world opinions
Same words, different politics. Hover the map, click a country.
left-leaning, progressivefree-market, often center-rightpro-Western opposition to nationalists no data
United States
North AmericaIndividual liberty and suspicion of government, on both sides
traditionalsecular
traditional to secular: -0.5survivalself-expression
survival to self-expression: 1.3"liberal" = left-leaning, progressive left vs
right: culture (religion, identity, values)
fights over abortiongunsraceimmigrationreligion
blind spots assumes its left/right is universalpartisan media bubbleslittle view of other systems
- 1776 revolt against a distant state
- 1861 civil war over slavery
- 1945 wins WWII, superpower
- 1964 Civil Rights Act
- 1991 wins the Cold War
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