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==Modern use==
==Modern use==
The Left/Right scale is a misleading way of comparing political systems. People use the Left/Right approach out of habit, but it leads to confusion. For example, [[Fascism]] is often placed on the Right and [[Socialism]] on the Left. Yet fascism is [[National Socialist German Workers Party|"National" Socialism]]. Indeed, the left/right scale is just an obsolete reference to the seating arrangement of the French Assembly in the 1790's. <ref>[http://www.lairdwilcox.com/news/nolanchart.html Beyond Left/Right]
The Left/Right scale is a misleading way of comparing political systems. People use the Left/Right approach out of habit, but it leads to confusion. For example, [[Fascism]] is often placed on the Right and [[Socialism]] on the Left. Yet fascism is [[National Socialist German Workers Party|"National" Socialism]]. Indeed, the left/right scale is just an obsolete reference to the seating arrangement of the French Assembly in the 1790's. <ref>[http://www.lairdwilcox.com/news/nolanchart.html Beyond Left/Right]
by [http://www.theadvocates.org/celebrities/marshall-fritz.html Marshall Fritz], 1987. Retrieved from lairdwilcox.com 05/25/07. </ref> In 1970, Denver advertising executive David Nolan invented the Nolan Chart to overcome the weakness of the outdated Left/Right political spectrum.
by [http://www.theadvocates.org/celebrities/marshall-fritz.html Marshall Fritz], 1987. Retrieved from lairdwilcox.com 05/25/07. </ref> In 1970, Denver advertising executive David Nolan invented the Nolan Chart to overcome the inherently illogical weakness of the outdated Left/Right political spectrum. <ref>[http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz-faq.html#faq02 Why did the Advocates create the World's Smallest Political Quiz?] Retrieved from theadvocates.org 06/01/07.</ref>
[[Image:Nolan-chart.svg|right|thumb|The Nolan Chart overcomes the weaknesses of the outdated Left/Right political spectrum.]]
[[Image:Nolan-chart.svg|right|thumb|The Nolan Chart overcomes the weaknesses of the outdated Left/Right political spectrum.]]
Centrists favor selective governmental intervention and temporary affiliations with others. They take a strong stance on few issues, prefering the middle position in most matters. Centrists emphasize practical solutions to current public issues.
Centrists favor selective governmental intervention and temporary affiliations with others. They take a strong stance on few issues, prefering the middle position in most matters. Centrists emphasize practical solutions to current public issues.
Furthermore, the old fashioned left-right model is fatally flawed. The model implies that if you "go too far" (i.e., are consistent) with any political idea, you end up, in some unexplicable way, at [[totalitarianism]] or anarchism, or maybe both. Pursue conservative thought to its logical extreme, according to this model, and you somehow end up at fascism, which is national socialism, or white supremacy or some other authoritarian position. If you pursue liberal thought too far, you supposedly end up at socialism or communism. This is inconsistent, and it ignores large philosophical differences between, liberalism and communism, and conservatism and fascism.
==Notes==
==Notes==