Op de briljante website Information is Beautiful staat een mooi diagram dat de verdeling tussen links en rechts uitbeeldt:

Klik om een grote versie te bestuderen. Er staat veel in.

Probleem is dat de geldigheid van de voorstelling hevig wordt betwist. Ziehier de discussie. Een commentaar dat eruit springt komt van ene John:

Nice artwork, but totally flawed. The reality is the chart should be labeled “Statist” vs “Individualist.” The Left are elitists and Statists who think that they should be in charge of an enlightened State that can perfect human nature. They are utopian and backwards looking (proceeding Forward into the Past towards the next socialist dictatorship, with the best of intentions in their hearts), trying to create something that can never be. They believe in communitarianism and shallow egalitarianism (aka “some animals are more equal than others”). Their vision is as old as Plato’s Republic.

The Individualists are meritocrats who think that human nature is flawed and cannot be perfected, so the best form of government is that which governs least yet empowers the individual. They believe in individual responsibility, equal opportunity and meritocracy.

How’s that for some counter stereotypes??

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