"WhatifAlthist" | World History, Philosophy, Culture

Explaining the Political Triangle


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The Political Compass—created by libertarians to separate themselves from fascism—works fine for modern Western politics but COMPLETELY BREAKS when applied to history. Why are Medieval Europe, the Taliban, and Imperial Japan all crammed into "authoritarian right"? This episode introduces the Political Triangle, a superior anthropological model that can accurately map EVERY society in human history, revealing deeper patterns than the simplistic right-left divide dominating our current era.


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Bibliography: 


Curt Doolittle's work. Available on the Propertarian Website

The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama 

The Decay of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama 

A History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia by David Christian. 2 volumes

The History of Russia by Orlando Figes

Europe by Norman Davies

The Isles by Norman Davies 

Al Muqqahdimmah by Ibn Khaldun

Man and His Symbols by Carl Jung

The Elephant in the Brain by Simler

The Rise of the West by McNeil

Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder

Atrocities by Matthew White

The True Believer by Eric Hoffer

Sex and Power in History by Amaury de Riencourt

The Origins of Ideology by Immanuel Todd

The Moral Animal by Robert Wright

Sex and Culture by JD Unwin

The Lonely Crowd by David Riesman

Very Beautiful People by Ashley Mears

Envy by Helmut Schoeck

The Righteous Mind by John Haidt

Seeing like a State by James Scott

War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat

Conquests and Cultures by Thomas Sowell

War and Peace and War by Peter Turchin

Why Nations Fail by Robinson and Acemoglu

Dominion by Tom Holland

The Ancient City by Foustel de Coulanges

A History of Civilizations by Fernand Braudel 

War, What is it Good for by Ian Morris

The Leviathan and Its Enemies by Samuel Francis

A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell

The Great Leveler by Walter Scheidel

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