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by tomrod 2 hours ago
Substitute 'Communitarian' and 'Classical Liberal' if you find the common political compass terms too charged.
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Since when are Socialists considered Classical Liberals?

It's not that the labels are charged, it's that they are nonsensical unless you look at them from a very narrow bespoke perspective, where "things I like" go on one side and "bad things" go on the other. Objectively (or even from any other biased perspective), it's rubbish.

They aren't. You flipped them, not sure if intentionally or by accident.
So are you saying Xi Jinping is the Classical Liberal and Bernie Sanders is the Comunitarian? Or are you saying it's the other way around?

(For clarity: I didn't "flip" them, I'm saying that they are both Communitarian and neither is a Classical Liberal.)