Political Compass mega thread 2011

dolallyoh · 27-02-2011 7:49pm

Same as cookie monster

Pride Fighter · 02-03-2011 1:51am

Economic left/ right -8.5
Social Libertarian/authoritarian -6.97

I guess I'm a commie.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 06-03-2011 6:38pm

kincsem · 08-03-2011 9:11am

I almost hit the bullseye: two ticks left. one tick low.

Economic Left/Right: -1.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.03

hblock21 · 08-03-2011 1:41pm

The Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: -1.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.51

SC024 · 11-03-2011 9:33pm

kmhenry · 06-06-2011 1:29pm

Economic Left/Right: 4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.79

So economically i'm pretty right wing but am quite liberal socially. In terms of irish politics i'd probably be a combo of the economic conservatism- small state, pro business etc.- of fine gael but the social liberalism of labour's bacik-ite wing. Or, conversely you could argue that it is a mesh of fine gael's two wings- the pluralist, socially liberal wing of Garret Fitzgerald and the economically conservative wing espoused by varadkar, bruton and co.

Globally this would probably most similar to germany's fdp, the libertarian wing of the uk conservatives or (dare i say it) the original ideological intentions of the irish progressive democrats (before ff got their hands on them)

TheInquisitor · 06-06-2011 1:50pm

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.74

Any this is my compass from a year ago.

dunphy3 · 11-10-2011 5:20pm

dunphy 3

pubview · 13-10-2011 1:25pm

Mise :

The Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.69

meditraitor · 14-10-2011 1:22pm

Economic Left/Right: -3.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.85

Not sure what this means but there ye go....

Scofflaw · 14-10-2011 5:39pm

Economic Left/Right: -6.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.03

Varies a fair bit, though.

cordially,
Scofflaw

wp_rathead · 19-10-2011 4:30pm

TheInquisitor wrote: »

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.74

Any this is my compass from a year ago.

To quote Fr. Ted- "Funny how you get more right wing as you get older."

Anyway, my political compass:
Economic Left/Right: -6.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.21

FreudianSlippers · 20-10-2011 9:50pm

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

Thought I'd give another shot to see if anything has changed

Almost bang on in the same spot! Slightly more economically right and socially right which is interesting.

Wolfe Tone · 22-10-2011 3:25am

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

Theres mine, Im voting SF. Im near bang on Socialist on that table.

Now:

Sunnyisland · 22-10-2011 9:03pm

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.03

Thats me.

K-9 · 23-10-2011 12:18am

K-9 wrote: »

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-4.62&soc=-2.46

Slightly more libertarian:

That's more on the social side, not economically!

hangon · 26-10-2011 12:30am

Two years ago i was closer to Ghandi My lion cloth must be slipping.:o

Economic Left/Right: -4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.00

Crom_Abú · 26-10-2011 12:30pm

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-2.25&soc=-2.67

jem · 27-10-2011 1:40am

me

The Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: -0.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.46

podgie. · 27-10-2011 3:01pm

Economic Left/Right: -1.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.18

yuppies · 27-10-2011 4:26pm

Economic Left/Right: 0.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.74

Had extreme left wing and extreme right wing answers to some questions, so I just end up in the middle!

hangon · 27-10-2011 8:51pm

The annoying part about the Political compass is it does not say if the poster is a disgrace to humanity or not!:(:)
i wish it would tell me if i should be ashamed of myself or not!
fecked if i know.:(

TOMASJ · 28-10-2011 12:54am

DDC1990 · 28-10-2011 11:47am

hangon wrote: »

Two years ago i was closer to Ghandi My lion cloth must be slipping.:o

Economic Left/Right: -4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.00

Exactly the same as me!

Want to form a party? :P

28-10-2011 9:30pm

further right every time i take this thing

hangon · 28-10-2011 9:56pm

bluewolf wrote: »

further right every time i take this thing

bluewolf there is nobody in that section of the quadrant

how much further to the right can you shift?:p

My name is URL · 28-10-2011 9:57pm

The questionnaire isn't nearly comprehensive enough. I think I'm a lot more centrist than my answers to those particular questions portray me.

hangon · 28-10-2011 10:02pm

DDC1990 wrote: »

Exactly the same as me!
Want to form a party? :P

Sure any suggestions what we would call it?
the PD's or Ghengis Khan part deux!:eek:
either way we will party on dude!:)

RichieC · 28-10-2011 10:08pm

RichieC · 28-10-2011 10:21pm

bluewolf wrote: »

further right every time i take this thing

That happens when you answer the questions vainly to show everyone what a hard man rightie you are. :rolleyes:

28-10-2011 10:25pm

hangon wrote: »

bluewolf there is nobody in that section of the quadrant
how much further to the right can you shift?:p

*waves flag*

RichieC wrote: »

That happens when you answer the questions vainly to show everyone what a hard man rightie you are. :rolleyes:

That's it you got me, I'm a hard man.

RichieC · 28-10-2011 10:29pm

you cant get as far over right as that without agreeing with some pretty ridiculous things.

28-10-2011 10:30pm

RichieC wrote: »

you cant get as far over right as that without agreeing with some pretty ridiculous things.

We all have differing opinions

Permabear · 28-10-2011 11:10pm

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Blowfish · 29-10-2011 3:26am

RichieC wrote: »

you cant get as far over right as that without agreeing with some pretty ridiculous things.

ORLY?

I used to be further left, but then I actually looked at how the world works.

FreudianSlippers · 29-10-2011 11:00am

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

Thought I'd give another shot to see if anything has changed

Almost bang on in the same spot! Slightly more economically right and socially right which is interesting.

bluewolf wrote: »

further right every time i take this thing

You're further right than me!? :eek:

I'm a pretty hard man savage macho etc.

I bow before your superior hard-man-ness.

29-10-2011 11:03am

FreudianSlippers wrote: »

You're further right than me!? :eek:

I'm a pretty hard man savage macho etc.

I bow before your superior hard-man-ness.

giggle
I took an economics course over the last couple of months
faced with reality, where else could i be

afk being manly

My name is URL · 29-10-2011 1:09pm

What's good for the most successful corporations is always, ultimately, good for all of us.

Multinational companies are unethically exploiting the plant genetic resources of developing countries.

I'd love to know which answer those who appear to be further right gave to those questions.. and see them try to reason as to why they gave said answers.

AhSureTisGrand · 29-10-2011 4:50pm

I'm not sure I agree with the definitions of libertarianism and authoritarianism on which the test seems to operate. "Authoritarianism" appears here to refer to one's general attitude to life, rather than one's political views.

In theory, I could be a libertarian yet promote a very authoritarian parenting style. I might say that only the parents / legal guardians may infringe on the rights of their children, and nobody else (ie the State) may restrict their freedoms. My parenting might involve hitting my children and constantly invading their privacy, yet at the same time if somebody tried to force them to go to school I would be mighty pissed off. Then when the child becomes an adult I would acknowledge that they own themselves and cease aggression against them. Similarly, if I were an employer I could treat my employees like mindless sheep yet still consider myself a political individualist.

The poll also seems to consider racism a form of authoritarianism. If I think my race is superior to others why does that mean I can't believe in strong individual freedom?

Basically a lot of the questions are kinda irrelevant to politics and you need to be a douchebag to score high on the authoritarian scale

DEVEREUX · 29-10-2011 5:20pm

RussellTuring · 05-11-2011 2:19pm

AhSureTisGrand wrote: »

I'm not sure I agree with the definitions of libertarianism and authoritarianism on which the test seems to operate. "Authoritarianism" appears here to refer to one's general attitude to life, rather than one's political views.

In theory, I could be a libertarian yet promote a very authoritarian parenting style. I might say that only the parents / legal guardians may infringe on the rights of their children, and nobody else (ie the State) may restrict their freedoms. My parenting might involve hitting my children and constantly invading their privacy, yet at the same time if somebody tried to force them to go to school I would be mighty pissed off. Then when the child becomes an adult I would acknowledge that they own themselves and cease aggression against them. Similarly, if I were an employer I could treat my employees like mindless sheep yet still consider myself a political individualist.

The poll also seems to consider racism a form of authoritarianism. If I think my race is superior to others why does that mean I can't believe in strong individual freedom?

Basically a lot of the questions are kinda irrelevant to politics and you need to be a douchebag to score high on the authoritarian scale

I think they expect a person's political opinions to be consistent with their general thoughts. If you don't like the idea of government but still wield a great deal of authority on your children, then you're only rejecting a particular form of authority; not all authority on principle.

Denerick · 29-07-2012 9:27pm

Thought I'd update this. I feel that I've taken a strong lurch to the left in the past year, and decided to give the political compass another wheeze to see where I stand. And this is where I got:

Economic Left/Right: -7.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.49

There is some huge flaws with this though, there is no way that myself and Robert Mugabe share the same views on economic policy.

matthew8 · 31-07-2012 3:47am

Before I post my compass I would like to point out that this website is a left-libertarian hack website that is designed to convince everyone of how left wing they are, and to know the extent of their hackishness you need only look at their US 2012 compass. The questions are completely loaded and many of them irrelevant. Anyway here's my compass:

I must say though that I strongly disagreed with a clear majority of the statements. Not sure how I got an economic score so far to the right, even though I would be even further to the right I remember answering most of the economic questions like someone on the left.

Kinski · 31-07-2012 11:58am

matthew8 wrote: »

this website is a left-libertarian hack website that is designed to convince everyone of how left wing they are, and to know the extent of their hackishness you need only look at their US 2012 compass. The questions are completely loaded and many of them irrelevant.

[...]

Not sure how I got an economic score so far to the right, even though I would be even further to the right I remember answering most of the economic questions like someone on the left.

Need I even say anything?

matthew8 · 31-07-2012 10:50pm

Kinski wrote: »

Need I even say anything?

What do you mean? It asked whether corporations exploited third world countries and I said they are because it is what it is. It asked whether there should be environmental regulations and I said yes there should be. It asked whether what's good for corporations is always good for people and I strongly disagreed. Those were the 3 that stuck out in my mind. I don't have a left wing position on any of the actual issues pertaining to those questions though.

Kinski · 01-08-2012 12:47pm

matthew8 wrote: »

What do you mean? It asked whether corporations exploited third world countries and I said they are because it is what it is. It asked whether there should be environmental regulations and I said yes there should be. It asked whether what's good for corporations is always good for people and I strongly disagreed. Those were the 3 that stuck out in my mind. I don't have a left wing position on any of the actual issues pertaining to those questions though.

You claim the test is designed to trick people into thinking they're left-wing, yet even though you claim that you responded to many propositions in ways which you consider left-wing, the test still placed you on the right. Doesn't really back up your claim that it's trying to falsely identity test-takers as leftists.

matthew8 · 01-08-2012 8:44pm

Kinski wrote: »

You claim the test is designed to trick people into thinking they're left-wing, yet even though you claim that you responded to many propositions in ways which you consider left-wing, the test still placed you on the right. Doesn't really back up your claim that it's trying to falsely identity test-takers as leftists.

The fact that I answered any economical questions in a left wing way means the questions are loaded.

View · 01-08-2012 10:18pm

matthew8 wrote: »

The fact that I answered any economical questions in a left wing way means the questions are loaded.

No, it doesn't; it just means your "inner Communist" is struggling to get out.

RandomName2 · 03-08-2012 2:19pm

I'm stuck right in the middle of left-and right economically (when I first took the test I was actually on the line... now I'm just a tiny piece to the left :eek:)

And naturally moderately libertarian.

I do not know how they have labelled the Socialist Party or Sinn Fein as Libertarian. Not. At. All. :pac:

Of course, one has to distinguish between those who say 'question authority' and those who say 'question authority... until such a point that we are in power and then do as we say.' There have been plenty or liberating revolutionaries who swept away the old order only to be far more authoritarian than those who came before.

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