The Political Compass- Where are YOU?

ksv said:
-7,62, -7,54 here. That leaves me 2,38 points right of my brother :p
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I've moved a little since 2004:

Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.56

Glad to know I'm still socialist :D
 
Economic Left/Right: 0.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.13

I agree, this quiz has too many loaded questions. For example, many people conflate support for corporations as support for private enterprise. Or opposition to the drug war as support for anarchy.

The organizers also seem very off about G.W.Bush. His "compassionate conservative" platform has him promoting protectionist trade policies, censoring scientists, using signing statements to get around the lack of a line-item veto, using weird legal inventions to get around the Geneva Conventions (Authoritarian), and promoting No Child Left Behind, Faith-Based Initiatives, expansion of Medicare, and so on (Communism). In matters of faith, I've seen him endorse Islam more than Christianity. I think he's closer to Robert Mugabe than people give him credit for.
 
Wow, I'm in the middle of both axis almost!

Economic Left/Right: 0.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.82
 
fuzz said:
Wow, I'm in the middle of both axis almost!

Economic Left/Right: 0.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.82
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You fence-sitter, you! ;) :D

I've always thought of myself politically as being marginally to the right of Attila the Hun, so imagine my shock when this graph came up! :eek:

L/R -7.00 :eek:
Lib/Auth -4.21
 

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Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.87

I'm a little right of Ghandi. ;) ... Hmm. Kinda expected it.
 
Still out in the Middle of the Road, directing traffic, but seemingly after a small left turn.

2004
Left/Right 0.17
Lib/Auth 0.28

2007
Left/Right -1
Lib/Auth 0.26
 
ksv

Wouldn't the true socialist be more authoritarian - that is trying to engineer social change? Your libertarian tendencies show you want to lead by example rather than by governmental fiat.

Sorry man, you are anarchist material! ;) :D
 
I think I was close to Gandhi when I first did this, but I saw I hadn't posted first time around and so tried again. I may have shifted slightly over the years!

Economic Left/Right: -7.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.64
 

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I wanted to see how the results so far compare, as it is a little hard to visualize the sets of numbers for everyone. I plotted a graph of the scores (if anyone had two sets, I used the most recent) and thought I'd post it here.
 

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pds said:
ksv

Wouldn't the true socialist be more authoritarian - that is trying to engineer social change? Your libertarian tendencies show you want to lead by example rather than by governmental fiat.

Sorry man, you are anarchist material! ;) :D
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The 'socialism' term is wide enough to cover diverse political views, and I think the limit to what can be defined as socialism is rather the degree of authoritarianism than libertarianism.

It's a debated question of definition, similar to that of the term 'democracy'. Both the president of the U.S. and I embrace democracy, but we have vastly different conceptions of what democracy means.

I believe that what we eat, wear, work with and voice our opinion about is of far greater political importance than for whom we vote every fourth or fifth year, and that's the essence of my anarchism. Politics is for everyone, not only politicians.

M:a as salama ; )
 
Nice test adambyte
Eco: -6.63
Social: -6.62

I have sent the "compass" around.

Add me on if you can bbloke.

Cheers all.
 
Welcome to the neighbourhood reed ;)
A completely unrelated question: does your nick imply you're playing some kind of reed instrument?


Nice work on the chart bbloke!
 
bbloke said:
...That and I need to get out more! :D
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"Oooh yes!"

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:D :D :D
 
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