this test is 75% redundant and only measures the scale of conservative vs liberal

redundancy is a problem with many tests, like MBTI or big-five

in my understanding, all the 8value questions only measure **one single scale**:

conservative politics | liberal politics
------------ | -------------
sedentary culture, tribalism? | nomadic culture
military government [fire] | weak government [water]
weak citizens [earth] | military citizens [air]
guns are privilege [fire] | guns for all [air]
drugs are privilege [fire] | drugs for all [air]
regional tourism | global tourism
local self-sufficiency, grow your own, eat regional+seasonal food | global trade, import exotic food from far away
anti migration | pro migration
breed to stabilize one phenotype or "race", well-adapted to the local climate | breed to hybridize, inter-racial breeding
stability | variety
quality | diversity
primitive culture, low risk, high quality | high technology, high risk, high diversity
natural medicine | synthetic medicine, genetic engineering, transhumanism
traditional education [earth] | progressive education [air]
minority vote [fire] | majority vote [air]
majority makes poor decisions [earth] | minority makes poor decisions [water]
accumulate wealth, save money | distribute wealth, spend money
sexual monogamy [fire] | sexual liberty, bisexual [air]
mesomorph | endomorph + ectomorph = extramorph
many strong small states | few weak large states
competition of states | union of states
two class society, local order | classless society, local chaos
religious, monotheism, one god [fire] | atheist, polytheism, many gods [air]
low tax | high tax, eat the rich
private schools | public schools
private insurance | public insurance
exchange economy, market | gift economy, steal and donate
some humans are better | all humans are equal
some cultures are better | all cultures are equal
practical | rational [carl jung]
concrete | abstract [david keirsey]
cycloThymia | schizoThymia [Ernst Kretschmer]
vagotonia | sympatheticotonia
rest + digest | fight + flight
depressed | manic

in terms of [Milton Rokeach](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_spectrum#Milton_Rokeach) and the [classical four elements](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_element) and Hans Eysenck two-factor terminology (extraversion + psychoticism)

conservative politics | liberal politics
------------ | -------------
communism + capitalism | socialism + nazism
fire + earth | air + water
satan + belial | lucifer + leviathan
equality-authority + difference-freedom | equality-freedom + difference-authority
extravert-psychotic + introvert-neurotic | extravert-neurotic + introvert-psychotic
young-masculine + old-feminine | young-feminine + old-masculine
son + mother | daughter + father
matriarchy [earth = mother] | patriarchy [water = father]

in a [two-factor-model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-factor_models_of_personality) with the two orthogonal factors equality and freedom, the two conservative types [fire + earth] share the **same diagonal**, and the two liberal types [air + water] share the other diagonal.

x | young | old
------------ | ------------ | -------------
**masculine** | fire | water
**feminine** | air | earth

in theory, there are five types of questions, five scales to measure:

1. conservative vs liberal = fire+earth vs air+water = diagonal, angle
2. inner age = young vs old = fire+air vs earth+water
3. inner gender = feminine vs masculine = earth+air vs fire+water
4. fire-ness = fire vs air+water vs earth, could be called "dominance"
5. air-ness = william sheldon scale = endo vs meso vs ecto, could be called "optimism"

the current 8values test pretends to give four scales, but really gives just one scale.

edit - related to issue #69