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opisska

Poland8852 Posts

March 20 2017 14:56 GMT

#14421

On March 20 2017 23:41 Incognoto wrote:
Edit: Political compass test results for me are :

Economic Left/Right: -2.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.38

Weakling.

Economic Left/Right: -5.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.62

Acrofales

Spain17981 Posts

March 20 2017 15:24 GMT

#14422

Kind of what I expected. Thought I'd be more centric in economic issues, but if this is made by Americans, then it makes sense that I would be fairly left of the center.

Economic Left/Right: -3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.13

In terms of their famous people graph, I'm fairly near to Ghandi, so in good company, I'd say.

Sent.

Poland9192 Posts

March 20 2017 15:32 GMT

#14423

Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.08

I think they should add "don't know/care" answers. The question about plant genetic resources was really weird.

These made me lol+ Show Spoiler +

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

All authority should be questioned.

What's good for the most successful corporations is always, ultimately, good for all of us.

A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system.

In a civilised society, one must always have people above to be obeyed and people below to be commanded.

Abstract art that doesn't represent anything shouldn't be considered art at all.

warding

Portugal2394 Posts

March 20 2017 15:33 GMT

#14424

Economic Left/Right: 1.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.38

Am I alone on the economic right?

Sent.

Poland9192 Posts

March 20 2017 15:38 GMT

#14425

No, RvB is there with you

That makes more sense to me. It places me at right wing libertarian. Some questions are pretty weird though.

Biff The Understudy

France7888 Posts

March 20 2017 15:46 GMT

#14426

On March 21 2017 00:24 Acrofales wrote:
Kind of what I expected. Thought I'd be more centric in economic issues, but if this is made by Americans, then it makes sense that I would be fairly left of the center.

Economic Left/Right: -3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.13

In terms of their famous people graph, I'm fairly near to Ghandi, so in good company, I'd say.

-8 , -8,21. I've moved to the right economically and socially since last time I took the test.

To be honest, most questions are such a caricature that to be firmly on the right on that graph you would have to be really, really dogmatic. Like "What is good for successful multinational companies is ultimately good for all of us". Unless you are a complete Foxbot or the CEO of Monsanto, you can't answer strongly agree, because it simply defies common sense. I have some hope that most respectable right wingers have more nuanced opinion (in that case you could be strongly pro business and very conservative and still answer "strongly disagree": that's simply factual that what is good for, say, Phillip Morris is not good for all of us.)

a_flayer

Netherlands2826 Posts

March 20 2017 15:54 GMT

#14427

Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.82

I'm basically a communist. I think I'd be more towards the center on economic issues if they didn't continuously mention multinationals. I'm fine with business in general, its just that multinationals take the piss out of everything.

Nixer

2774 Posts

March 20 2017 15:59 GMT

#14428

A lot of us basically are according to Americans, hah.
This maps you according to their political spectrum more than the European one, of course.

opisska

Poland8852 Posts

March 20 2017 16:06 GMT

#14429

So many people with similar views across different countries, we should start an union or something here in Europe

Artisreal

Germany9235 Posts

March 20 2017 16:08 GMT

#14430

On March 21 2017 00:54 a_flayer wrote:
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.82

I'm basically a communist. I think I'd be more towards the center on economic issues if they didn't continuously mention multinationals. I'm fine with business in general, its just that multinationals take the piss out of everything.

Economic Left/Right: -6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.64
though communism has the one party system which I denied it's supposed advantage in the test.

warding

Portugal2394 Posts

March 20 2017 16:11 GMT

#14431

On March 21 2017 00:46 Biff The Understudy wrote:

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Yeah, some are silly, no one thinks multinational corporations > humanity. I may have overcompensated with Strongly disagrees on questions like "It's a sad reflection on our society that something as basic as drinking water is now a bottled, branded consumer product.", "Land shouldn't be a commodity to be bought and sold.", and "Protectionism is sometimes necessary in trade.". You basically end up kind of where you want to because much of it is how you interpret the questions. Do I think we should tax the rich less through income taxes? Yes, in many EU countries. Do I think we should decrease capital gains taxes? Probably not.

Nyxisto

Germany6287 Posts

March 20 2017 16:46 GMT

#14432

-5 Econ -4 Libertarian/Authoritarian, where do I sign up for the permanent revolution?

Seriously though that one has some pretty leading questions and is very skewed. That's where they placed Clinton lol

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Plansix

United States60190 Posts

March 20 2017 16:49 GMT

#14433

Chart might be a little biased.

LegalLord

United Kingdom13775 Posts

March 20 2017 16:53 GMT

#14434

I think I've gotten like 4 completely different answers each time I took that sad excuse for a quiz?

Biff The Understudy

France7888 Posts

March 20 2017 17:16 GMT

#14435

On March 21 2017 01:53 LegalLord wrote:
I think I've gotten like 4 completely different answers each time I took that sad excuse for a quiz?

The graph is in fact a cube, and Putin is in the depth dimension. So you broke the quizz. Sorry.

farvacola

United States18825 Posts

March 20 2017 17:24 GMT

#14436

Your Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: -7.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.13

Seems about right, though "social libertarian" is an incoherent descriptor

Dangermousecatdog

United Kingdom7084 Posts

March 20 2017 17:33 GMT

#14437

Like I said before, there is a definate Americanocentric tone to the styles of questions. I'm guessing that if you are an evangelical Christian you'll jump massively to the authoritarian side or something, and to most Europeans, some opf the questions you have to answer to be on the "right" involves complete disregard for the nature of reality.

Acrofales

Spain17981 Posts

March 20 2017 17:34 GMT

#14438

On March 21 2017 02:24 farvacola wrote:
Your Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: -7.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.13

Seems about right, though "social libertarian" is an incoherent descriptor

Agreed. Not quite sure when/why they decided "liberal" should be superseded by "libertarian" in all contexts, even in those where "liberal" is simply more apt. Especially in this case, where you could simply drop the "social" in that descriptor. Liberalism is a perfectly good antonym for Authoritarianism.

Nyxisto

Germany6287 Posts

March 20 2017 17:37 GMT

#14439

It's American terminology, Chomsky likes to call himself left-libertarian frequently.

Liberalism isn't a good antonym here because it's often associated with negative freedoms. 'left-libertarianism' is basically just anarchism. Or Orwell-ish socialism (as in the guy, not the book)

Plansix

United States60190 Posts

March 20 2017 17:40 GMT

#14440

Libertarian sounds like a positive, but then you are one step away from sovereign citizen.