where are you on the political compass?
 

go to http://www.politicalcompass.org/ and click on the test on the left side and post your scores....

I got...
Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.85

Re: where are you on the political compass?
 

Economic Left/Right: -.03
Libertian/Authoritarian: -1.76

http://tfproject.org/tfp/showthread....threadid=27032

Been there done that :)

Always interesting to check once in awhile:

Economic Left/Right: -0.75
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.28

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -8.25
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.36


Wow.

I'm surprised at the strength of the "libertarian" score, as I consider myself a democratic socialist (or social democrat at it's more popular to call it now).

:)

Silly, but fun


Mr Mephisto

Economic Left/Right: -5.62
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.87

Pretty accurate

I think it makes you a hippie, you expect the government to give you stuff and control everyone who works but don't want it to get in the way of free love and drugs :crazy:

I know I did this before, but I couldn't find my score.
Did it again. I'm sure I was about the same. No big surprises here.

Economic Left/Right: 4.32
Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.26

Economic Left/Right: -8.38
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.64


Not even the Dalai Lama can catch me now!

no surprise

Economic Left/Right: 5.00
Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.13

(+5,+3)
Economic Left/Right: 5.38
Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.44

Economic Left/Right: -5.62
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.92

By the way, if you didn't notice it already, the same site put up approximate positions for each of the US presidential candidates.
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/poli...primaries.html

Today I am

-6.12, -7.23

I feel I should be more economically right than this, but I seem a little less extreme than last time.

Economic Left/Right: 1.12
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.54

I'm damn close to center.

You, my friend, are a politician's worst enemy.

Stop being so reasonable about everything Goddamit!

:-)

Mr Mephisto

:D The scariest thing is that I vote in every election. And...wait for it...not third party.

I'd be interested to know how this compares with ages, but I'm not starting a 3rd thread on it :)

age 21, i was in the third quadrant

i'm ghandi!!! oh, i'm 24.

But I can :)

Economic Left/Right: -8.38
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.36

Age 25

Economic Left/Right: -3.62
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.64

23

Economic Left/Right: 1.00
Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.31

-- Alvin

But you see, that's the thing.

I'm NOT a hippie.

I believe in a strong social welfare system. I would gladly pay more taxes for a better, state subsidized health system, better education. In effect, I'm a socialist who believes in democracy...

:)

Mr Mephisto

PS - and my shaved head just doesn't jive with the hippy moniker!

Economic -2.38
Libertarian -4.63

Actually, I think of myself more in the Tony Blair-Shroeder area.

Age 21, 8.00/-1.28

Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.21

age-26

Looking through these, it's no damn wonder my taxes are so high!!

Laugh, no kidding.

Economic Left/Right: 3.62
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.26

Yes, because our elected officials are obviously representative of those who posted here. I find it funny that with a conservative (read Republican) legislature, and a conservative president, you can still find room to bitch about taxes. Republican legislators must be awfully ineffectual if they have not been able to put your skyrocketing tax bills back on a leash.

Age 25
-2.75
-4.77

Economic Left/Right: -3.62
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.97


^--------copy/paste from the other thread

Economic Left/Right: 4.88
Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.44

Age 18, no real surprises for me, I'm right inbetween Tony Blair, John Howard, and Silvio Berlusconi.

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -2.88
Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.15

age 18

Economic Left/Right: -.05
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.05

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -9.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.03

25

Strange Famous you have GOT to be joking. I tried to make myself as wacky liberal as I could and I only managed a -8 -10.

No, Im not joking, I answered the questions honestly.

To be honest, some of them like "should women be allowed to have abortions?" or "is it wrong to be gay?" seemed to be jokes to me, I couldnt think that anyone could feel anything else on at least 1/4 of the Q's.

Economic Left/Right: -1.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.05

Age: 36

Sounds good to me...slightly left, fairly libertarian.
Near Gandhi, The Dali Lama & Nelson Mandela...hmm...nice company. :)

Economic Left/Right: -3.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.51

Economic Left/Right: -2.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.23

I remember taking this before, and I used to be closer to the dalai lama.

Economic Left/Right: 5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.03

Age 36

Economic Left/Right: -3.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.54

23

Economic Left/Right: -6.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.10

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.56

Age 18

I really should move to Norway for a year during college, just to see what a social democrat paradise is like.

Economic Left/Right -1.50
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.36

Pretty much a Ghandi Libertarian/Socialist. Hmmm, I've always thought of myself as more of an Anarchist (the George Woodcock variety - outgrow the need for a state, rather than overthrow it).

Some of the questions were more a question of empirical fact, rather than opinion, though.

Economic Left/Right: -6.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.90

age: 26

Also, be glad you pay high taxes, that generally means you make enough to be able to pay high taxes. Heck, sometimes i barely make enough to pay anything...I'd gladly move up to the bracket that pays %40-50 of their income to taxes...

Economic Left/Right: -6.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41

Age: 27

Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.59

Age: 28

Wow! I've only got two years left to effect a change of some five points, lest I run afoul of the Curse of Churchill! :p

Looks like Im still the furthest left of you all!

Ustwo: I apologize in advance if the above statement was meant as a specific observation about Mr Mephisto based on your knowledge of him and/or his posting history. It reads more like a generalization about the raw numerical scores he posted, and my reply treats it as such. :)

Speaking solely for myself (-5.25, -5.59), I would say that your blinders must make it hard to get around. :D

I don't expect the government to "give me stuff" or "control everyone who works"; I do believe that there are things which are vitally important to the maintenance of a democratic society (roads, national defense, and good public schools, to name three off the top of my head), but for which no viable profit model exists. I also believe that any organization which explicitly claims 'make the most money possible' as its sole criterion for decision making (cf. publicly-traded companies) requires some sort of oversight (e.g., I don't trust them :D). Despite the fact that I think capitalism is far and away the best economic model we've come up with yet, I guess this makes me a "socialist".

And as for the "drugs and free love", again your characterization misses the point. What I personally feel about drug use or premarital sex or homosexuality has nothing to do with my conviction that none of these things are any of the government's damned business. So long as a person doesn't break any laws (property crime, murder, rape, etc.), what they put in their body, or what of their body they put in other people's, should not in any way be the subject of invasive, humiliating, not to mention *costly*, government oversight and interference. I guess that makes me a "hippie", in your eyes, but I certainly disagree.

I'm even closer.

Economic Left/Right: 0.0
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -.62

Never knew I was so moderate. I guess I should have made more use of the "strongly" options hehe.

1/18/04
Economic Left/Right: -1.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.69

6/18/05:
Economic Left/Right: -1.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.15

Economic Left/Right: 0.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.69

Center libertarian! And a bit to the right even! And this from a solid democrat that would like to expand government! Oh the humanity!

good one, i'm exactly the same place as ghandi

Economic Left/Right: -8.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.18

they say as you get older you become more right wing, and it shows Im becoming more conservative :( :(

Now:
Economic Left/Right: 0.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.67

Election 2004 map
Is it any wonder that I feel poorly represented in politics?

Wow! I feel normal!

Economic Left/Right: -1.88
Libertian/Authoritarian: -3.18

This is about where I was the last time I did this test. Not too surprised.

Economic Left/Right: -6.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.49




I find it facinating that the so-called left candidate, John Kerry is really not all that different from Bush.

I further find it interesting that Nader is truly the American alternative (he's much more in line with the political positioning of say, Northern Europe or the left Canada than anything else that is happening in the US...



http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/poli...ection2004.gif

Your political compass:

Economic Left/Right: 3.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.15

Every time I take the test that's about where I get it.

Economic Left/Right: -8.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.38

I was left of Ghandi. And Stalin I think : x

Age 19

I really wish there was a third axis for foreign policy beliefs, but this is a good way to make comparisons.

Economic Left/Right: -8.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.46

near gandhi, mandela and the dalai lama...I feel i'm in good company :)

Crickey:

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.36

I want a world that doesn't justify illegal miltary action "sometimes",
doesn't try to dictate who can or cannot have an abortion, favors stockholders or "businessmen" vs. the rest of us, doesn't try to permit the wealthy to go to the "head of the line" to buy organ transplants, doesn't try to prohibit the "queers" from adopting children or from a legal union, doesn't try to dictate permissible behavior in my bedroom, doesn't believe that "those" people should keep to themselves, doesn't try to cram an "official religion" down my throat.

And for those opinions, I am branded:

Economic Left/Right: -8.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.21

go figure..............

Economic Left/Right: 0.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.00

Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.00

I didn't think I was so far left.

that's funny. as a result of answering a sequence of often really stupid questions, i was positioned to the left of the dalai lama. i have no idea what that means.

Economic Left/Right: -9.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.79

[age 18]

Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.87

A bit more left than I had originally thought. I agree that the compass had few, if any questions, on foreign policy/war.

Economic Left/Right: -5.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.82

Just a little more libertarian than Gandhi, I guess.

Some people's scores are a little surprising! Got to read their posts more carefully....

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.21


middle of the road radical.. thats me!

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.82

I don't post here often but read this forum a lot.

Wow, 3.75/0.31 for me.

Hello kindred, pretty close within .5!

soundmotor

It seems I'm in good company in my little space.

Economic Left/Right: -4.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.90

I thought that this was an interesting statement/question:

Economic Left/Right: -5.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.67

:) I have long hair, and listen to the Beatles... just thought you should know. I don't call myself a hippie though.

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.95

Like Paq, I'm near Ghandi and the Dalai Lama. Good company indeed. :D

Many totalitarian leaders have criticized abstract art and at times had it destroyed along with intellectual institutions like universities. Agreeing with the statement that it shouldn't be considered art indicates a tendency to want to impose personal views on others and dictate not only their actions, but their thoughts.

That's one of my favorite questions on the test, along with these:

"It's a sad reflection on our society that something as basic as drinking water is now a bottled, branded consumer product."

"The prime function of schooling should be to equip the future generation to find jobs."

"When you are troubled, it's better not to think about it, but to keep busy with more cheerful things."

"Although the electronic age makes official surveillance easier, only wrongdoers need to be worried."

"The businessman and the manufacturer are more important than the writer and the artist."

If you selected "agree" to either of the above two questions from the survey, did you consider, before answering, that you would be agreeing to cede the decision making authority as to what constitutes "art that doesn't represent anything", and "wrongdoers" to unknown entities of unknown qualification and integrity, operating in the confines of unknown criteria, if they disclose any criteria at all, or adhere to what they do disclose?

I cannot support the death penalty because I am not confident that the integrity of the officials charged with overseeing the process of selecting the guilty candidates for execution, is at a high enough level to consistantly mete out justice with accuracy. The former governor Ryan of Illinois seemed to make a similar observation a few years ago. He then emptied the death row cells and suspended the death penalty in Illinois. Why are so many other governors unwilling to ask the same questions, or are willing to accept a lower level of justice and accuracy?
Do people in Illinois care more about the integrity of their justice system for capital crimes in Illinois than they do in Texas? Why was the Illinois governor going through such a different process regarding decisions on approving execution warrants than Texas governor Bush was, simultaneously, in 1999? Why is the Texas legislature still refusing to react to lessons learned in Illinois?

Does the process that leads to the "left" or the "right" boil down to the "devil" being in the "details" vs. the ends justifying the means?
The process that each of us uses to conclude, arrive at a conclusion, is by it's nature, a process designed to end with the reaching of a decision. Is "left" or "right" reduced to a matter of the complexity of the decision making processes of the survey participants?

I hope others will share the thought process that they went through to answer the "abstract art" and "wrongdoers" questions. I hope that it will help us to better understand our differences of opinion and philosphy.

Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.28

I'm in almost exactly the same place as the Dalai Lama. Not sure what to make of that.

This is like one of those "masculine feminine" tests. There are some questions that I couldn't figure out what the left / right or lib / auth position was supposed to be, though I did answer all question honestly.

For example, the abstract art, or the bottled water questions, can't quite grasp what those are guaging. The abstract art can't be economic, but I can't see whether it's supposed to be libertarian or authoritarian. If I say abstract art is art, I'm imposing my opinion on it, but the same is true if I say it isn't art; both positions seem to be libertarian.

Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.44
age: 29

Economic Left/Right: -2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.74
I find that it only give a very general idea of where I stand on the political compass. Many people have more 'precise' and honed thoughts on many issues that such a scale cannot disply accuratly. Still fun nonetheless.

Theart quesiton has nothing to do with what you think abou tthe art, it has to do with your opinion toward others' views on it. Anyone who states that abstract art should not be considered art is demonstrating an authoritarian tendency to dictate what others should think. I can't find it on the FAQ or other areas, but there used to be an explanation given stating that Hitler and Stalin, among others, restricted art and trashed the abstract stuff and called it a waste of time (and sometimes had the artists killed.)

Those who see the sale of bottled water as unfortunate are likely to be economically liberal (collectivist) because people of that school of thought tend to believe that something necessary to sustain life should be free rather than a commodity. Others (myself included) see that there is plenty of cheap water, and wish that we got to the idea first because we don't feel at all bad providing a product or service that, while scientifically proven to be useless, generates significant amounts of honest, legitimate revenue.


If anyone else is wondering about any of the questions, I've gone over it several times and can tell you fairly accurately where a certain question lies on the spectrum.

Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.51

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.21

age 47

I don't know where that puts me - I couldn't give myself scenarios that would fit the real world to those numbers.

But hot diggity dawg, did I ever enjoy the outdoor Come Together annual May 24 long weekend hippy campout festival in Waterford Ontario :)

Economic Left/Right: -1.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.01

24.

What in the hell does being almost completely dead-center mean? Does that mean I just don't give a shit one way or the other? Or are my opinions just so fucked-up-jumbled that I don't indentify with anyone?

Uh... -5.88/-2.41
Looking at their examples, I think I killed Gandhi.
That surprises me.

I noticed I alternated in treatment of some questions, but didn't have the patience to be very careful. This one deserves a retake after sleep.

Economic Left/Right: 0.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.95

Whatever the hell that means...

Economic Left/Right: -1.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.79

It it appears that I am the polar opposite of GWB. I'm simply...shocked. :D

I got
Economic Left/ Right: -4.72
libertarian/ Authoritarian: -9.48
in June 2003

And I got
Economic Left/Right: 5.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.44
today.

I guess the French welfare state fails definitely at getting me hooked up to it.

for those interested, I'm:
Ecomomic (right) 4.25
Social (libertarian) -1.54

back almost two years ago, I was 4.21 right, -1.74 down.
Questions were still silly, but I'm glad I am consistent.

Economic Left/Right: 4.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.56

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