tags: #publish links: [[Politics]] created: 2020-09-14 Mon --- # Eysenck's political framework From **Eysenck, H.J.** (1972): see also [[Origin of the terms Left and Right in Politics]] ![[Eysenck's political framework.png]] ## Explanation of Quadrants **Left-liberals:** In Eysenck’s view, left-liberals are tender-minded and neither radical nor traditional, suggesting that they are primarily motivated by a cooperative view of society and compassion for the weak. **Social Democrats:** Lean toward the radical side and are somewhat in-between the tender and tough-minded styles, suggesting that they are primarily motivated by economic equality. **Conservatives:** Lean toward the traditional side and are likewise in-between the tender and tough-minded styles, suggesting that they are primarily motivated by preserving what has worked in the past. **Fascists:** Are both tough-minded and traditional, suggesting that they take a harsh and authoritarian view of politics while at the same time seeing many elements of traditional society as worthy of preservation. **Communists:** Are both tough-minded and radical, taking an equally harsh and authoritarian view of politics, but with the aim of upending traditional society in favor of revolution.