Community:Values

Values refer to the political characteristics featured in the 8Values political test and its derivatives. Values describe a generic characteristic, and are not complete ideologies on their own. Under the hereditary model of ideological formation in the PolCompBall universe, they are regarded as distant ancestors of most modern ideologies. In comics, they feature as generic characters representing single beliefs.

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. The original test's code serves as the basis for the other tests in this article.


 * [[File: markets.png]] Markets - Oriented economies are focused on rapid growth. They tend to support lower taxes, privatization, deregulation, and laissez-faire capitalism.
 * [[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: nation.png]] Nationalists - Are patriotic, believing in an aggressive foreign policy, valuing the military, strength, sovereignty, and 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.
 * [[File: liberty.png]] Liberty - Oriented individuals believe in strong civil liberties. They tend to support democracy and oppose state intervention in citizens' personal lives.
 * [[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.
 * [[File: trad.png]] Traditionalists - Believe in traditional values and strict adherence to a moral code. Though not always, they are usually religious, and support the status quo or the status quo ante.
 * [[File: prgess.png]] Progressives - Believe in social change and rationality. Though not always, they are usually secular or atheist, and support environmental action and scientific or technological research.

9Axes
9Axes is a modified version of 8Values created in July 2017, which adds five more axes to 8Values' original four.


 * [[File: Federal.png]] Federal - Favors stronger local governments.
 * [[File: Unitary.png]] Unitary - Prefers stronger national governments.
 * [[File: Democr.png]] Democracy - Favors elections and popular opinion.
 * [[File: Authority.png]] Authority - Prefers the judgment of the government.
 * [[File: World.png]] Globalist - Favors international organizations.
 * [[File: Isolation.png]] Isolationist - Prefers avoiding international relations.
 * [[File: Mil.png]] Militarist - Favors military action.
 * [[File: Pacifist.png]] Pacifist - Prefers avoiding military action.
 * [[File: Sec.png]] Security - Favors government prioritizing safety.
 * [[File: Liberty.png]] Freedom - Prefers government prioritizing staying out of their lives.
 * [[File: equality.png]] Equality - Favors socialism.
 * [[File: markets.png]] Markets - Favors capitalism.
 * [[File: Atheism.png]] Secular - Prefers religion to stay out of public life and government.
 * [[File: Religious.png]] Religious - Prefers religion having some effect on society.
 * [[File: Prgess.png]] Progress - Favors scientific advancement and change.
 * [[File: Trad.png]] Tradition - Favors tradition.
 * [[File: Assimil.png]] Assimilationist - Favors immigrants, if any, conforming to the national culture.
 * [[File: Multicult.png]] Multiculturalist - Prefers having many cultural identities in the nation.

LeftValues
LeftValues measures and analyzes various aspects of left-wing political, social and economic viewpoints across seven axes.


 * [[File: Revolution.png]] Revolution - Supports a radical and rapid overthrow of the capitalist system through a mass uprising.
 * [[File: Reformer.png]] Reform - Favors inducing gradual changes within capitalist structures, such as liberal democracy, with the eventual goal of reaching socialism.
 * [[File: Scientific.png]] Scientific - Supports or sympathizes with the Marxist analysis of society along the lines of dialectical materialism.
 * [[File: Utopianism.png]] Utopian - Believes in a more idealistic analysis of society and reject materialist approaches.
 * [[File: Central.png]] Central - Supports an economic structure based around centralized national planning.
 * [[File: Decentral.png]] Decentral - Supports an economic structure based around decentralized planning, usually on a more localized scale.
 * [[File: Internat.png]] International - Supports forming an international socialist movement, often with the eventual goal of abolishing nations.
 * [[File: National.png]] National - Prioritizes building socialism within existing borders and reject the goal of a world socialist republic.
 * [[File: Party.png]] Party - Favors using political parties as the basis of a socialist movement.
 * [[File: Union.png]] Union - Favors using trade unions and other forms of mass organization as a basis of a socialist movement.
 * [[File: Productivity.png]] Production - Prioritizes industrial output and self-sustainability over ecological goals.
 * [[File: Nature.png]] Nature - Supports an environmentally oriented economy with strict ecological protections.
 * [[File: Consrv.png]] Conservative - Favors more socially conservative policies and views.
 * [[File: Progrssive.png]] Progressive - Supports more socially progressive policies and views.

RightValues
RightValues is a modified version of LeftValues that measures and analyzes various aspects of right-wing political, social and economic viewpoints across seven axes.


 * [[File: Reformism.png]] Reform - Refers to the support of more socially progressive policies and views.
 * [[File: Conservat.png]] Conserve - Refers to the support of more socially conservative policies and views.
 * [[File: Protectionism.png]] Interventionism - Refers to the support of increased economic regulation and government intervention.
 * [[File: Lfree.png]] Laissez-Faire - Refers to the support of decreased economic regulation and free-market policies.
 * [[File: Dictatorship.png]] Dictatorship - Refers to favoring a strong, autocratic government.
 * [[File: Constitution.png]] Constitution - Refers to favoring a smaller, democratic government.
 * [[File: Particular.png]] Particular - Nations avoid partaking in international conflict.
 * [[File: Universal.png]] Universal - Nations desire to topple corrupt regimes or nations, for the purpose of benefiting itself, or the benefit of the people internationally.
 * [[File: Theocrat.png]] Theocracy - Refers to the support of a theocratic government, where religious organizations make political decisions.
 * [[File: Separation.png]] Separation - Refers to the support of separation between church and state.
 * [[File: Acellarate.png]] Accelerate - Refers to the belief that technological acceleration brings more benefits to society and the market.
 * [[File: Decell.png]] Decelerate - Refers to the belief that technological progress should be slowed, and that humans should return to a more primitive way of life.
 * [[File: Race.png]] Race - Refers to the belief that different races have inherent biological characteristics, and should be kept apart from each other.
 * [[File: Raceequality.png]] Equality - Refers to the belief that race is a negligible factor to a person's character or behavior, and that a multiracial society is acceptable.

8Dreams
8dreams is a modified version of 8Values that measures users' alignment with off-compass ideologies. The values represent extreme and off-compass versions of the standard eight values. 8dreams was created in May 2020 as promotion for Grej's Realicide webseries.


 * [[File: Altruity.png]] Altruity - Refers to the belief that all property, no matter the form or ownership, should be collectivized. This can include information, all forms of currency, and personal property.
 * [[File: Avarice.png]] Avarice - Refers to the belief that all forms of property should be privatized and competed over in the free market. Those who are dominant within the market economy should thus gain more property.
 * [[File: Dominant.png]] Dominant - Individuals want their ideology spread throughout the world. They think force can be used when spreading an ideology.
 * [[File: Insular.png]] Insular - Individuals avoid forcing their opinion on others. They prefer to use methods like leading by example and "propaganda of the deed".
 * [[File: Self.png]] Self - Oriented individuals believe in the power of the individual. They tend to support an anarchist or egoist government (if any). They believe Egoism is, inevitably, what makes humans human.
 * [[File: Totality.png]] Totality - Oriented individuals believe in an absolute government. They think individuals have no power at all, and only the state should have power.
 * [[File: Stalwart.png]] Stalwart - Individuals believe that a person's physical strength is their core value, and their behavioral characteristics can only by dictated by the strong or by the surrounding environment.
 * [[File: Hedonic.png]] Hedonic - Individuals believe that a person's personal happiness is the core value of any human. Though not always, they are usually secular or atheist, and support different types of communities standing up for their own unique characteristics.

AltValues
AltValues is a modified version of 9Axes that combines philosophical values with political and economic ones.


 * Individual - Emphasize personal achievement at the expense of group goals, resulting in a strong sense of competition.
 * Collective - Emphasize family and group goals above individual needs or desires.
 * Markets - Refer to laissez-faire market systems as efficient ways to redistribute resources.
 * Planned - Economies see free markets as unfairly flawed and support alternative systems, such as a (state-)planned economy.
 * Essentialists -View all individuals as defined by inherent traits, which cannot be manipulated by environmental factors.
 * Constructivists = Consider the characteristics of an individual to be mostly influenced by the environment, such as socio-economic factors and upbringing.
 * Pragmatists - Value practical solutions, and do not concern themselves with moral dogmas.
 * [[File: Idealval.png]] Idealists - Tend to adopt a set of moral principles for life and reject challenging views, even if proven superior.
 * Universal - Worldviews are viewed as adaptable to any situation.
 * Particular - Worldviews are limited to a specific context or region.
 * Ecological - Principles are concerned about nature and are willing to sacrifice industrial output to preserve nature.
 * Industrial - Principles have little regard for environmental concerns and value industrial output over nature.
 * Politicized - Individuals see politics as important aspect of everyday life (mandated political organizations, ideological advertising).
 * [[File: Apolitval.png]] Apolitical - Individuals think that politics should be dealt with out of their sight.
 * Religious - Individuals see religion as an important aspect of society.
 * Secular - Individuals would rather not have religious affairs in society.
 * [[File:Futvalue.png]] Futurist Aesthetics involve space, acceleration, technology and youth.
 * [[File:Histval.png]] Historic Aesthetics are godly, classical, idealistic and crystallized.