The Political Compass

[Void]

I think that this would be an interesting reference point when considering the political views of others in the forum. The test itself is pretty crap but it's as good as you're going to get on 'teh interweb'.

Economic Left/Right: -2.08
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.25

So, I'm a slight-leftist Authoritarian, which sounds about right.

*link* (http://www.politicalcompass.org)

C'mon people, it's...er...fun.

[thedarkhorse]

I agree; it is ,er, fun

For me

Economic Left/Right: -7.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.00

Or alternatively; a long haired, vegetarian, hippy.

Oh, and check out the FAQ, the last question on the page. :P

[Richian]

Economic Left/Right: -5.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.77

First time I could concentrate enough to read and consider my answers :-)

[Persephone]

Economic Left/Right= -3
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian= -2



Hmmm. It's probably not too far off the mark.

[willemdekooning]

Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.49

Just where I wanted to be. I'm as pragmatic as Elton John.

[borntoend]

Economic Left/Right: -8.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.90

Hrm... still something of an extremist...

[Cherry]

Economic Left/Right: -3.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.97

im around the Ghandi area :good:

Oh, and check out the FAQ, the last question on the page. :lol:

[JamesyEsquire]

Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.10

[Terminal Young Thing]

I remember doing this a year ago :) My (conservative) politics teacher complained that it was biased to the left...

Back with results in a minute.

[Dancing May Girl]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.95

[Nicola17]

Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.92

Pretty much where I thought I would be.

[Terminal Young Thing]

Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.23

[blackmet]

I remember my score from the last time I took it:

Economic: -3.00
Social: -2.17

[Matt_o_Mac]

Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.36

[Void]

I'm almost distressed at the lack of Authoritarians.

[Matt_o_Mac]

I'm almost distressed at the lack of Authoritarians.

Yeah where are all the dictators :mrgreen:

[Void]

Yeah where are all the dictators :mrgreen:

I've no idea :(

[Bartek Wyre]

Surprise surprise! :P :p
Economic Left/Right: -6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.79

Although dictators are sometimes necessary, I could not be one of them :good:

[Finn]

Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.38

[Yaara (lori)]

Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.95

which is in the same quarter as Ghandi... :good:

[smallblackflower]

Economic left/right -4.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian -3.18

:hmmm: But what does it all mean?

[Terminal Young Thing]

Economic left/right -4.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian -3.18

:hmmm: But what does it all mean?

it means you're commie scum ;) :p

[unwashed and somewhat slightly dazed]

Yeah where are all the dictators :mrgreen:

Wait for the admin's to post :mrgreen:

;)

[borntoend]

it means you're commie scum ;) :p

Oooh, does that mean I am the commiest and scummiest of them all?

[unwashed and somewhat slightly dazed]

Probably not.

[Terminal Young Thing]

Oooh, does that mean I am the commiest and scummiest of them all?

no commie is greater than another commie.

[10km]

Economic Left/Right: -2.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.31

I think that's mostly correct. :)

[borntoend]

no commie is greater than another commie.

Damn that equality bollocks, I want recognition!!! :p

[Dave]

Economic Left/Right: 0.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 5.59

[Bartek Wyre]

Alright, here's your dictator:

http://www.iisg.nl/exhibitions/chairman/mao.jpg

Happy?

[Nikki Katz]

Economic Left/Right: -3.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.15

I have a habit of clicking stuff in the middle for questionnaires. I don't like the word "strongly" for most things. And I also did it in a bit of a rush!

[Void]

Economic Left/Right: 0.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 5.59

At last! Someone who isn't a liberalist bitch!

[Phil C]

Economic Left/Right: -9.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.38

So i'm pretty hard left, and libertarian. The closest people to me on the compass are Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama!

Phil

[Phil C]

I'm almost distressed at the lack of Authoritarians.

Surely, as an Authoritarian, you should be over-joyed that there aren't many - it makes it easier for you to dominate if you're not arguing with other people who want to be in control as well.

Phil

[Terminal Young Thing]

Damn that equality bollocks, I want recognition!!! :p

now that's a TRUE commie ;)

[unwashed and somewhat slightly dazed]

I'll post mine in the morning, i'm too drunk to post a legitimate answer

[socialist cook]

Or alternatively; a long haired, vegetarian, hippy.



:lol: You don't fulfil the first two categories there Alex;)

This reminds me of the political allegiance thread we had a while back.. i'd say i'm still a democratic socialist on the whole.

[MissHanna]

Economic Left/Right: -4.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.54

I'm not that authoritarian...yet

There is still time to learn the correct ways to go about running a proper dictatorship. Maybe I should consult certain moderators about that.

[Void]

Surely, as an Authoritarian, you should be over-joyed that there aren't many - it makes it easier for you to dominate if you're not arguing with other people who want to be in control as well.

Phil

Rubbish, people want control and have opinions of governence regardless of where they stand politically. Anyway, it's easier to control a population who are like-minded as they're less inclined to question policies that they have a natural accordance with.

[Matt_o_Mac]

Rubbish, people want control and have opinions of governence regardless of where they stand politically. Anyway, it's easier to control a population who are like-minded as they're less inclined to question policies that they have a natural accordance with anyway.

I Question even the basics of goverment nowadays.......i feel sad

[Bashman]

Economic Left/Right: -4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.74

That was fun.

Bash

[i blame history]

Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.23

[thedarkhorse]

:lol: You don't fulfil the first two categories there Alex;)

This reminds me of the political allegiance thread we had a while back.. i'd say i'm still a democratic socialist on the whole.

I've been (sorta) veggie for three years now.

And my hair is a number FOUR. That's long where I come from...

And some may say *cough cough* that democratic socialism is a contradiction

[Terminal Young Thing]

I've been (sorta) veggie for three years now.

Moz would not love you.

And some may say *cough cough* that democratic socialism is a contradiction

My politics teacher would.

[thedarkhorse]

Makes it all worthwhile

Who be 'Moz'? And why would they not love me? (apart from the obvious 102 reasons)

[Dave]

Rubbish, people want control and have opinions of governence regardless of where they stand politically. Anyway, it's easier to control a population who are like-minded as they're less inclined to question policies that they have a natural accordance with.


What he means is that he doesn't want to be the dominant authority person thing now that I wiped the floor with his half hearted authoritarianism. :p

[Richian]

I don't like the word "strongly" for most things. And I also did it in a bit of a rush!
same here, I harldy clicked that one.

thedarkhorse- Moz is Morrisey

[starlover666]

Economic Left/Right: -5.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.97

I've changed since the last time i did the test...last time i was next to Ghandi!

[Void]

What he means is that he doesn't want to be the dominant authority person thing now that I wiped the floor with his half hearted authoritarianism. :p

Where did you get that from?

[Phil C]

Rubbish, people want control and have opinions of governence regardless of where they stand politically. Anyway, it's easier to control a population who are like-minded as they're less inclined to question policies that they have a natural accordance with.

But not everyone who is authoritarian believes in the same things.

Phil

[motown junk]

Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.22

Im sitting right on the Social Libertarian/Authoritarian line so what does that make me???

[Void]

But not everyone who is authoritarian believes in the same things.

Phil

Hence why I said 'like minded', 'policies' and 'natural accordance with' in the same sentence. I wrote that when I was drunk and it still make sense.

[Phil C]

Hence why I said 'like minded', 'policies' and 'natural accordance with' in the same sentence. I wrote that when I was drunk and it still make sense.

Yes, it makes sense, it just has very little to do with what I said in the post that you replied to. If you have to add that much stuff to my point to make your reply work, then you're practically replying to something else.

Phil

[socialist cook]

I've been (sorta) veggie for three years now.

And my hair is a number FOUR. That's long where I come from...

And some may say *cough cough* that democratic socialism is a contradiction

:D Yes but political ideologies come from political ideas which are very vague and can be interpreted many different ways- don't get me defining democracy, i had to do it for a tutorial presentation and struggled!

[Void]

Yes, it makes sense, it just has very little to do with what I said in the post that you replied to, If you have to add that much stuff to my point to make your reply work, then you're practically replying to something else.

But that was just a very general expansion of my original statement ("Rubbish, people want control and have opinions of governence regardless of where they stand politically") anyway. The first statement isn't dependant on the second, so I don't really see where the problem lies...talking about the political pursuasion of Authoritarians is just a side-issue.

[borntoend]

Im sitting right on the Social Libertarian/Authoritarian line so what does that make me???

A fence-sitting type.

[Huey]

Economic Left/Right: -6.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.05

Hehe I'm more of a hippy than I thought. I'm going to go smoke some marijuana now, I feel it's my duty.

[mr. george]

Economic Left/Right: -9.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.77

[Fiona]

Economic Left/Right: -6.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.05

I've got more left/libertarian since last time I did it :eek: :p

[socialistfuture]

the last time i did one of these i got 'democratic socialist', the longer i've got into this the more libertarian i have become. one question in one of them was do you prefer the US or the USSR - I picked the USSR, if i answered that same question today i would chose the neither option.

there have been strong comparisions between authoritarian communism and fascism, to me freedom of speech is real important - so much of what Orwell has talked abot has come around.no matter what rhetoric and cause people are fighting for their means can be the same and the result similiar - i dont bother to try to define or name my belief system - vegetarian, commie, anarchistic, socialistic, anti-fascist/rascist, anti-modern consummerism.. yet this is being typed on a computer and i work and buy modern things... aus rotten has a song about that..

anyway regardless of beliefs, so many are suffering and destruction is a constant.. i hope one day we can rise above.

[blackmet]

I actually took one at Okcupid.com not too long ago...

On the spectrum, I was Democrat...but just a hair away from being centrist or libertarian.

Give it a go, if you like:

politics test (http://www.okcupid.com/politics)

[Porco]

Economic Left/Right: -6.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.08

[Void]

politics test (http://www.okcupid.com/politics)

"Totalitarian

You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness. loc: (-94, -75)"

is me....

[The Dandy Pirate]

Economic Left/Right: -6.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.82

Social Liberal
(70% permissive)
Economic Liberal
(21% permissive)
Strong Democrat

Pretty much what I expected

[Terminal Young Thing]

Social Liberal
(68% permissive)
Economic Liberal
(26% permissive)

You are best described as a:
Democrat

[MissHanna]

Totalitarian.

Rockin'

[Joe]

I am best described as a Democrat. Social Liberal (60% permissive), Economic Liberal (18% permissive).

[mr. george]

You are a
Social Liberal
(88% permissive)

and an...
Economic Liberal
(0% permissive)

You are best described as a:
Socialist

minted

[Anna]

You are a

Social Liberal
(68% permissive)

and an...

Economic Liberal
(18% permissive)

You are best described as a: Socialist



And for the political compass:

Economic Left/Right: -4.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.59

[smallblackflower]

Social Liberal
63% Permissive

Economic Liberal
16%

You are best described as:

Socialist

Cool :good:

[MissHanna]

too many socialists :P

[Fiona]

You are a:

Social Liberal
(66% permissive)

and an...

Economic Liberal
(15% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Socialist

You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.

[Corganchild]

Economic Left/Right: -0.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.36

I was almost spot on in the centre.

[Void]

too many socialists :P

Yes.

[Nikki Katz]

You are a

Social Moderate
(56% permissive)



and an...

Economic Liberal
(25% permissive)



You are best described as a:


Democrat


You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.


I'm also right on top of Gorbachev's face.
I'm also the only person so far to get a moderate in anything! Perhaps I did it in a rush.

[JamesyEsquire]

You are a

Social Liberal
(81% permissive)



and an...

Economic Liberal
(6% permissive)



You are best described as a:


Socialist


You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness. loc: (118, -163)
modscore: (4, 49)