Here's a real political compass test

[Ripoll]

Agreed. Liberal's would actually push for a free market and not for a government regulated market.

It's part of the reason why I prefer to identify as a Federalist as opposed to a liberal. Besides, the Democrats and Republicans are just modern forms of the old Federalists and Anti Federalists.

Never thought of it that way, in which case I'm a classic Hamiltonian by those standards.

[Tea Party Separation of America]

I got steadfast conservative
This overwhelmingly Republican group holds very conservative attitudes across most issues, including social policy and the size and scope of government. However, they generally are critical of business and Wall Street. Overall, Steadfast Conservatives also express highly negative attitudes toward immigrants and take a skeptical view of U.S. global involvement. Compare groups on key issues.

[Ripoll]

I'm sorry your special brand of communism wasn't one of the handful of categories recognised by the test. Clearly, the political view that only you and a few other people hold deserves just as much recognition as the political views that are held by anywhere from 10 to 15 percent of the 310,000,000 people living in America each.

Communists of a particularly special brand: still more sensible than endless shades of capitalism.

Also, if anything, it's the ideologies of people who score more than 1 "to the right" directions on the "political test" (it's okay to be anthropocentric or capitalist or nationalist) that should be regarded as the edgy ones.

ehhh I scored 1.25 and would not call myself a communist in the slightest sense. The main problem is that they focus on generalized opinions rather than specific issues.

In which case I actually have the best political test I should probably post lol

[Equestican]

Solid Liberal (Not much of a surprise)
Generally affluent and highly educated, most Solid Liberals strongly support the social safety net and take very liberal positions on virtually all issues. Most say they always vote Democratic and are unflagging supporters of Barack Obama. Overall, Solid Liberals are very optimistic about the nation’s future and are the most likely to say that America’s success is linked to its ability to change, rather than its reliance on long-standing principles. On foreign policy, Solid Liberals overwhelmingly believe that good diplomacy – rather than military strength – is the best way to ensure peace. Compare groups on key issues.

[Skappola]

I'm sorry your special brand of communism wasn't one of the handful of categories recognised by the test. Clearly, the political view that only you and a few other people hold deserves just as much recognition as the political views that are held by anywhere from 10 to 15 percent of the 310,000,000 people living in America each.

Communists of a particularly special brand: still more sensible than endless shades of capitalism.

Also, if anything, it's the ideologies of people who score more than 1 "to the right" directions on the "political test" (it's okay to be anthropocentric or capitalist or nationalist) that should be regarded as the edgy ones.

This test isn't putting people into categories based on "What is viewed as Sensible by HetRio", it's categorizing people based on what the major groupings of political thought in the US are.

And, considering that lots of people score more than a 1 to the right, they aren't the edgy ones. The edgy ones are the ones who hold an ideology whom very few hold and flaunt it around like it's special.

[Ripoll]

I got steadfast conservative
This overwhelmingly Republican group holds very conservative attitudes across most issues, including social policy and the size and scope of government. However, they generally are critical of business and Wall Street. Overall, Steadfast Conservatives also express highly negative attitudes toward immigrants and take a skeptical view of U.S. global involvement. Compare groups on key issues.

Conservatives critical of Wall Street and business give me chills in my bones to say the least.

[Skappola]

They're the pragmatic and business wing of the Republicans, as opposed to the Religious wing, which is what makes up the Steadfast conservatives. They're moderate for the Republicans, though not by Democrat standards.

Yes I can agree with this assessment. At least they're practical, and in the current political climate that could be considered a moderate position due to how absurd some people are taking these things. One of the main things they've always disrupted me in my life was being labeled a neo-conservative by my liberal friends and a socialist by my conservative friends ^.^

O what fun it is to be labeled in extremes but possessing the most qualities of neither.

As is the plight or the centrist. Nationstates actually makes a joke about that when you swithc the website theme to conservative and liberal. When you switch it to conservative, inoffensive centrists turns into "Communists" and when you switch it to liberal it turns into "Fascists".

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

This test isn't putting people into categories based on "What is viewed as Sensible by HetRio", it's categorizing people based on what the major groupings of political thought in the US are.

And, considering that lots of people score more than a 1 to the right, they aren't the edgy ones. The edgy ones are the ones who hold an ideology whom very few hold and flaunt it around like it's special.

http://www.politicaltest.net/

See this? It's what is in their sig.

Yes, people scoring as anthropocentric + capitalist, or nationalist + capitalist, or authoritarian + nationalist, or fundamentalist + so on, is bad.

[Crimiea]

If being a pro-business social liberal mean "Next Generation Left", then I guess the CAGOP got a competition

[Skappola]

This test isn't putting people into categories based on "What is viewed as Sensible by HetRio", it's categorizing people based on what the major groupings of political thought in the US are.

And, considering that lots of people score more than a 1 to the right, they aren't the edgy ones. The edgy ones are the ones who hold an ideology whom very few hold and flaunt it around like it's special.

http://www.politicaltest.net/

See this? It's what is in their sig.

Yes, people scoring as anthropocentric + capitalist, or nationalist + capitalist, or authoritarian + nationalist, or fundamentalist + so on, is bad.

I never said any of that wasn't bad. I said that none of it was "edgy" like you suggested it should be.

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

I never said any of that wasn't bad. I said that none of it was "edgy" like you suggested it should be.

It sure should be regarded as less legitimate political opinion than the whole spectrum of socialism, though. People here are saying the reverse is true.

[Free Detroit]

Solid Liberal (Not much of a surprise)
Generally affluent and highly educated, most Solid Liberals strongly support the social safety net and take very liberal positions on virtually all issues. Most say they always vote Democratic and are unflagging supporters of Barack Obama. Overall, Solid Liberals are very optimistic about the nation’s future and are the most likely to say that America’s success is linked to its ability to change, rather than its reliance on long-standing principles. On foreign policy, Solid Liberals overwhelmingly believe that good diplomacy – rather than military strength – is the best way to ensure peace. Compare groups on key issues.

Got this result too, which pretty much proves this is one of the shittiest political quizzes I've ever taken, at least in its interpretation.

I've been below the poverty line my entire life, and am moderately educated (MS degree and non-tenured professor status; definitely not one of the elites though)... I loathe both Obama and the Democratic party, though think they're both marginally better than the alternatives... and I am utterly pessimistic about the future of this sinking ship, though I try my best to chin up.

Oh well. Only wasted about 3 minutes of my life.

[Skappola]

I never said any of that wasn't bad. I said that none of it was "edgy" like you suggested it should be.

It sure should be regarded as less legitimate political opinion than the whole spectrum of socialism, though. People here are saying the reverse is true.

You said that in reply to a comment that Communism shouldn't be included, and the commenter right. The fact that you consider it more legitimate should have nothing to do with the decision to include a certain category into a scientific study attempting to categorize the views of the American public. Communism isn't popular enough to be included.

[Ripoll]

Solid Liberal (Not much of a surprise)
Generally affluent and highly educated, most Solid Liberals strongly support the social safety net and take very liberal positions on virtually all issues. Most say they always vote Democratic and are unflagging supporters of Barack Obama. Overall, Solid Liberals are very optimistic about the nation’s future and are the most likely to say that America’s success is linked to its ability to change, rather than its reliance on long-standing principles. On foreign policy, Solid Liberals overwhelmingly believe that good diplomacy – rather than military strength – is the best way to ensure peace. Compare groups on key issues.

Got this result too, which pretty much proves this is one of the shittiest political quizzes I've ever taken, at least in its interpretation.

I've been below the poverty line my entire life, and am moderately educated (MS degree and non-tenured professor status; definitely not one of the elites though)... I loathe both Obama and the Democratic party, though think they're both marginally better than the alternatives... and I am utterly pessimistic about the future of this sinking ship, though I try my best to chin up.

Oh well. Only wasted about 3 minutes of my life.

Maybe what you think you believe in and what the media has influenced you to believe are the same yet different from reality, and the morals you hold to be true align with what reality actually is and this quiz reflects the reality of what you should believe in and vote for if you are an American

[Degenerate Heart of HetRio]

It sure should be regarded as less legitimate political opinion than the whole spectrum of socialism, though. People here are saying the reverse is true.

You said that in reply to a comment that Communism shouldn't be included, and the commenter right. The fact that you consider it more legitimate should have nothing to do with the decision to include a certain category into a scientific study attempting to categorize the views of the American public. Communism isn't popular enough to be included.

I'm saying the American public is misinformed and is conducted through bad standards of measure and ideology if they take conservatism as the only direct rival to liberalism and consider socialism an underground hipster subset of the latter.

[Martean]

Any type, capitalism will inevitably fail

I can't wait for the day, capitalism is a plague unto humanity and the universe.

Do you think resources are unlimited or anything?

[Ripoll]

I can't wait for the day, capitalism is a plague unto humanity and the universe.

Do you think resources are unlimited or anything?

Capitalism most efficiently allocates resources, that argument is literally a proposition of why capitalism was made.

[Ravenstor]

This test seems quite flawed in that it perpetuates the "there's only left wing vs. right wing" and that independents are all centrists. And, all "solid liberals" love Obama... yeah... not so much. Yeah, it's a "real political compass test" if your entire political worldview exists purely within the Beltway narrative. In the real world, however, there is much greater variety.

[MERIZoC]

Do you think resources are unlimited or anything?

Capitalism most efficiently allocates resources, that argument is literally a proposition of why capitalism was made.

Capitalism necessitates consumption and expansion. It is the very definition of "unsustainable".

[Ripoll]

This test seems quite flawed in that it perpetuates the "there's only left wing vs. right wing" and that independents are all centrists. Yeah, it's a "real political compass test" if your entire political worldview exists purely within the Beltway narrative. In the real world, however, there is much greater variety.

mehhhh

Republicans and democrats both pretty much tie up at 45% and the remaining are independents with roughly only 3 or 4% being third partiers so no it's pretty representative of reality.

[MERIZoC]

This test seems quite flawed in that it perpetuates the "there's only left wing vs. right wing" and that independents are all centrists. Yeah, it's a "real political compass test" if your entire political worldview exists purely within the Beltway narrative. In the real world, however, there is much greater variety.

mehhhh

Republicans and democrats both pretty much tie up at 45% and the remaining are independents with roughly only 3 or 4% being third partiers so no it's pretty representative of reality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth

[Brachiosaurus]

Hard-Pressed Skeptic
along with 13% of the public.

[Brachiosaurus]

Because everything is a lie.

[Ripoll]

Capitalism most efficiently allocates resources, that argument is literally a proposition of why capitalism was made.

Capitalism necessitates consumption and expansion. It is the very definition of "unsustainable".

The economy is only in existence because of limited resources. If there was no limit of resources there would be no need to economize. Expansion and consumption are necessary to accommodate for the population increases and so fourth. Competing private enterprises drive the need to innovate and utilize resources more efficiently to create a cheaper yet better product. An economically stagnant nation is a sure way to failure, and the definition of stagnation is the lack of expansion or consumption.

While there is a certain amount of socialistic ideas incorporated into any economy and no economy is ran by a single economic train of thought, the means of production and the allocation of resources should mostly be in the hands of corporations with sufficient Government oversight to make sure it benefits the people and it is sustainable over a long period of time. I.E the federal reserve, environmental regulations, civil rights, etc.

[Free Detroit]

Maybe what you think you believe in and what the media has influenced you to believe are the same yet different from reality, and the morals you hold to be true align with what reality actually is and this quiz reflects the reality of what you should believe in and vote for if you are an American

Wait, what?

I hope that eye roll is implying sarcasm...