Unjerked E43 Political Compass Part 1

0:00 – 0:29 Intro, podcast context, political compass topic
0:29 – 1:18 Internet political compass memes and test explained
1:18 – 1:49 2004 test questions outdated (gay rights example)
1:49 – 2:47 Problems with left vs right, size of government issue
2:47 – 4:14 Multiple dimensions beyond left/right (economic, social, global)
4:14 – 7:03 Parties vs ideology vs identity, contradictions in US two-party system
7:03 – 10:02 Pre-French Revolution elite politics, religion, mob/populism in Rome/Byzantium
10:02 – 11:25 French Revolution origins of left and right (estates seating)
11:25 – 14:04 Populism and elites, left vs right definitions of “elites”
14:04 – 17:55 Research on weak correlation between ideology and policy positions
17:55 – 21:19 Symbolic conservatism vs operational liberalism, limousine liberals
21:19 – 23:58 Polarization, identity markers more important than policy
23:58 – 28:57 Economic axes: trade, fiscal, monetary policy, party flips
28:57 – 29:30 Wrap-up and preview of part two