Political Orientation Types

Explorer

They tend to value change and the possibility of expansion, believing society needs vision, experimentation, strategy, and independent choice to move in a broader direction.

Humanitarian

They tend to value connection among people and shared safety nets, believing change and institutional operation should care for individual lives more broadly.

Guardian

They tend to value familiar order and the stability of nearby communities, believing society should uphold principle, responsibility, trust, and everyday foundations.

Reformer

They tend to focus on improving problems in nearby reality, believing institutions and authority should be adjusted to build more efficient and fair structures.

Axes and Traits

Culture

Preservation

The preservative orientation values the stability of traditions, order, and customs accumulated over a long time. Existing norms are seen as empirical tools that have sustained the community; rapid change is seen as risking social confusion. Even when change is needed, cautious, gradual approaches are preferred.

Reconstruction

The reconstructive orientation holds that customs, institutions, and norms should be redesigned for the times. Tradition is not justified merely because it is old; if there is a risk of discrimination or exclusion, they should be revised proactively. It tends to welcome social change and new values.

Society

Expansiveness

The expansiveness orientation weighs broader society, future generations, and issues beyond national borders in political judgment. Individual or national choices should be assessed within long-term, global impacts. It may prioritize universal responsibility, sustainability, and broad solidarity over immediate interests.

Immediacy

The immediacy orientation prioritizes people close at hand, current problems, and direct impacts on daily life in political judgment. Stability and needs of communities close to oneself—nation, region, family, the present generation—should come first. It emphasizes solving problems within a range one can actually be responsible for over distant issues.

Power

Concentration

The concentration orientation holds that clear authority and responsibility are needed to solve complex problems. Dispersed authority in policy decisions or crisis response can blur responsibility and weaken execution. It positively evaluates a degree of centralized authority and strong coordination.

Distribution

The distribution orientation believes that when power gathers in one place, the risks of weak checks, arbitrary rule, and abuse grow. Fairer, more stable systems require many actors in decisions and divided authority. It may value checks, participation, and autonomy over raw efficiency.

Economy

Unity

The unity orientation emphasizes stability, protection, and shared responsibility among members of society. It views economic gaps or instability as difficult to resolve through individual effort alone, and holds that the state or community should play a role in distribution and support. It may prioritize social safety nets and fair opportunity over pure efficiency.

Autonomy

The autonomy orientation emphasizes the choices and responsibilities of individuals, firms, and markets. In economic problems, it prefers raising efficiency through competition, innovation, and voluntary adjustment rather than direct state intervention. However, unfair privilege or barriers to entry can be seen as undermining autonomy.