The Authoritarian Personality and the F-Scale

[Kowani]

no
bad 'ran

I'm simply speaking truth to power. :^)

since when am I power

[Fahran]

since when am I power

You perpetuate the patriarchy by existing.

That's right. Real radfem hours. Who's up?

[Kowani]

since when am I power

You perpetuate the patriarchy by existing.

That's right. Real radfem hours. Who's up?

oh, wow
were bad ideas on sale?

[Nekostan-e Gharbi]

Nope. I’m definitely not someone leftists accept as leftist lol.

It is very unfortunate that non-authoritarians have to live with and are constantly endangered by authoritarians who do not leave others alone.

I don't care whether you are left wing or not; authoritarianism is inherently right wing.

Yup. Communism, Nazism and authoritarianism in general suck. All flavors of poison are poisonous.

Communism is fucking anarchist, how the Hell can it be authoritarian?

Well, we can’t let terms be freely redefined. For example you don’t get to declare that authorities you don’t like don’t actually exist and hence rule by Stalin was anarchy.

[Nekostan-e Gharbi]

Yup. Communism, Nazism and authoritarianism in general suck. All flavors of poison are poisonous.

"authoritarianism is things i don't like, the more i don't like them the more authoritarian they are."

All forms of capitalism are authoritarianism, and so are all forms of socialism. It just matters who the authority is used against and who it's used by.

Well now the left theorists will make 5 paragraph long posts that usually aren’t worth reading beyond the first few sentences

>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DON'T MAKE ME READ!

Lol what? Does Bill Gates force you to bow down before him? No. So he is no authority.

[Disgraces]

I don't care whether you are left wing or not; authoritarianism is inherently right wing.

Communism is fucking anarchist, how the Hell can it be authoritarian?

Well, we can’t let terms be freely redefined. For example you don’t get to declare that authorities you don’t like don’t actually exist and hence rule by Stalin was anarchy.

The USSR was very far from communism

[Nekostan-e Gharbi]

since when am I power

You perpetuate the patriarchy by existing.

That's right. Real radfem hours. Who's up?

My cat is. She is both a redfem and a redfel (radical felinist).

[Nekostan-e Gharbi]

Well, we can’t let terms be freely redefined. For example you don’t get to declare that authorities you don’t like don’t actually exist and hence rule by Stalin was anarchy.

The USSR was very far from communism

Your unusual definition of it. Well, sure. But that’s not what most people mean by “communism”. Guess what? Your definition of communism isn’t a dirty word since it is far from what most people mean by communism.

[Disgraces]

The USSR was very far from communism

Your unusual definition of it. Well, sure. But that’s not what most people mean by “communism”. Guess what? Your definition of communism isn’t a dirty word since it is far from what most people mean by communism.

Then most people are ignorant.

[Nekostan-e Gharbi]

I can define Nazism as an abbreviation of Non-AZeri Islamism. That does not make it the reasonable usage of the word “Nazism”.

[Maroza]

3.1 Disciplined but tolerant; a true American

Destructiveness and Cynicism: 4

Well not bad i guess but why do I feel like this test is scientifically questionable?

[Neutraligon]

I looked at the questions for the first link...why did it include questions with multiple "parts"? One of them asked about what I thought about x,y,and z and I was sitting there thinking that I do not have one unified opinion on all 3.

[Kubra]

3.1 Disciplined but tolerant; a true American

Destructiveness and Cynicism: 4

Well not bad i guess but why do I feel like this test is scientifically questionable?

Because it is.
In fairness to the lot, this was a time when a lot less people were critical of Freud than today. Can't blame an alchemist for being an alchemist in the heyday of alchemy.

[Joohan]

Well, we can’t let terms be freely redefined. For example you don’t get to declare that authorities you don’t like don’t actually exist and hence rule by Stalin was anarchy.

The USSR was very far from communism

And you know, fascism is just the government being the personification of the nation. I guess when Hitler demanded that Germany continue fighting on into 1945, despite the wishes of his nation, that was the moment Germany stopped being fascist?

It's almost like ideologies have to change once they leave the paper and meet real world hurdles...

[Esheaun Stroakuss]

2.12 baby!

[Northern Socialist Council Republics]

Ugh.

I hate these "Agree-Disagree" slide tests. Those kind of answers are too vague for the complex questions these questionnaires always ask.

For most of these pop-culture surveys on ideology and politics, I usually find that what they are really surveying is attitude and (metaphorically) tribal affiliation, not people's actual policy positions or political beliefs. From that perspective, it's probably better to just answer instinctively, giving yourself maybe five seconds per question and not thinking about it too much.

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Not going to post my results in full here, but anyone who knows me should be able to roughly what I got on the first test. 3.50 on Destructiveness and Cynicism was my highest subcategory.

[Zul-ar]

Your Overall F Score is: 2.47
You are a liberal airhead.

Scores for Personality Variables:
Conventionalism: 1.50
Authoritarian Submission: 2.00
Authoritarian Aggression: 1.63
Anti-intraception: 2.75
Superstition and Stereotypy: 1.83
Power and "Toughness": 2.50
Destructiveness and Cynicism: 5.00
Projectivity: 3.80
Sex: 2.67

Huh. I was expecting lower, honestly. Guess I surprise myself.

[Zul-ar]

Not going to post my results in full here, but anyone who knows me should be able to roughly what I got on the first test. 3.50 on Destructiveness and Cynicism was my highest subcategory.

Consider yourself beat by my 5.00

[Nuroblav]

Even for a test that is somewhat biased anyway, I think my score is fairly accurate:

1.37 - whining rotter

Almost everything was in that range, the highest one being 2.

For anyone wondering about the specifics:

Conventionalism: 1.25
Authoritarian Submission: 2.00
Authoritarian Aggression: 1.25
Anti-intraception: 1.50
Superstition and Stereotypy: 1.17
Power and "Toughness": 1.13
Destructiveness and Cynicism: 1.00
Projectivity: 1.00
Sex: 1.00

Again, fairly accurate for me.

To give my opinion on the ideas themselves, I mostly agree except for the homosexuality part, which doesn't seem particularly truthful to me.

[Repubblica Fascista Sociale Italiana]

Not going to post my results in full here, but anyone who knows me should be able to roughly what I got on the first test. 3.50 on Destructiveness and Cynicism was my highest subcategory.

Consider yourself beat by my 5.00

haha 5.5 gang

[Labbos]

I don't care whether you are left wing or not; authoritarianism is inherently right wing.

I'll bite: what were societies such as the USSR to your mind? Not really left wing or not really authoritarian? Maybe neither? And what do you base that on?


Anyway, my answer from A:

You are disciplined but tolerant; a true American

Most of that's probably about right, though I'm surprised to learn that I'm American.

[United Latin American States]

Your Overall F Score is: 3.90
You are disciplined but tolerant; a true American.

Scores for Personality Variables:
Conventionalism: 3.75
Authoritarian Submission: 4.00
Authoritarian Aggression: 4.00
Anti-intraception: 2.75
Superstition and Stereotypy: 1.50
Power and "Toughness": 3.88
Destructiveness and Cynicism: 5.00
Projectivity: 5.00
Sex: 4.33

[ImperialRussia]

I wanna know what rating I’m curious

[The Two Jerseys]

Your Overall F Score is: 4.10
You are disciplined but tolerant; a true American.

Scores for Personality Variables:Conventionalism: 4.50
Authoritarian Submission: 3.57
Authoritarian Aggression: 4.13
Anti-intraception: 4.50
Superstition and Stereotypy: 3.50
Power and "Toughness": 4.38
Destructiveness and Cynicism: 5.00
Projectivity: 4.40
Sex: 3.00

That question about using prewar authorities to keep order in postwar Germany feels like a trap, like they want to brand you a fascist for wanting to keep the people who already know how to run the country in their jobs as a matter of practicality.

[Nejii]

Your Overall F Score is: 4.10
You are disciplined but tolerant; a true American.

Scores for Personality Variables:Conventionalism: 4.50
Authoritarian Submission: 3.57
Authoritarian Aggression: 4.13
Anti-intraception: 4.50
Superstition and Stereotypy: 3.50
Power and "Toughness": 4.38
Destructiveness and Cynicism: 5.00
Projectivity: 4.40
Sex: 3.00

That question about using prewar authorities to keep order in postwar Germany feels like a trap, like they want to brand you a fascist for wanting to keep the people who already know how to run the country in their jobs as a matter of practicality.

Rings very familiarly doesn’t it... ?