact know more than oneself about ones chosen field even without the same qualification.

Not only was this a particularly silly thing to say that I hope was said ironically, but it also implies that you don't think anybody in this thread could possibly have a degree in politics that even compares or outranks a 2:1, which is an even sillier proposition. Even if this were the case, it actually demonstrates the fallacy perfectly, as we can see from this thread (assuming you are in the fact the most qualified in political affairs) you've been absolutely bodied when it comes to both understanding and competence from almost every single response.

Riĉardo Fromaĝo

24.02.2024 15:53:35
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24.02.2024 18:14:42
KatieBoutique

SweetasNutsy wrote:
"This a thread for the government's opposition to discuss Ximboland politics."

1. Our government is only as good as our opposition.
2. A good government needs a good opposition.
3. Left and right are an axis along which we move from control and rules on the left to freedom and individualism on the right.

The challenge for me is to figure out how to shoehorn flatland concepts into Ximbolandian ones.
I'll take these two concepts, "opposition" and "The Left/Right Axis" as starters and do something really weird...
If the 6 states/islands' Ideologies were flavors of ice cream, what would they be?

Reasonopia - Vanilla
Secville - Strawberry
Agnostica - Strawberry with sprinkles
Antitheocra - Strawberry with nuts
Atheista - Strawberry with everything
FreeThinkerLand - Frozen Yogurt

Since the concept of "opposition" is now on the table, this thread is the Ideal place to map out State Ideologies and State Names and perhaps introduce State Political Alliances with New Ximboland Political Parties. Without objection...and even with it...that is what I think I'll do here.

Opposition.
Very interesting.
A necessary evil, perhaps...
and one that screams (silently) - if this flatlandarious shoehorning is to get traction - for a more comprehensive ice cream selection.

Let's see what we can do.

Erratum Slip:
Maybe I should introduce The Ximdependent Party Platform here, instead of putting it in it's own discrete Topical Threadimus...


24.02.2024 18:14:42
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24.02.2024 23:36:03
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25.02.2024 14:30:12
Jonathan

hey guys it's jonathan

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25.02.2024 15:01:54
Theodora Dee

hi jonathan 

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25.02.2024 15:17:47
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Jonathan wrote:
hey guys it's jonathan
hey jonathan!

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25.02.2024 20:41:31
Heydi

there is an alternative to the political compass (2-axes). It isn’t perfect but it provides insight into specific ideas of ideologies, something a singular axes scale or compass fails to do.

9axes
https://9axes.github.io

25.02.2024 20:41:31
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25.02.2024 21:04:52
KatieBoutique

What is 9Axes?

9Axes, based off of 8values is a political quiz that attempts to assign percentages on nine different political axes. You will be presented by a statement, and then you will answer with your opinion on the statement, from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree, with each answer slightly affecting your scores. At the end of the quiz, your answers will be compared to the maximum possible for each value, thus giving you a percentage. Answer honestly!

There are two versions of the quiz: a full version with 24 questions per axis, for a total of 216 questions, and a short version with 5 questions per axis, for a total of 45 questions. Feel free to take whichever.

What are the nine axes values?

There are nine independent axes, where each has two opposing values assigned to them. They are:

Federal vs Unitary
Federal tends to favour stronger local governments, Unitary tends to prefer stronger national governments.

Democratic vs. Authoritarian
Democratic tends to favour elections and popular opinion, Authoritarian tends to prefer the judgement of the government.

Globalist vs. Isolationist
Globalist tends to favour international organizations, Isolationist tends to prefer avoiding international relations.

Militarist vs. Pacifist
Militarist tends to favour military action, Pacifist tends to prefer avoiding military action.

Security vs. Freedom
Security tends to favour government prioritizing safety, Freedom tends to prefer government prioritizing staying out of their lives

Equality vs. Markets
Equality tends to favour socialism, Markets tend to favour capitalism.

Secular vs. Religious
Secular tends to prefer religion to stay out of public life and government, those with highter religious scores tend to prefer religion having some effect on society

Progressive vs. Traditional
Progressive tends to favour scientific advancement and change, traditional tends to favour tradition.

Assimilationist vs. Multiculturalist
Assimilatinist tends to favour immigrants, if any, conforming to the national culture, Multiculturalist tends to prefer having many cultural identities in the nation

Prism Political Quiz

Based on feedback on this quiz and another quiz I made, I've made a new, better(hopefully) quiz. it can be accessed at https://prismquiz.github.io/

SixTriangles

Another quiz I've created based on feedback on this quiz, it can be accessed at https://sixtriangles.github.io/

Legal notice: The 8values project's license grants the rights to "modify, merge, publish, distribute" the software as long as "The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software." The included notice can be found here. This project is released under the same license.



25.02.2024 21:04:52
Katie Boutique - PhD Bimboland History - Full Time Educator
What’s your favorite charity?  Mine is Ximboland.
Miss BIMBO IS the Queen of Hearts.  Not the 2 of Clubs.
SweetasNuts IS the King of Diamonds.  Not the 2 of Spades.
Ximboland IS the Ace of Hearts.  Not the Joker.
PLAN 5 - fROM oUTER sPACE - CONFIRMED AND ENGAGED
The Beautiful Republic, Ximboland…
”…a secret world for Ximbos to be free, safe, beautiful and ridiculous.”
Antitheocra - The Home of Pink Crown Queen Miss Bimbo


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26.02.2024 02:00:20
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Dean Winchester wrote:
New manifesto where I encourage posting bimbo hole, consensual cannibalism, and I start a cult. Who wants to join my cult. We will have orgies every Thursday and Fridays are for doing shrooms or if you don’t like drugs, you will be doing whatever the hell you want
Im in 

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