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# The Libertarian Right (Classical liberals such as Adam Smith as well as libertarians) - These individuals value both economic and personal freedom. They are support the free market like conservatives but they align with liberals when it comes to civil rights and freedoms.
 
# The Libertarian Right (Classical liberals such as Adam Smith as well as libertarians) - These individuals value both economic and personal freedom. They are support the free market like conservatives but they align with liberals when it comes to civil rights and freedoms.
 
# The Libertarian Left (Modern liberals such as Noam Chomsky and Ralph Nader would fall into this quadrant) - Modern liberals believe that government has no right invading people's personal lives (as long as they aren't harming others) but favour more government intervention in the economy to reduce poverty and to promote equality.
 
# The Libertarian Left (Modern liberals such as Noam Chomsky and Ralph Nader would fall into this quadrant) - Modern liberals believe that government has no right invading people's personal lives (as long as they aren't harming others) but favour more government intervention in the economy to reduce poverty and to promote equality.
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# The Authoritarian Right (Modern conservatives and at the more extreme end, fascists) - The authoritarian right promotes free market economics but believes that people's personal lives should be strictly regulated. Conservatives such as Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, and Margaret Thatcher are in this quadrant. Fascists such as Augusto Pinochet are also included in this quadarant but are at the most extreme ends, while conservatives tend to fall between centrist and moderate authoritarian.
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* The Authoritarian Left
    
==Extreme polarization==
 
==Extreme polarization==

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