Political Compass

[mindspell]

Anybody ever did that thing:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/

Aparently I am:

Economic Left/Right: -2.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.18

 

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unfortunately it has some pretty problematic questions, like, you really have to infer how you're "supposed" to answer, or else you can interpret them the opposite of how they're scored...my friends and i actually made up a graph-chart showing our positions on it, which was fun.

here's my results:

Economic Left/Right: -4.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.13

 

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sam falsetodd was like an extreme leftist, if i recall, like, Mao-level.

 

[mindspell]

Yeah, I had the same problem. Many questions could have had comment attached to them. I agree if such and such...

 

[avi]

yeah, well that's the case for most of these tests I think. It says I'm a bit more of a hippy than I think I am:

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.90

 

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like:

If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations.

what kind of idiot would choose NO WAY SERVE THE CORPORATIONS? i think even corporation-loving republicans generally think that the pandering they do to corporations "fosters business and research and employment" and shit and therefore DOES primarily serve humanity.

 

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"Military action that defies international law is sometimes justified."

another one where i'm like "well, DUH. if international law is set up by a council of Man-In-High-Castle victorious Nazis, then of course defying it is justified".

you really have to come at it from a sort of conventional leftish English/European perspective to not answer those questions completely wrong (meaning wrong for your actual views)

 

[mindspell]

I have long past the point where my socialist tendencies take all the place, I am way too cartesian to believe in it as an absolute...

 

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woo i'm more anti-authoritarian than that damn hippy avi!

 

[FuSoYa]

Economic Left/Right: -6.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.23

 

[mindspell]

I was raised by a hippy and I still agree with most of what he says when it comes to politics and social issues so I guess I am a hippy too.

 

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you're not very leftish, mindspell. unless you interpreted a lot of those questions differently than the quiz creators.

 

[mindspell]

I think I did, I am a social democrat at heart I think.

 

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i think i would probably place leftier than i did if i didnt purposely answer the "conservative" answer to a couple of questions because i think it is genuinely more leftish if you actually answer what they're asking.

 

[minxnim]

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -8.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.95


i dunno what that even means

 

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holy shit

and you like Wesley Clark!?!!?!

 

[minxnim]

i like him as a person yes. why? seriously i dont even understand the computation of that thing so i am like, ok?

 

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you're super-leftist and you're super-against lots of laws/authority and regulation.

wesley clark is, i think, pretty centrist (like Clinton), certainly not an out-and-out liberal like Dean or Kerry or Kucinich...and he supports GOP laws like CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AGAINST FLAG BURNING, so he's pretty authoritarian.

 

[minxnim]

eh, ah well.
i still like the guy.

 

[xfer]

i'm not trying to change your opinion--but i think you might be interested in the New Yorker piece on him from about a month ago. it was pretty informative.