The Dimensional Problem of Human Politics and Its Effects: Why the Compass, Like The World, Has More Dimensions Than You Were Told

"We're all the same, we need a big tent, we must not be purists, we must compromise in our principles for alliances, we have more in common with a homeless than a capitalist, it's the workers versus the elite, they're trying to divide us, Identity politics are liberal tactics, bootstraps are chains..." sound familiar? It should to most of us on earth.

Recognizing that a problem exists does not make someone an ally. People can name the same issue yet define the cause differently, prioritize different values, and propose solutions that are incompatible, opposed, or even seen as creating new harms. Alignment requires a shared understanding of the problem and broadly compatible goals, not just agreement that something is a problem. People can sincerely believe they are proposing something good while others view those same proposals as immoral, unethical, exploitative, oppressive, violative, coercive, extortive, manipulative, or even as crimes against humanity.

People can come from the same sectarian political identities like: class, gender, culture, religion, nation, or conditions, yet still hold fundamentally different worldviews. Shared identity does not guarantee shared ethics. When people fail to recognize their common humanity and their shared responsibility to one another and the planet, division becomes inevitable.

Right now the political compass is divided into 4 quadrants, libertarian left, Libertarian right, authoritarian left and authoritarian right. Each quadrant being on an axis that it is the polar opposite of with each of the other three quadrants. Currently, there are also hierarchical levels, the bourgeoisie, petite bourgeoisie, proletarian, peasantry, and the lumpenproletariat. Which makes five levels of the compass framework, creating more differences among and within the quadrants. And there is envy, opposition, idolization, and disdain, coming from each hierarchical level towards all of the other levels.

There are those who advocate for equity, those who advocate for egalitarianism, and those who advocate for equitable‑egalitarianism. There are also those who support inequity, inegalitarianism, and inequitable‑inegalitarianism. Each of these six orientations manifests differently depending on both one's quadrant and one's position within the hierarchy. Morals, ethics, principles, and philosophical‑ideological commitments are deeply interwoven and affected by these structures, which is why people are not all the same and not automatically allies, even when they are family, friends, or neighbors.

That is the analytical truth of our material conditions, regardless if one likes it, for truth doesn't make exceptions or compromises for comfort. Dialectical materialism and psychology are two sciences working hand in hand that analytics use to expose reality for exactly what it is. And the political compass is a 3D representing 6 or more dimensional data set. And I'm bringing this up to show there are more temporary allies and enemies than what people are comfortable admitting to. People need to start seeing frenemies for what they are, instead of just surface layers but that means seeing the compass for what it is, and for the number of dimensions that make human interaction complex. And for some, the question needs to be asked, can we truly get all of humanity back into the same dimension? Because that is what the elimination of hierarchy attempts to accomplish.

Again, using the same terminology with fundamentally different meanings creates solutions that negate each other. Makes what looks like "shared problems" actually persistent structural opposition, not coexistence. Ask yourself, are there really more of us than there are of them, or are you only seeing the tip of the iceberg, ignoring the dangerous hidden body beneath the surface.

We don't leave statements unsolved, nor do we debate the edge out of existence. We use philosophical-ideological views as decoder rings, we sail and the world either holds us or it doesn't. Dialectical materialism and psychology run the same logic: reality doesn't care about the consensus map. It only cares about what's actually there. Tutus in undis inter chaos, ultra quod est trudas oportet ad quod debet esse. The sea will answer either way. It always does.