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View Poll Results: I fell in the category of:
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03-01-2010, 08:49 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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The Political Compass
A friend of mine posted this on facebook and we started comparing results. Asking deadman about his actual political opinions made me think of posting this here.
The political compass test has two dimensions rather than one, one being economic, while the other being social. Of course it's not gonna actually say what you exactly are, but it gives it more justice than most other generalizations.
For example, the BNP and Hitler are generally called fascist and therefore right-wing, but as a socialist myself I still know that a lot of their ideas are actually left, having numerous platforms on healthcare and education. The thing is, of course, that these policies are exclusively for a certain ethnicity, which makes them authoritarian as fuck. That's what makes them fascist.
With two parameters, there's no fight in for example saying whether Stalin is a good example of the Ultraleft, or the Trotskyist accusation that he was really right wing: instead, he's definitely Left, but more authoritarian than Hitler himself.
Nelson Mandela was on a communist party, but his ideas put him on the libertarian left, while most of America's and even Europe's mainstream parties, politicians, and overall sociopolitical status quo only fall into the authoritarian right (Sweden bein good only in that it almost falls in the dead center of the compass)
Anyhow, I've talked too much.
The TL;DR version is this graph:
Do take the test. Don't take it to heart but obviously assume that the analysis is based on your answers to social questions.
Here's my 'score'
http://www.politicalcompass.org/prin...0.00&soc=-8.42
Left = 10.00
Libertarian = 8.42
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Originally Posted by KissMeDeadly
You fucking people [war veterans] are only a step below entitled rich kids, the only difference being you had to do and witness horrible things, instead of being given everything.
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03-01-2010, 11:19 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Chicago, Illinois
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Left = 9.62
Libertarian = 6.87
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You should talk you fugly, cat bashing, psychopathic urinal on two legs...
-Jack_the_knife
I don't hate you. Saying I hate you would be like saying I hate a dog with no legs trying to cross a busy freeway.
-Mr. Filth
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03-01-2010, 11:26 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Sugar Hill
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I've moved significantly further left since the last time I took this.
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I promote radical change through my actions.
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Originally Posted by Ben Lahnger
I have chugged more than ten epic boners.
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03-02-2010, 01:20 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Sheffield UK.
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Left: -8.50
Libertarian: -6.82
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03-03-2010, 11:24 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Um, lower, oh yeah, uh, uh ... YES THERE!
Posts: 6,738
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Economic Left/Right: -0.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.08
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Lead me not into temptation ... follow me, I know a shortcut!
As the poets have mournfully sung,
death takes the innocent young,
the rolling in money,
the screamingly funny,
and those who are very well hung.
Your days are numbered - 26,280 per person on average - 2,000,000,000 heartbeats ... tick, tick, tick
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03-03-2010, 11:35 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 4,678
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03-03-2010, 02:08 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: A ship called Dignity
Posts: 1,919
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Economic Left/Right: -5.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.82
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03-03-2010, 02:15 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Earth.
Posts: 479
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Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.13
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"A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything."
-Friedrich Nietzsche
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03-03-2010, 02:33 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
Posts: 357
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03-03-2010, 04:58 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Chicago, Illinois
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Originally Posted by Despanan
I've moved significantly further left since the last time I took this.
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Your results kinda surprised me... If I had been made to guess before seeing this, I would have put you almost dead center.
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You should talk you fugly, cat bashing, psychopathic urinal on two legs...
-Jack_the_knife
I don't hate you. Saying I hate you would be like saying I hate a dog with no legs trying to cross a busy freeway.
-Mr. Filth
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03-03-2010, 06:35 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 9,548
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Economic Left/Right: -8.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.77
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03-04-2010, 01:51 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Raxacoricofallapatorius
Posts: 1,750
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Because before too long there'll be nothing left alive, not a creature on the land or sea, a bird in the sky. They'll be shot, harpooned, eaten, and hunted too much, vivisected by the clever men who prove that there's no such things as a fair world with live and let live. The Royal family go hunting, what an example to give to the people they lead and that don't include me, I've seen enough pain and torture of those who can't speak...
- Tough Shit, Mickey by Conflict
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03-04-2010, 07:33 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Minnesota, USA
Posts: 4,448
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Economic Left/Right: -5.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.49
I figured that's where I'd be.
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Remember, short controlled bursts.
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03-04-2010, 09:36 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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This political compass is ridiculous though. The questions are basically
DO YOU THINK THAT EVIL CORPORATIONS HOLDING THE WORLD'S POOR IN THEIR SCALY GRASP IS A GOOD THING?
and if you answer 'no', you are a hard left libertarian.
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03-04-2010, 11:30 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Sheffield UK.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JCC
This political compass is ridiculous though. The questions are basically
DO YOU THINK THAT EVIL CORPORATIONS HOLDING THE WORLD'S POOR IN THEIR SCALY GRASP IS A GOOD THING?
and if you answer 'no', you are a hard left libertarian.
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However true that is, it still has to entail basic enough questions that everyone taking the test can understand and answer.
It's not really meant to spit out results that tell you your an Anarcho-communo-Leftist-person that likes crisps.
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Avoid all needle drugs - The only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.
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03-05-2010, 06:15 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Minnesota, USA
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Lol, Jack I think I love you.
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03-19-2010, 12:15 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: East of the Sun, West of the Moon
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A better, less biased, quizz is the following:
http://www.idealog.org/en/quiz
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03-19-2010, 01:13 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: ∞ ∞ //▲▲\\ ∞ ∞
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rubber band balls
Bring Kontan Back
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03-19-2010, 01:51 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Sugar Hill
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Wow Vind, you're more of a socialist than Obama.
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Originally Posted by KontanKarite
I promote radical change through my actions.
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Originally Posted by Ben Lahnger
I have chugged more than ten epic boners.
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03-19-2010, 01:51 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: ∞ ∞ //▲▲\\ ∞ ∞
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Indeed........
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Bring Kontan Back
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03-19-2010, 02:11 PM
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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Sugar Hill
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Just noticed this:
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Originally Posted by PortraitOfSanity
Your results kinda surprised me... If I had been made to guess before seeing this, I would have put you almost dead center.
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I used to be much closer to dead-center, but that was before Bush.
But yeah, that's partially because of a slightly biased test and partilally because you see me in the context of Gnet, where I'm reacting to extreme radical leftists like Alan, Sterrn, and Joker. There really aren't too many conservatives on here, and I tend to be more reactionary when espousing my political views anyhow.
I try to be as rational as possible when dealing with political issues, and I always do my best to see where the other side is coming from. If someone starts screaming about corpulent capitalist pig-dogs I'm just as likely to start shooting holes in their arguments as if someone starts going after "commie pinko socialist faggots".
We all need to remember, that for the most part, we're all on the same side, we just differ about what we think the best way is to achieve a better world. Politics is not a game of football, and "your team" winning is not always the best thing.
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I promote radical change through my actions.
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03-19-2010, 08:17 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: the concrete and steel beehive of Southern California
Posts: 7,449
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Economic Left/Right: -6.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.72
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03-20-2010, 10:28 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Um, lower, oh yeah, uh, uh ... YES THERE!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JCC
This political compass is ridiculous though. The questions are basically
DO YOU THINK THAT EVIL CORPORATIONS HOLDING THE WORLD'S POOR IN THEIR SCALY GRASP IS A GOOD THING?
and if you answer 'no', you are a hard left libertarian.
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Hmm ... I read the bias in the questions and answered each question deliberately in the context of my knowledge that many corporations are harmful but that is not true of all corporations. And my test result was a pretty, fair representation of my views. Yeah, I know ... I'd make a lousy Socialist.
But the political compass is definitely biased.
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Lead me not into temptation ... follow me, I know a shortcut!
As the poets have mournfully sung,
death takes the innocent young,
the rolling in money,
the screamingly funny,
and those who are very well hung.
Your days are numbered - 26,280 per person on average - 2,000,000,000 heartbeats ... tick, tick, tick
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03-24-2010, 07:07 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Missouri
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I was really hoping I'd venture into authoritarian-right territory but that test is retarded.
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03-24-2010, 04:16 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2009
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You do. It's obvious by now to anyone reasonable that you have to move your test about four points upwards and to the right for it to be more accurate.
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Originally Posted by KissMeDeadly
You fucking people [war veterans] are only a step below entitled rich kids, the only difference being you had to do and witness horrible things, instead of being given everything.
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real classy
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