Why liberals should never be in power...

[N-Man]

I think the thing is, world politics are much more complicated than the bipolar vision of Liberalism and Conservatism, especially when you consider each continent's particular issues. Parties generally seen as fiscally conservative are pushing the socially conservative (anti-immigrant) stance in Europe, whereas in America liberal groups are taking over stances historically held by conservative groups (opposition to free trade and foreign intervention, racial discrimination) while maintaining their support of leftist economic policies. This would be fine, except the names don't change, royally fucking up any comparisons you can make between American and European political parties/organizations.

Personally I use a (very approximative) cartesian graph to figure out where parties stand vs. my views, instead of the traditional left-right line. IMHO it makes for a clearer view of the political world. I don't think it can be called biased even though it's focused on a personal value (individual freedom); however, it can be thoroughly useless to someone whose principles are greatly different.