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:
• Equality - Oriented economies distribute value evenly among the populace. They tend to support progressive tax codes, social programs, and socialist economics.
• Markets - Oriented economies are focused on rapid growth. They tend to support lower taxes, privatization, deregulation, and laissez-faire capitalism.
• Diplomatic Axis:
• Nation - Are patriotic, believing in an aggressive foreign policy, valuing the military, strength, sovereignty, and (sometimes) territorial expansion.
• World - Are cosmopolitan and globalist. They often believe in a peaceful foreign policy, emphasizing diplomacy, cooperation, integration, and a world government.
• Civil Axis:
• 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.
• 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:
• 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.
• 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.