Free thinker v establishment
How much should we defer to experts and institutions?
Free thinkerEstablishment
Where left and right fall short.
You might favour change on one issue and want to protect what we have on another. These four lines give you a way to describe that without squeezing all your views into one label.
Rooted v cosmopolitan
How much does where we come from matter?
RootedCosmopolitan
National v global
Who should have the final say over our laws?
NationalGlobal
Conserving v progressing
What should change, and what should be kept?
ConservingProgressing
Free thinker v establishment
How much trust do you put in experts and established institutions? When would you question their judgement and follow your own? People can respect expertise while disagreeing about how much deference it deserves.
Rooted v cosmopolitan
Some people feel a strong attachment to the place they come from, its traditions and the people around them. Others feel more at home moving between places and cultures. This line asks how much those local ties should shape the way we live.
National v global
Who should have the final say over the rules we live under? This line asks how much power should stay with national governments and how much they should share through international agreements and institutions.
Conserving v progressing
When something needs to change, how much of what we already have should we keep? Someone can want to conserve liberal freedoms as strongly as someone else wants to preserve an older tradition. The question is what they value and how quickly they think it should change.