Nolan Chart

In 1971, a man named David Nolan had a problem. He no longer believed that the political spectrum could be divided up into left and right, conservative and liberal, because he disagreed with both. He sought to come up with a way to express the diversity he saw in political views and created what is now known as the Nolan Chart. As you can see the Nolan Chart has five possible positions for a person to take politically; conservative, liberal, libertarian, statist (totalitarian), and centrist. Of course you can land anywhere between two views as well. Nolan actually went on to create the Libertarian Party (lp.org) in 1971 as well, by joining with other people who wanted to escape the two-party system. The Libertarian Party has grown to be the third largest political party in the U.S.

Another way to look at the Nolan Chart is like the above image. An absolute libertarian wants complete personal freedom and complete economic freedom from the government. A person like that, who is at the very top of the libertarian section is called an anarchist. Because to have complete control of your personal and economic resources would mean there is no government. A person who believes the government should have complete control over their personal life and economics would be at the very bottom of the totalitarian bracket. This person would be a communist or a fascist. Communism and fascism are the exact same thing because they are both total government control. The only difference between a communist and a fascist is which side of left and right they are. For example, Soviet Russia. until 1991, was a communist government which is the liberal form of total government. In 1942, Nazi Germany was a fascist government which is the conservative form of total government. Examples of both exist today. Don't worry if you don't understand the communism vs. fascism part yet, I'm planning to write another post completely dedicated to that.

I want to encourage you to take the survey on the Nolan Chart (click here). Its so important that you realize where you stand politically. There are no wrong answers in the survey, you just need to answer honestly. Personally, I ended up being ranked pretty differently than I expected. But now that I know where my views are I can solidify them by joining with like minded people. If you wouldn't mind, it would be awesome to see your political standings posted on here or on Facebook. I won't share my standings but you can probably take a guess according to my repulsion to federal government power. Through all the muck of political games I hope you will be able to stick to your values and understand how your political views will contribute to restoring the constitution America.