# The three languages of politics * “Progressives” see the world on a Justice-Opression Axis * “Conservatives” see the world on a Civilization-Barbarism Axis * “Libertarians” see the world on a Freedom-Slavery Axis Originally from [[Arnold Kling]] in[the book of the same name](https://cdn.cato.org/libertarianismdotorg/books/ThreeLanguagesOfPolitics.pdf) ### Related * [[Arnold Kling on the Three Languages of Politics, Revisited — EconTalk]] * [[A Thrive/Survive Theory of the Political Spectrum - SSC]] [Web URL for this note](http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/The+three+languages+of+politics) [Comment on this note](http://via.hypothes.is/http://notes.benjaminreinhardt.com/The+three+languages+of+politics)