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My only point on the compass being a better representation is that it acknowledged a problem. That's not to say it's a good representation.
I think it's unhelpful to say that a step toward more fidelity is the same level of bad, though. Even if it's the tiniest step, it's a move in the right direction by pointing out that a single line isn't sufficient.
In reality, it would be more like a series of lines on different topics weighted differently by an individuals priorities so no singular generic representation will ever be truly good enough.
In reality, there are no lines. And that's exactly why I say, it's not a step forward to add another vague idealist axis on top of a vague undefined idealist axis. Politics is not geometrical, there isn't a concept of ordered values. The entire method of thinking is wrong, and that video helps explain what a more appropriate alternative model based on human history is like.
Adding an axis is just walking forward down a wrong path; a move in the wrong direction by suggesting the issue is about how much fidelity we have.