1/ Okay, let's do this right. Ideologies are complex combinations of utopian aspirations and realist calculations
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2/ To read the diagram above, the project every round dot to x-axis for real part, to y-axis for imaginary part
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3/ Both are important. Imaginary part anchors the ideological narrative. Real part is anchor reality for adversarial political negotiations
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4/ Why are right and left the imaginary axes? Because both are half-utopias. Halftopias.
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5/ Why are regular and alt on the real axis? Because alt and regular are always in tug-o-war for future.
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6/ This is a *complex* plane, not a regular 2x2. Don't try to read it like one.
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7/ Subtle implication: regular being on right half means status quo is unstable by definition in complex analysis terms
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9/ Math-literate will ask: why don't poles exist in symmetric pairs about x-axis? Because net political eqn at any time not necessarily real
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10/ That said, poles do exist in approximate symmetric pairs if they have serious heft. So Berniesm is approx mirror of Trumpism.
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