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Where are you on the political compass?

 
  

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gingerbop
13:24 / 24.05.03
I needed an indifferent button too, and the questions were veerryy biased, and you would just think very few people would choose the more authoriatian/conservative answers: Like "do you believe that nobody can be born naturally homosexual" I dont think many people would put strongly agree...
 
 
angelvanilla
01:06 / 26.05.03
Economic Left/Right: -3.50
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -5.59
 
 
Leap
18:02 / 26.05.03
Kit Kat –

I was wondering what your results would be like, Leap –

Glad to figure so prominently in your thoughts KKC! ;)

I was half expecting you to come out with positive results on the economic scale. Interesting that you haven't. Does it tally with what you'd expected? I ask because I'm trying to work out whether the test is inherently skewed - it does strike me as a bit odd that most people have such similar results.

First of all a typo apology (libertarian/authoritarian should have been – 4.13 makes little difference but just making sure).

As for what I expected……I did expect to be “bottom right square” rather than bottom left, certainly…..

As for the use of libertarian and anarchist as synonymous….seems a little odd to me…..

I have also tried many people in my office, along with 3 netted friends who do not work here, and we ALL (from office junior to management) came out as bottom left corner types (including both a tory voter friend…and my missus (who is socialist)!) . Hmmmm seems a little suspect!

Weird thing is, on the “advocates for self-govt” test (the original 4 pole 10 question test) I am arch-libertarian…………..go figure.
 
 
Olulabelle
18:44 / 26.05.03
Economic Left/Right: -6.62
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -6.00

Like "do you believe that nobody can be born naturally homosexual" I dont think many people would put strongly agree...

Gingerbop, don't you believe it sweets. I have met a scary amount of scary people who would.
 
 
SMS
01:23 / 27.05.03
Well, I've linked to the Political Compass from a couple of other, more conservative message-boards - and no-one's got a positive score. The questions must be skewed..

I did. *sigh* I used to think I was an okay guy, really.

Economic Left/Right: 2.50
Authoritarian/Libertarian: 0.82

Anyway, I think I'll still claim that I'm a moderate.
 
 
The Falcon
12:30 / 23.03.06
Interesting; I just looked up this again because of the conservative/liberal thread in headshop, and to check if the other dimension was indeed 'libertarian' not 'liberal', and my new score is much more hardline:

Economic Left/Right: -8.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.18

Still no Mordant, but I keep trying.
 
 
Mistoffelees
12:48 / 23.03.06
Economic Left/Right: -4.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.59

"-4.88", "-5.59" that sounds so negative. The reading list looks interestig.
 
 
Slim
13:03 / 23.03.06
Economic Left/Right: -2.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.87


I felt that the possible answers were too limited, though.
 
 
gridley
13:07 / 23.03.06
Economic Left/Right: -5.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.23

I want to say that when I took this back in 2003, it showed that I was far less communist (economically left). I wonder where I'll be after a few more years of the Bush administration.
 
 
matthew.
13:12 / 23.03.06
Economic Left/Right: -3.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.54

That's me! I was worried I'd end up closer to Stalin than Gandhi.
 
 
Laughing
16:55 / 23.03.06
Economic Left/Right: -5.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.28


Hm. I must have cheated off of gridley.
 
 
Dead Megatron
17:17 / 23.03.06
Economic Left/Right: -6.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.18

I'm almost pon top of the Dalai lama (with all due respect). It seems to be the most common result in Planet Barbelith. [transform into sarcastic mode]We do need more conservatives [transform into gun mode]

The test could indeed use a indifferent button. And it should have ten times more questions

Legalize Mary!

I'll do it again, excet all press only the "strongly disagree" button. let's see what happens:

Economic Left/Right: 0.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.36

hmm, curious.
 
 
Mon Oncle Ignatius
19:07 / 23.03.06
Economic Left/Right: -8.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.03

Goshwow, I am TEH COMMIE ANTARCHIST!!1!93 it seems.

I think Lurid was right way back when about all that strongly agreeing/disagreeing skewing the test somewhat. Theh again, so many of the questions were very easy to approach with vehemence.
 
 
Feverfew
19:18 / 23.03.06
Economic Left/Right: -2.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.26

Hmm. I am intrigued.
 
 
Tryphena Absent
20:22 / 23.03.06
Last time: Economic Left/Right: -7.38
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -7.44

This time: Economic Left/Right: -9.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.90

I thought you were meant to become more right wing as you got older?
 
 
The Falcon
20:48 / 23.03.06
Yeah, me too.

I must confess a degree of penis envy at the higher negative scores here.
 
 
Tom Paine's Bones
21:42 / 23.03.06
Economic Left/Right: -8.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.90

Does that make me offically a moderate on Barbelith?
 
 
assayudin
21:51 / 23.03.06
Mandela/Dalai Lama.
 
 
Benny the Ball
22:12 / 23.03.06
I read, and failed to understand, the first question. I'm putting it down to tiredness, but it might be that I am a political moron, just left of centre of Well'ard from Eastenders...
 
 
Homeless Halo
22:15 / 23.03.06
Economic Left/Right: -6.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.67

It wouldn't let me NOT answer some of the questions I felt to be, well, stupid and narrow, so this is only a rough estimate.
 
 
Bubblegum Death
23:36 / 23.03.06
Economic Left/Right: -5.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.90

Just don't tell von Mises.
 
 
Orange
03:01 / 24.03.06
Economic Left/Right: -8.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.15

I don't know what I got the last time I took it, so here's a record of what I got just now for comparison's sake next time.
 
 
De Selby
03:38 / 24.03.06
Economic Left/Right: -6.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.38

what a surprise.
 
 
Mistoffelees
08:43 / 24.03.06
Just don't tell von Mises.

"YOU´RE ALL FIRED!"
 
 
BlueMeanie
13:39 / 24.03.06
I don't remember my score, but I seem to remember I was a slightly left wing centrist with an extreme social-libertarian inclination.
 
  

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