Political Compass?

by **Borvideke** » Sun May 22, 2011 3:12 pm

I have a few questions about the political Compass.
1) What does Economic Left/Right: -5.22 and Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.48 mean? Like, does that mean Socialist/Communist/Capitialist etc...
2) What were your results? Do it reflect your actal party?

by **Conserative Morality** » Sun May 22, 2011 3:15 pm

1. It means you're a dirty socialist.

2. No, it puts me as a right-wing type when I'm Centre-Left or about there.

by **Wienholdland** » Sun May 22, 2011 3:18 pm

1. It means you support government attacks on the economy, but you don't support government attacks on civil liberties.
2. I didn't take it because there are too many stupid questions which are irrelevant to my political views.

by **Mussoliniopoli** » Sun May 22, 2011 3:23 pm

1. It means nothing it is just a stupid test.
2. Far Left and around a 5 or 6 on the Authoritarian scale. Since I don't have a political party it doesn't reflect shit and I once again state it is just a stupid test.

Any test that wanted to show what political ideology you are part of would take several hundred questions to even to become close to being adequate and even then it would not be very useful.

by **Risottia** » Sun May 22, 2011 3:26 pm

Borvideke wrote:I have a few questions about the political Compass.
1) What does Economic Left/Right: -5.22 and Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.48 mean? Like, does that mean Socialist/Communist/Capitialist etc...
2) What were your results? Do it reflect your actal party?

It means you're an exploiter of workers through the Mehrwert accumulation process, POSING as socialist. REAL comrades start at -7 L/R, you Kautsky!

by **Risottia** » Sun May 22, 2011 3:27 pm

Mussoliniopoli wrote:1. It means nothing it is just a stupid test.
2. Far Left and around a 5 or 6 on the Authoritarian scale. Since I don't have a political party it doesn't reflect shit and I once again state it is just a stupid test.

Basically, you're a Stalinist. :lol:

by **Mussoliniopoli** » Sun May 22, 2011 3:30 pm

Risottia wrote:
Mussoliniopoli wrote:1. It means nothing it is just a stupid test.
2. Far Left and around a 5 or 6 on the Authoritarian scale. Since I don't have a political party it doesn't reflect shit and I once again state it is just a stupid test.

Basically, you're a Stalinist.

One could say that. I find Mid-Left and Mid-Authoritarian is pretty common amongst more Right Leaning Third Position people I have run into. I find the Political Compass is just far too vague to draw anything useful from it. All I got from it is that I am extremely anti-capitalist and authoritarian so I learned nothing from it that I didn't already know.

by **Siorafrica** » Mon May 23, 2011 12:34 am

Borvideke wrote:I have a few questions about the political Compass.
1) What does Economic Left/Right: -5.22 and Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.48 mean? Like, does that mean Socialist/Communist/Capitialist etc...
2) What were your results? Do it reflect your actal party?

It means Socialist and Moderately Liberal bordering on Very Liberal. In the PC Lib/Aut is the same as Lib/Con.

by **GeneralHaNor** » Mon May 23, 2011 12:36 am

Borvideke wrote:I have a few questions about the political Compass.
1) What does Economic Left/Right: -5.22 and Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.48 mean? Like, does that mean Socialist/Communist/Capitialist etc...
2) What were your results? Do it reflect your actal party?

http://www.politicalcompass.org/

by **Georgism** » Mon May 23, 2011 12:42 am

It means you're a damn hippy.

My current political compass puts me slap bang in Lib Dem c.2010 territory. I'd vote Lib Dem quite happily but I'm thinking it'll be a wasted vote, so for all intents and purposes I'll be a Labour voter - meaning my political compass is nothing like my party's.

by **Fongbai** » Mon May 23, 2011 12:47 am

I've always wondered what mine meant. Can anyone tell me its my sig.

by **GeneralHaNor** » Mon May 23, 2011 12:48 am

Fongbai wrote:I've always wondered what mine meant. Can anyone tell me its my sig.

It means you are a borderline Fascist
Corporatist most likely

by **Meryuma** » Mon May 23, 2011 1:00 am

The quiz sucks, but here is my score.

by **Georgism** » Mon May 23, 2011 1:09 am

Meryuma wrote:The quiz sucks, but here is my score.

I kinda expecte you to be more libertarian.

by **Meryuma** » Mon May 23, 2011 1:15 am

Georgism wrote:
Meryuma wrote:The quiz sucks, but here is my score.

I kinda expecte you to be more libertarian.

A few of the questions I couldn't strongly agree with the libertarian option.

by **Georgism** » Mon May 23, 2011 1:17 am

Meryuma wrote:
Georgism wrote:I kinda expecte you to be more libertarian.

A few of the questions I couldn't strongly agree with the libertarian option.

Like what?

by **Meryuma** » Mon May 23, 2011 1:19 am

Georgism wrote:
Meryuma wrote:
A few of the questions I couldn't strongly agree with the libertarian option.

Like what?

The one about some criminals being beyond rehabilitation. Some people have very severe mental problems, and so I only put agree. Similarly, the one about "you don't choose your country, so it's foolish to be proud of it". While patriotism is foolish, my reasoning is different.

by **Georgism** » Mon May 23, 2011 1:26 am

Meryuma wrote:
Georgism wrote:Like what?

The one about some criminals being beyond rehabilitation. Some people have very severe mental problems, and so I only put agree. Similarly, the one about "you don't choose your country, so it's foolish to be proud of it". While patriotism is foolish, my reasoning is different.

I see

by **Vellosia** » Mon May 23, 2011 1:44 am

Mussoliniopoli wrote:
Risottia wrote:
Basically, you're a Stalinist.

One could say that. I find Mid-Left and Mid-Authoritarian is pretty common amongst more Right Leaning Third Position people I have run into. I find the Political Compass is just far too vague to draw anything useful from it. All I got from it is that I am extremely anti-capitalist and authoritarian so I learned nothing from it that I didn't already know.

I'm very much in the Fascist Third Position as well - capitalism and communism both repulse me. Unfortunately, this test cannot come close to really showing that. Really, it'd have to be three-dimensional and have around a hundred very specific questions to really give an accurate presentation of one's views.

I'm an RL Wikipedian! · by **Wikipedia and Universe** » Mon May 23, 2011 1:46 am

1. What everyone else said.
2. I like it's multidimensional spectrum, but I dislike the way they ask the questions. I think they should ask one's views on an issue rather than "Do you agree or disagree with this specific statement?" (a lot of the statements they give seem a bit strawman-ish to me as well). I'd also tweak their spectrum a bit, but not too much. I'm only a little off of where it put me.

by **Genivaria** » Mon May 23, 2011 1:51 am

Economic Left/Right: -8.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.15

by **Coffee Cakes** » Mon May 23, 2011 1:54 am

I took mine (for like the 8th time) Friday night...
Here's what I got:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printab ... &soc=-0.41

I'm pretty sure I'm more Capitalist and Libertarian than that, but the vertical score got whacked because I'm in favor of a strong military.

by **Meowfoundland** » Mon May 23, 2011 1:59 am

Psssssh. It says that I'm far more libertarian than I am. Every time I take the test, it goes down a point or two.

by **Forlon** » Mon May 23, 2011 2:07 am

2nd time taking it and my score is: Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.67

not a huge change...

by **Saint Clair Island** » Mon May 23, 2011 2:26 am

Borvideke wrote:I have a few questions about the political Compass.
1) What does Economic Left/Right: -5.22 and Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.48 mean?

Nothing whatsoever, realistically speaking.

2) What were your results? Do it reflect your actal party?

No parties I know of down there. Nor am I a member of any political parties in real life. Thus, it's just some dot on a graph.

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