8Values

8Values
8Values is an open-source political test created in April 2017, which measures users' agreement with eight diametrically opposing values across four axes, and matches them to an ideology.


 * Economic Axis:
 * [[File: equality.png]] Equality - Oriented economies distribute value evenly among the populace. They tend to support progressive tax codes, social programs, and socialist economics.
 * [[File: markets.png]] Markets - Oriented economies are focused on rapid growth. They tend to support lower taxes, privatization, deregulation, and laissez-faire capitalism.
 * Diplomatic Axis:
 * [[File: nation.png]] Nationalists - Are patriotic, believing in an aggressive foreign policy, valuing the military, strength, sovereignty, and (sometimes) territorial expansion.
 * [[File: world.png]] Internationalists - Are cosmopolitan and globalist. They often believe in a peaceful foreign policy, emphasizing diplomacy, cooperation, integration, and a world government.
 * Civil Axis:
 * [[File: liberty.png]] Liberty - Oriented individuals believe in strong civil liberties. They tend to support democracy and oppose state intervention in citizens' personal lives. Some extreme cases want to smash the state.
 * [[File: sec.png]] Security - Oriented individuals believe in strong state power. They tend to support state intervention in citizens' personal lives, government surveillance, censorship or autocracy.
 * Societal / Cultural Axis:
 * [[File: trad.png]] Tradition - Oriented individuals like traditional values and strict adherence to a traditional moral code. Though not always, they are usually religious, conservative and support the status quo or the status quo ante.
 * [[File: prgess.png]] Progress - Oriented individuals Believe in social change, science and rationality. Though not always, they are usually secular or atheist, liberal and support environmental action and scientific or technological research.