Political Compass

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Darth Revan
Maybe this has been posted before, but I've seen it on numerous other sites and think it's interesting:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/

This is mine: (there's an explanation when you're done taking the quiz)

Economic Left/Right: -7.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.92

shaber
Done it ages ago and got 1 to the left and one up.

The questions are very slanted.

Tptmanno1
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.38
I'll post the graph too maybe...

lil bitchiness
Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.36

Wooo! Im in the same category as Nelson Madela, Dalai Lama and Ghandi.

ash007
Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.46

Tptmanno1
me too!

Afro Cheese
Economic Left/Right: -6.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.97

What exactly does that mean? I don't really get this.

Jackie Malfoy
I don't understand any of this.You guys are nuts!LOL!JM

Darth Revan
There is an explanation both on the home page and at the end of the quiz.

But basically what it means is that you are more liberal than most people, and your reasons for being so are more economic than social.

FeceMan
Economic Left/Right: -1.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.59

Afro Cheese
Yeah I read the chart and the paragraphs but I thought liberal was left wing.. but neo-liberalism is to the far right.

Adam_PoE
Economic Left: -4.38
Social Libertarian: -5.95

Darth Revan
Liberal is left wing... But I don't think neo-liberalism means "liberal" in the sense most people think of it.

MC Mike
Economic Left/Right: -2.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.82


Hm. Ah well. messed

Imperial_Samura
Hmmm, Thatcher looks awfully close to Hitler there..... but I am please with mine: Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.28

Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy seeing I am so close, apparently, to the Deli Lama, Gandhi and so forth.

Ronny
i. dont. get. it. no expression

-5.12 L/R
-5.62 L/A

shock math

Darth Revan
You people are such simple-minded fools schmoll

stick out tongue

Ronny
cry math....

Fire
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.18

That's mine altho I consider myself a socialist I don't hink it really accounts for that.

there is a big difference between neo-liberalism and what the english speaking world calls "liberals" atleast as far as they teach us at uni.

ChickinMeat
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.18

im libertarian left, i dont have a clue what that means, im on the same section as ghandi

Imperial_Samura
Is there anybody here who has not ended up on the same side as Ghandhi?

Fire
yes as you can see FeceMan did he has a possitive number on the Y ax which places him on the opposite side of Gandhi

lil bitchiness
Yeah, but Bush is still closer to him.

Fire
hehe true, however it's those last few points that really matter

The Omega
Economic Left/Right: -7.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.28

Yes, I'm all the way down there in the left corner with Ghandi! As far away from Hitler and Thatcher as I can get...
What... a surprise... not! big grin

(Waves to Darth Revan and Tpt who seems to think the most like I do. I wonder what you guys answered to the "Authorities should always be questioned?"wink smile

Fire
hehe too radical for my taste

The Omega
Fire> Well, see... Up there you just see some numbers. What's interesting is of course why people chose the answers they did...
But HEY... it's a debate-forum...
YAY! smile

Darth Revan
Heh... I think I said "Strongly Agree." By which I mean we shouldn't trust anybody just because they were elected to office...

The Omega
yes

Fire
I went for agree. IMO there is a limitation to questioning authorities

Silver Stardust
*joins the group*

I didn't get a chance to post my results last night...but they were as follows:
Economic Left/Right: -6.83
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.04

Heh...and yes, I certainly put 'strongly agree' for that question yes

Jedi Priestess
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.82 (I am the only one who had a number like this cry)

what the heck does that mean? messed

FeceMan
Actually, I was surprised at my own score. I expected myself to be up quite a bit higher smile.

EDIT: By "up" I mean "north".

shaber
As I said, the questions are slanted.

FeceMan
So...we should take like twelve tests and find our average? smile

shaber
I've got different results every time smile My first result (months ago) was equivalent to Schuman's position though erm

WindDancer
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 4.67

Pretty close to Tony Blair and Hitler. Just remenber before taking the test read this:

"So are you ready to take the test? Remember that there's no right, wrong or ideal response. It's simply a measure of attitudes and inevitable human contradictions to provide a more integrated definition of where people and parties are really at. Click here to start."

frodo34x
Left/Right -4.75
libertarian/authoritarian 0.05

How did you get the chart with your position on and all the other people's as well?

The Omega

WindDancer
No

Raz
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.59

dave123
Economic Left/Right: 0.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.56

and i picked random answers.... didn't even read the questions embarrasment

Gregory
Economic Left/Right: -5.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.21

No surprise.

ash007
Guess iam special stick out tongue

Silver Stardust
Omega > Nope big grin

Storm
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.41

Fire
woot storm and I are quite alike big grin

frodo34x
Will no one tell me how to get the graph with me and the other people in?

The Omega
Frodo34x> I think it says on the page how you do it.

Scarpa
Economic Left/Right: 5.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.26

The Omega
Hm... What a surprise.

BackFire
Economic Left/Right: -3.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.05

Bardock42
Economic Left/Right: 3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.15

Oh yeah I am the man no one is like me

The Omega

Tptmanno1
Hmm,
I should try and plot them all....
Maybe when im less lazy

Silver Stardust
laughing Why am I NOT surprised?

Tptmanno1
Hehe,

shaber
The questions are not really adequate diagnostic criteria.

Ushgarak
Economic Left/Right: -0.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.49

Nearly everyone else seems allergic to the middle... darn extremists...

Tptmanno1
Shaber, Read the Faq, Because the questions are biased, it makes the quiz non-biased because they are on an agree of disagree basis.

Ush>Well If your gonna do something, go all out....

Ushgarak
It's not a set of scales. Your beliefs are (or are not) going all out wherever you are. It's like saying Red in the colour spectrum is more all-out than Green.

Tptmanno1
I know, I was playing around...

If anyone knows a program that i can use to plot all the points I'd be much obliged...

Silver Stardust
No idea...probably you will have to go through and do it by hand.

Fire
I was kinda expecting ush to end up in the middle tho I would have reckoned there would be positive numbers envolved.

Anywayz the middle is good, too extreme to the left and too extreme to the right is never good in any political situation.

The Omega
big grin
It's the same with the Economic Left/Right.
-7.88 Darth Revan; -7.50 The Omega; -7.00 Storm; -6.88 Fire; -6.83 Silver Stardust; -6.62 Tpt

Seems like Darth, Tpt, you and me probably vote pretty much the same. But looking back at various topics we've debated I do see a great deal of agreement... And a great deal of disagreement with those at the other end of the spectrum...
cool

Fire> You know what they say? If you always take the golden middle of the road you get run over! wink

Silver Stardust
I have noticed that myself...heehee, you know they say that great minds think alike cool

I think this board has a disproportionate number of people with extreme views, though. Or am I the only one that finds it a little odd that out of everyone who took this test only one person has moderate views, and then everyone else is waaaaaaay out there?

Bardock42
hey I am not way out there, just a little way out there

Silver Stardust
You're still pretty far out...

And what I'm saying is that the majority of the people who took this ARE pretty far out left or right.

Bardock42
OK all from Left to right

Red(Libertarian/Left):
Darth Revan, The Omega, Storm, Fire, Silver Stardust, Tpt, Imperial Samurai, Afro Cheese, Gregory, Lil Bitchiness, Adam_Poe, Raz, Ash007, BackFire, ChickInMeat, MC_Mike, Ush

Green(Authoritarian/Left):
Jedi Priestes, Frodo34x, Fecemen

Yellow(Authoritarian/Right)
Napalm, Winddancer

Blue(Libertarian/Right)
Bardock42

Bardock42
Here it is

Silver Stardust
Well, I was just going to start doing that...cool.

Bardock42
yeah its great I am alone

I am less right and more liberal than Ayn Rand, but not by that much.

FeceMan
The problem with this test, at least for me, is all the conflicting viewpoints I have. Mercy vs. justice. Equality vs. beliefs. Technological progress vs. religion. It is...confusing.

Bardock42
But I like that they made it a compass I hate the idea of just left and right, that doesn't show anything. Somequestions were har to answer just with agree or disagrre, you know I am kind of indolent

Tptmanno1
Bardock, Nice,
Anyway you would want to add a key or label them with our names?

Bardock42
I wanted to but it is 225kb already like that, I don't know how

Tptmanno1
Ithe size limit only matters if its a sig, If your gonna attach it, the limit is MUCH bigger....
Do you have photoshop? cuz you could optimize it, and it maks it smaller.

Bardock42
eh no, how do you attach?

Tptmanno1
The way you did the first one
Type something
hit preview reply then down at the bottom, hit browse....

Bardock42
Well the one I got with all names and stuff is 3000kb though

Tptmanno1
Thats strange,
It really shouldn't be that big

WindDancer
That's why I didn't take the test seriously. Certain questions had issues that require more than a "yes" or "no" answer. I just had my fun picking the answers. Anyone taking this test seriously needs to step outside an get some fresh air.

Napalm
were you talking about me

Napalm
I tested again

Economic Left/Right: 4.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.05

The Omega
It depends on what you view as "extreme." I don't consider myself extreme in any way... I'll not start harming people to make them agree with me.
It's probably in the "Strongly Agree/disagree" vs. the just "Agree/disagree".

Silver Stardust
What I meant was a disproportiate number of people who's views come up as being pretty far along on a particular part of the scale...I don't consider myself extreme, either. Just that I'd expect there to be many more people in the middle.

The Omega

Silver Stardust
Most likely...

The Omega
Silver> laughing Your new sig-image is a killer...

Silver Stardust
laughing why thank you!!! I'm rather fond of it myself wink

RaventheOnly
messed i was supprised my self......



The Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: -2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 5.28

RaventheOnly
:::

manny321
i am in in the middle

Bardock42
Good thread yes

Big Evil
I took t3h test and here's what I got.
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/images/cross.gif
Take it and see where you be at.. smile

http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.php

Clovie
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.56

Storm
Sigh.

Political Compass

Big Evil
Originally posted by Clovie
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.56
Holy crap, you're even more right-wing then my girlfriend. XD

I got near Stalin.. >_>;

Wickerman
Economic Left/Right: -1.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.87

heh...i'm right there with ghandi and nelson mandela

~wickerman~

Bardock42
What Storm said

Except for that...this is mine

Economic Left/Right: 3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.15

Clovie
Originally posted by Big Evil
Holy crap, you're even more right-wing then my girlfriend. XD

I got near Stalin.. >_>; i don't really understand what does it mean bag

lil bitchiness
Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.44

Lana
Originally posted by Big Evil
Holy crap, you're even more right-wing then my girlfriend. XD

I got near Stalin.. >_>;

She got negative numbers, which would make her left-wing, not right.....

Hmmm....wonder if I should take this again....maybe later.

KharmaDog
Economic Left/Right: -6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.90

On the graph they have me hanging out with Nelson Mandela and Ghandi, I would never see myself as that far to the left and that passive, but then again, it's just an internet quiz

manny321
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 1.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.23

Wow i am right wing person. Well i am liberal on social issues but conservative on crime, econemy.

http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/images/cross.gif

So i am most like our own Prime minister Paul Martin and Germnay's Gerhard Schroder

Bardock42

RedAlertv2
Anyone tried this ? I like the idea of the four-point political map, as opposed to the typical left-right concept we normally see.

Feel free to post and discuss your scores.

Strangelove
This is the same system we use in my politics class at college yes

Strangelove
Here's me

http://www.politicalcompass.org/images/bothaxes.gif

xmarksthespot
I think that's just a general schematic... you have to scroll down for the actual figure.

Fishy
I was closest to Ghandi smile Surprised about the economics though, I would have expected me to be more right winged on that aspect.

xmarksthespot
Economic Left/Right: -2.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.95

Likewise of the political figures on the graph, closest to Ghandi. A little surprised about the economics, I thought it'd be a slightly lower absolute value, somewhere between |0.5| to |2|.

RocasAtoll
I was closest to the Dalai Lama.

Bardock42
We have a thread about just this website already.

Political Compass

I was Economic Left/Right: 3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.15

Which means that is the most awesome thing one can get. I am also not like any of them filthy politicans and idiots.

RedAlertv2
Heres mine

Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.08

sithsaber408
Economic Left/Right: 0.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 4.10

Right next to Tony Blair and Paul Martin.

PVS
Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.51

cool, im right next to ghandi and the dalai lama

sithsaber408
Originally posted by PVS
Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.51

cool, im right next to ghandi and the dalai lama

Sanctimonious, self-righteous ass!


stick out tongue

PVS
lol no expression

Bardock42
Why is here no ****ing **** that has similar views to me.

PVS
because we're not nazis

Bardock42
Originally posted by PVS
because we're not nazis

Good point.

Strangelove
Originally posted by xmarksthespot
I think that's just a general schematic... you have to scroll down for the actual figure. oh. Well damn, now I have to take it all over again

Soleran
Economic Left/Right: -3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.00
Authoritarian

usagi_yojimbo
Took the test - can't remember the score, but I came up somewhere between Ghandi and Nelson Mandela(like most here) on the graph - which leads me to conclude, one of two things.

Possibility 1: This forum consists of a bunch of noble - selfless idealistic individuals.

Possibility 2: The test is BS, and strictly serves the purpose of boosting individual ego(by comparing one to famous ideologues). When the site becomes popular enough, the domain will be bought out by a potential internet startup company - to generate more ad revenue.

Can anyone guess which possibility I'm more in favour of?

Bardock42
Originally posted by usagi_yojimbo
Took the test - can't remember the score, but I came up somewhere between Ghandi and Nelson Mandela(like most here) on the graph - which leads me to conclude, one of two things.

Possibility 1: This forum consists of a bunch of noble - selfless idealistic individuals.

Possibility 2: The test is BS, and strictly serves the purpose of boosting individual ego(by comparing one to famous ideologues). When the site becomes popular enough, the domain will be bought out by a potential internet startup company - to generate more ad revenue.

Can anyone guess which possibility I'm more in favour of?

Well, I got nowhere near anyone famous. Maybe they just knew I was German and didn't want to boost my ego.

Robtard
I'm also next to the Ghandi/Dalai Lama/Nelson Mandela... I think this thing is rigged in either the wording of the questions or the parameters of the test itself as everyone is basically the same...

Economic Left/Right: -4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.67

Bardock42
Hmm, well it's not necessarily rigged I retook it and though my score changed it changed in a way I thought I had changed since back in the day when I took it.

I used to be
Economic Left/Right: 3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.15

now I am

Economic Left/Right: 2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.82

I became more Anarchist/Liberal and less Capitalist. Someone hold me. I feel sick.

I think it describes me quite well actually.

xmarksthespot
Originally posted by Robtard
I'm also next to the Ghandi/Dalai Lama/Nelson Mandela... I think this thing is rigged in either the wording of the questions or the parameters of the test itself as everyone is basically the same...

Economic Left/Right: -4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.67 I think it's more to do with people answering questions in the way they'd like to be perceived than in a way they actually feel. Bardock's a German, so he cares not for how others perceive him.

Robtard
Originally posted by xmarksthespot
I think it's more to do with people answering questions in the way they'd like to be perceived than in a way they actually feel. Bardock's a German, so he cares not for how others perceive him.


I thought of that as I stumbled on a few questions and couldn't answer them immediately so I have to give what you say merit, but that would imply that people are deliberately lying on a message board to be seen in a better light and that is sad. I've seen German porn that I wish I could 'un-see', those people have no shame.

Bardock42
Originally posted by Robtard
I thought of that as I stumbled on a few questions and couldn't answer them immediately so I have to give what you say merit, but that would imply that people are deliberately lying on a message board to be seen in a better light and that is sad. I've seen German porn that I wish I could 'un-see', those people have no shame.

John Thompson does not speak for the general populous of the Federal German Republic.

VVD and I discussed the more idiotic nature of the test. For one that there were quite a few badly phrased questions. The aim of them was evident, but a honest answer would have been judged in an incorrect light.

Green Arrow
Economic Left/Right: 2.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.59

I believe in free enterprise but at the same time strong regulations to protect the enviorment and coporate monopolies from forming.

I expected my authoritarian results, it's only acceptable if I say it is lol!

Bardock42
Originally posted by Green Arrow
Economic Left/Right: 2.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.59

I believe in free enterprise but at the same time strong regulations to protect the enviorment and coporate monopolies from forming.

I expected my authoritarian results, it's only acceptable if I say it is lol!

That is so contradicting. I mean. Wow. I am surprised the Universe didn't explode due to the ridiculousness of that post.

Strangelove
Free enterprise and strong regulations are opposite goals, genius roll eyes (sarcastic)

reggie_jax
Economic Left/Right: -4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.92

those questions were ****ing wack anyway

Kinneary
Economic Left/Right: 1.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.87

I'm in that part of the grid that no one famous has ever been in.

Bardock42
Originally posted by Kinneary
Economic Left/Right: 1.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.87

I'm in that part of the grid that no one famous has ever been in.

We suck my friend...we suck.

Green Arrow
Originally posted by Strangelove
Free enterprise and strong regulations are opposite goals, genius roll eyes (sarcastic)
Only if you're a radical capitalista fatcat. There's ofcourse profit to be gained, and I understand that. But that's no excuse for raping the Earth and controlling the masses through coporate globalization.

Green Arrow
http://www.okcupid.com/politics
I like this test better, it has pictures! big grin

You are a
Social Moderate
(56% permissive)
and an...
Economic Conservative
(66% permissive)
You are best described as a:
Centrist

At Donald Trump's jaw, how I'd like to fire so many of you.. stick out tongue

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