Dreams of equality, questions power
Each letter of the type code stands for the pole this type leans toward · neither pole is better than the other
Type distribution
28.39%As of August 5, 2026
These four axes build on well-established frameworks in political scienceHow we measure
The descriptions below are addressed to someone with this type.
Values even distribution, equality, and redistribution by the state
Everyone doing well together matters to you. You care not only about what markets produce but also about whether the gains are spread evenly, and you believe the state should give solid support to people who are struggling. You hope for a society whose shared safety net is wide enough that no one is left behind.
Values international cooperation, openness, and global solidarity
You see opportunity in cooperation and exchange across borders. You believe problems like climate change and migration are too big for any one country to solve alone and must be worked out together, and you stay open to other cultures and backgrounds. You hope for a world that grows more open and more connected.
Values individual freedom, rights, and checks on state power
You see individual freedom and rights as a line the state must not cross. You believe free expression, freedom of assembly, and private life must be protected, and that power must always be watched and held in check. You hope for a society where diversity and personal autonomy have room to breathe.
Values change, diversity, and reform
You believe society needs change and reform to keep improving. You're open to new values and different ways of living, and you listen to the voices of minorities and the vulnerable. You hope for a society that keeps changing for the better.
A fun look at real historical figures mapped onto the four axes — not an academic classification
From "Why Socialism?" on inequality to the dream of world government, from defying McCarthyism for freedom of thought to standing with the civil rights movement — a scientist who carried all four values at once.
Photo: Orren Jack Turner, 1947 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
From New Deal welfare to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, she spent a lifetime championing human rights across borders, equality for the vulnerable, and change that confronted discrimination.
Photo: Unknown author, 1933 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
A society where you can see a doctor without dreading the bill, where the same work earns the same pay, and where the house you were born into doesn't decide how far you get to go. Where neither a disaster on the far side of the planet nor an unfairness close to home is waved away with 'that's just how things are.'
Underneath these hopes is a refusal to file injustice under 'unavoidable.' So rather than leave things to the market alone, this stance backs strong institutions that hold everyone up evenly. But there's a tension inside it: equality needs strong institutions, yet power that pools in one place is exactly what it distrusts — so it has to keep asking, alongside every reform, 'and who is watching that power?'
Progressive on 4 of the four axes, conservative on 0 — each axis can lean its own way.
The progressive–conservative label is a rough guide based on how this test defines its axes.
