EPTThe survey asks some very interesting questions.
My results (somewhere near the Dalai Lama or Mozart):
Post yours!
[Survey] Political Compass
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
The survey asks some very interesting questions. My results (somewhere near the Dalai Lama or Mozart): Post yours! | ||
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Spenguin
Australia3316 Posts
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So no fek
United States3001 Posts
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omninmo
2349 Posts
this is pretty useless and not really indicative of anything at all. | ||
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CCGaunt
United States417 Posts
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omninmo
2349 Posts
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29 fps
United States5724 Posts
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
On June 03 2010 18:38 29 fps wrote: im guessing many TL members will be on the left. i'm there too. People call themselves one thing, but sometimes for the wrong reasons. Despite my liberal upbringing, I find myself close to center. The anarchism doesn't surprise me though. :p V Can you tell that Cube is Canadian (but not Quebecois)? V | ||
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Cube
Canada777 Posts
social: -6.56 since my understanding of american politics is that the farther you are to the left, the higher your IQ, i'm taking this survey as a compliment. | ||
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MamiyaOtaru
United States1687 Posts
Not sure how useful that is. I'm more conservative in private than I am in politics. IE: even if I think certain things are wrong, I think it would be more wrong for the government to regulate them. I think this survey may reflect my personal choices more than how I'd vote, or maybe not. Anyway, a political thread that doesn't have to be too full of vitriol, since there are no specifics! Yay! | ||
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Elroi
Sweden5588 Posts
Wow this test is scewed. In sweden I usually agree more with the parties to the right. lollol I guess you are a communist according to this test if you like culture... 'The most important thing to learn in school is disciplin' - seriously who the fuck thinks that? | ||
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JohnColtrane
Australia4813 Posts
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
Elroi: There are several other demographic-based surveys for U.K., Australia, and Germany, but you're probably working with the U.S. one. It's pretty straightforward though - see how the survey positions some prominent politicians (based on their stated opinions and platform) if you think it's broken. | ||
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NotSupporting
Sweden1998 Posts
On June 03 2010 18:52 Elroi wrote: Wow this test is scewed. In sweden I usually agree more with the parties to the right. lollol I guess you are a communist according to this test if you like culture... 'The most important thing to learn in school is disciplin' - seriously who the fuck thinks that? The thing is that you and I are living in a socialist country. The parties we here in sweden say to be "liberal" and on the right side would in America be called socialists. The whole scale is so far to the left in Sweden compared to being so far to the right in America, this makes it hard to say that you are "overall" right. I hope you understood my point. | ||
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omninmo
2349 Posts
On June 03 2010 18:52 Elroi wrote: 'The most important thing to learn in school is disciplin' - seriously who the fuck thinks that? me | ||
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T.O.P.
Hong Kong4685 Posts
You guys are a bunch of hippies. | ||
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
On June 03 2010 18:42 Cube wrote: economic: -6.75 social: -6.56 since my understanding of american politics is that the farther you are to the left, the higher your IQ, i'm taking this survey as a compliment. lol dream on  It's intended to give an absolute international metric (or at least it makes sense for industrialized Western nations). It's an opinion poll - some very intelligent people can see reasons for authoritarianism or conservative thinking, but it's all contextual and often based on life experience. | ||
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Schnake
Germany2819 Posts
Seems a bit superficial to me but might be able to give a general impression on where you are located in the spectrum. | ||
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Elroi
Sweden5588 Posts
On June 03 2010 19:11 mmp wrote: lol dream on It's intended to give an absolute international metric Nah.. this only makes sens in Texas I think. From my experience of living in France and Sweden you must be like a nazi to end up in the blue field. (then again Sweden and France are leftist coutries) | ||
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spinesheath
Germany8679 Posts
Some of these questions are pretty stupid imo. Sure, a 1 party system HAS the advantage that no other party delays legislation, but the real question is whether that is desirable or not. | ||
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snotboogie
Australia3550 Posts
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ghen
United States1356 Posts
Looks like I'm with the crowd here  I'm actually surprised I thought I'd be more central until they got to the sex questions... I'm very liberal about sex. | ||
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
On June 03 2010 19:21 Elroi wrote: Nah.. this only makes sens in Texas I think. From my experience of living in France and Sweden you must be like a nazi to end up in the blue field. (then again Sweden and France are leftist coutries) The republic is a Western concept. Eastern philosophy has a paternalist tradition. | ||
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
On June 03 2010 19:23 spinesheath wrote: Some of these questions are pretty stupid imo. Sure, a 1 party system HAS the advantage that no other party delays legislation, but the real question is whether that is desirable or not. If you consider British politics, there is virtually zero blocking of government bills - this is in part because they've already debated the language in the House of Commons and also based on trust and tradition. The government can be dissolved in a no-confidence vote at a later date if this trust is overstepped, but this power is rarely invoked. Compared to American politics the Brits move a lot faster because of this tradition. So you could have a favorable opinion on this question without taking it to its authoritarian extreme. The example is stretched, but to say that a one-party system is evil for lack of plurality does not diminish its bureaucratic efficacy: a utilitarian good. The question is asking whether you believe the utilitarian good of a smooth bureaucracy can outweigh the egalitarian necessity for plurality, although I agree the question could be more explicit. | ||
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deth
Australia1757 Posts
Looks like I'm still pretty close to Ghandi, 3 years after i took this test the first time. | ||
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Kerotan
England2109 Posts
Its clearly because I think gays should be allowed to adopt TT. | ||
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Mascherano
Argentina1726 Posts
I love how they word some of these questions -_- | ||
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mmp
United States2130 Posts
![[image loading]](http://www.politicalcompass.org/images/usprimaries_2008.png) | ||
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sob3k
United States7572 Posts
Sex and religion are easy questions IMO, its only when you start discussing economics and governing systems that things get complicated. | ||
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AMaidensWrath
Belgium206 Posts
You guys are a bunch of hippies. Priceless. | ||
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Cri du Chat
Germany606 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/3243/pcgraphpngphpe.png) Here is mine. Some questions are strange though. Maybe my english is just not good enough. For example: "All people have their rights, but it is better for all of us that different sorts of people should keep to their own kind." What do they mean by that? Racial segregation? Or what have "rights" to do with the second part of the sentence? This is btw what you get if choose strongly agree on every question: ![[image loading]](http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/7885/stronglyagreephp.png) So if you agree more you are more authoritarian. Interesting choice ^^ | ||
Jibba
United States22883 Posts
On June 03 2010 20:18 mmp wrote: People seem to think that landing in the Green quadrant is a given. But American Democrats tend to fall into the Blue quadrant (based on their statements and platforms), which indicates to Americans that voted for Obama that they're not as close on the issues or values as the PR would have them believe. There's differences between what people say and how they vote and what they believe. | ||
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Muirhead
United States556 Posts
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plated.rawr
Norway1676 Posts
Economic Left/Right: -6.12 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.13 Yea, like someone mentioned in one of the other dozen threads with this test, the questions are massively leading towards the libertarian / leftist side, and other questions are rather vague. Still, the result did pretty much reflect my expectations. | ||
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SoManyDeadLings
Canada255 Posts
Needless to say the two test results were on opposite ends, so I guess the question is whether to take the test with the mindset, "What should be done", or the mindset, "What I would do". Also, take this question for example: "Some people are naturally unlucky." Too ambiguous: 1. Some people are naturally unlucky because they always miss out on jobs, fail in relationships, etc. 2. Some people are naturally unlucky because they are born without arms. In which case I would strongly disagree and strongly agree respectively. | ||
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Hesmyrr
Canada5776 Posts
Yawn; interesting to see I am Liberal while being slightly rightest. I'll interpret as being impartial neutral. | ||
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rredtooth
5459 Posts
wow i'm so neutral according to this. almost dead center. | ||
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wanderer
United States641 Posts
On June 03 2010 18:56 JohnColtrane wrote: I got about the same as this guy | ||
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GoShox
United States1835 Posts
Lot of questions about social issues, I'm not so sure about this survey.. | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
On June 03 2010 20:18 mmp wrote: People seem to think that landing in the Green quadrant is a given. But American Democrats tend to fall into the Blue quadrant (based on their statements and platforms), which indicates to Americans that voted for Obama that they're not as close on the issues or values as the PR would have them believe. American politics the left is the right if you put them in Europe. The right is the ultra right Americans tends to be center right anyways. | ||
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condoriano
United States826 Posts
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Kalingingsong
Canada633 Posts
why so few right-of-centre people play starcraft? | ||
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GoShox
United States1835 Posts
On June 04 2010 03:30 Kalingingsong wrote: why so few right-of-centre people play starcraft? It's a site with a lot of college-aged people, think of the demographics. | ||
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condoriano
United States826 Posts
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AMaidensWrath
Belgium206 Posts
why so few right-of-centre people play starcraft? Well, let's analyze the political systems of the races: ![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/Picon_small.png) Protoss - Democracy![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/Zicon_small.png) Zerg - Anarchy![[image loading]](http://www.teamliquid.net/tlpd/images/Ticon_small.png) Terran - Just some space-nomads, lulzSo clearly a tendency to the left. I guess that's why there are so few right-of-centre guys. | ||
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seppolevne
Canada1681 Posts
Old people and adults who have seen the world and lost those dreams -> right. TL is full of younger people, so it makes sense that it's mostly left. Bahahaha sorry I woke up this morning feeling trollish. Ignore. | ||
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numLoCK
Canada1416 Posts
What's wrong with the free market guys?  | ||
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Kralic
Canada2628 Posts
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Kalingingsong
Canada633 Posts
On June 04 2010 04:36 numLoCK wrote: What's wrong with the free market guys? It's boring, da great revoluti0n~ is much more exciting. free market ==> sim city fighting for la communista ==> counter strike lol jk | ||
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AraqirG
United States266 Posts
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/yoXgK.png) | ||
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Mindcrime
United States6899 Posts
meh | ||
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Clamev
Germany498 Posts
to see if one relates to another. | ||
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Gann1
United States1575 Posts
![[image loading]](http://imgur.com/tnr88.png) i'm similar to Gandhi, apparently. | ||
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Romantic
United States1844 Posts
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IndecisivePenguin
United States771 Posts
On June 04 2010 00:13 redtooth wrote: + Show Spoiler + wow i'm so neutral according to this. almost dead center. Even more neutrality here.  Some of the questions aren't very good though, I do agree, particularly for the one about a one-party system.On June 03 2010 19:23 spinesheath wrote: Sure, a 1 party system HAS the advantage that no other party delays legislation, but the real question is whether that is desirable or not. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32044 Posts
On June 04 2010 03:30 Kalingingsong wrote: why so few right-of-centre people play starcraft? the young and the educated tend to be to the left pretty accurate... like some said, a few questions were dumb (like the 1 party thing—i recognized what it was asking, but it made no sense to ask it in such a manner) | ||
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eliwood242
Canada5 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/3020/politicalcompassb.png) Someone further up thought it would be more interesting to include ethnicity with the graph, so I'll also say that I'm Chinese. | ||
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Kalingingsong
Canada633 Posts
either way, I'm Chinese too and I'm centre right. so thus far there appears to be no correlation to be had. | ||
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condoriano
United States826 Posts
On June 04 2010 08:57 Kalingingsong wrote: either way, I'm Chinese too and I'm centre right. so thus far there appears to be no correlation to be had. Lol cute | ||
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Tal
United Kingdom1014 Posts
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kzn
United States1218 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/5375/pcgraphkzn.png) [edit] farthest right, f yes! | ||
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mesobored123
United States62 Posts
On June 03 2010 20:18 mmp wrote: People seem to think that landing in the Green quadrant is a given. But American Democrats tend to fall into the Blue quadrant (based on their statements and platforms), which indicates to Americans that voted for Obama that they're not as close on the issues or values as the PR would have them believe. Well during primaries democratic seems to be very liberal but the primary they always run for the center then when they are elected they run to the right | ||
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fulmetljaket
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Sentenal
United States12398 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y255/darksentenal/compass.png) I've always figured TL was full of | ||
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kzn
United States1218 Posts
COMMUNISTS | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21242 Posts
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wanderer
United States641 Posts
On June 05 2010 09:54 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: I'm so lonely on the authoritarian left... Boo hoo I want the government to control my life I wish more people felt this way | ||
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ImAbstracT
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1Eris1
United States5797 Posts
Take the question: The rich are taxed too highly. ... Well shit, are we talking about the rich in Sweden or Russia? In Russia, the rich pay a tax rate of 13%, too low by my thinking, and in Sweden they pay a rate above 50%, too high by my liking. But by answering that I disagree with this statement, thereotically I could be espousing that Russian billionaires are being significantly overtaxed. Also, a lot of the questions are really lacking in detail. For example: Those who are able to work, and refuse the opportunity, should not expect society's support. What is society's support? And do they mean all of society's supporting systems? If I agree with this statement am I suggesting that nonworkers should lose their constitutional rights? Or take: A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system. I would agree to this statement, but I still vehemetely oppose one party states for a variety of other reasons. However, this is the only real question regarding this specific concept and therefore by agreeing with it makes me seem pro-authority, when I'm really just agreeing with semantics. Plus there's no neutral answers, which makes answering certain questions problematic. Anyways here's mine: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/pxuCE.png) Apparentely I'm to the left of Obama and the British Labour Party...hmmm. + Show Spoiler + I smell a bias! | ||
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Empyrean
16969 Posts
Oh dear. I'm fucking Gandhi. | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
I have a feeling I would have been way more authoritarian if it wasn't that last page on sex... | ||
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Aerisky
United States12129 Posts
Some of the questions are absurd or just plain silly for sure though. Perhaps even quite biased in several cases. | ||
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Carson
Canada820 Posts
The questions were funny, I found myself wishing there was a more indifferent option. | ||
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
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[UoN]Sentinel
United States11320 Posts
Here's some fun facts:
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Azera
3800 Posts
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POiNTx
Belgium309 Posts
No surprises here. I want to see what non internet users look like on this graph because people on the internet tend to be more liberal. | ||
]343[
United States10328 Posts
Oh, Left/Right is on economic policy. Hrm. | ||
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Salv
Canada3083 Posts
http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-6.88&soc=-4.97 If you're on the right or the top I really question what the fuck is going on in your head. | ||
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Falling
Canada11337 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ozjun.png) Some leftist Libertarian. Frickin Ghandi. Edit. It's probably my lack of faith in corporations to be man and "do that right thing" that gets me. But I have the same lack of faith in government and people in general. | ||
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1Eris1
United States5797 Posts
On August 16 2012 03:43 Salv wrote: http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-6.88&soc=-4.97 If you're on the right or the top I really question what the fuck is going on in your head. I gurantee you 90% of the people posting in this thread are really on the right regarding economic policy, the poll is just worded badly to a point that people are identifying as pro-socialism without realizing is. Basically, if you're truly on the "left", you believe the government should own and control the majority of the businesses out there, from Google to the restaurant down the street from your house. If you're on the absolute left, you probably believe there shouldn't be private property at all, and thus you probably shouldn't be posting on a computer, as that's "theft". Here's what people need to look at. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/zeNpA.png) ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/ElWG3.gif) edit: Not that I necessarily agree with some of the placements, but it's clear there's some kind of bias here if so many people are being positioned in accordance with Stalin on economic matters. | ||
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