Type distribution
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The first letters form your type code · neither pole is better than the other
These four axes follow structures established in political science · see how we measure →
Values markets, growth, and free competition
You believe the free activity of individuals and businesses grows society as a whole. Competition and achievement deserve fair rewards, and state intervention should stop at what is truly necessary. You cherish self-reliance and the vitality of markets. The balance is complete when you also consider how to embrace those left behind by competition.
Values international cooperation, openness, and global solidarity
You see opportunity in cooperation and exchange across borders. Problems like climate and migration can't be solved by one country alone, and you stay open to other cultures and backgrounds. A broad view and a sense of solidarity are your strengths. Your ideals become even sturdier when you also mind the practical interests your own country faces.
Values individual freedom, rights, and checks on state power
You see individual freedom and rights as a line the state must not cross. Freedom of expression and assembly and private life must be protected, and power must be steadily watched and checked. Respect for diversity and autonomy is your strength. Your conviction matures further when you also weigh how to keep order for the moments when freedoms collide.
Values tradition, stability, and proven customs
You give weight to long-proven values and customs. You prefer a gradual, stable path over abrupt change, and you cherish the traditions and pride of the community. Prudence and deep-rooted stability are your strengths. You become even more flexible by keeping a door open to new currents.
A fun look at real historical figures mapped onto the four axes — not an academic classification
He preached the 'invisible hand' of free competition and free trade between nations and opposed control of individual enterprise — while placing deep weight on the moral order of custom and sympathy; the archetype of this very type.
Painting: Unknown artist (The Muir portrait), c. 1800 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
He believed the freedom of commerce breeds peace and designed the separation of powers to check authority — while choosing gradual change suited to each society's traditions.
Painting: After Jacques-Antoine Dassier, 1753–1794 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
A society where 'each to their own' is the default, and where the less the interference, the better both the market and daily life run. And yet what keeps that freedom from sliding into license is, in this view, not the law but long-kept manners and custom.
Underneath these hopes is a sense that freedom is held up by courtesy, not by force. So this stance trusts the restraint and dignity each person keeps for themselves more than dense regulation. But there's a weak link: an order resting on manners and custom struggles to answer what will hold society together once people stop keeping them.
Overall, you lean toward neither side. You weigh progressive and conservative values issue by issue, caring more about substance than camps.
Across the four axes: progressive 2 · conservative 2 — it can differ by axis.
The progressive–conservative label is a rough guide based on how this test defines its axes.
