Where do you stand on the political compass?

Clandestine

I made a similar topic some months ago, I wonder how people's minds have changed? The test is here (different to last time): http://www.politicalcompass.org/test

And an image for reference:
https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/a1268c21edfc31d07571e207bcf80a36/tumblr_mj3qwpKM7M1qcsvrio1_500.png

Where do you stand? This is me:
http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=5.25&soc=-3.03

Peregrine

I'm pretty sure that's the test I took last time.

Anyway, I'm on my phone so I can't take the test at the moment. I believe I got Cosmopolitan Social Democrat the last time. I'll do it again tomorrow but I don't think it'll change too much.

First time I did this quiz a few years ago I was in the green square, close to the centre.
Then I drifted over to the purple square, again close to the centre.
Now I appear to have reversed back to the green again.
Tbh I'm not exactly an expert on economic issues so as long as I remain a social liberal (i.e. under the x-axis) I'm happy enough.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-2.25&soc=-4.15

1ZRed

Eat your heart out Dalai Lama!

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-3.12&soc=-3.33

Karl Stein

Slap bang in the middle of the libertarian left quadrant.

Pretty much bang on.

bizmark

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-0.50&soc=-1.85

Go figure

kingcobra

I'm guessing I'm pretty much a mix of everything

The Backwards Man

Nowhere near the sharp end.

bizmark

kingcobra wrote: »

I'm guessing I'm pretty much a mix of everything

Politics bro ! let start a political party smoke weed all day and engage in pre marital sex like its going out of fashion (not together.....unless your a girl)

pablomakaveli

Mine

As far as i can remember it was more towards the centre last time i did this test.

NickDunne

Cathal Cloch wrote: »

Slap bang in the middle of the libertarian left quadrant.

Pretty much bang on.

x2

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-6.12&soc=-5.08

recylingbin

NSWNE

BOHtox

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/276762/268744.png

This is ground control to all right wing libertarians do you copy?

Greentopia

My results. Left and Anarchist. No surprises there, though I'm not keen on labels.

And I used to be such a committed Social Democrat for most of my life :pac:

Timmyctc

Whos group do I get to join. I'm politically retarded Me

Clandestine

Greentopia wrote: »

My results. Left and Anarchist.

What led you down to such a radical path?

Clandestine

Timmyctc wrote: »

Whos group do I get to join. I'm politically retarded Me

Centralist/slightly liberal I guess

Karl Stein

Clandestine wrote: »

What led you down to such a radical path?

It's bizarre that anarchist left is described as 'radical'. It's at the direct opposite of authoritarian right.

It's the authoritarian sociopathic right that's radical. These are the people that start wars, drive people off their land because they're savages, run private war companies, enjoy locking people up for victimless crimes and have no problem denying rights to people they deem untermenschen.

Clandestine

Cathal Cloch wrote: »

It's bizarre that anarchist left is described as 'radical'.

Erm, do you know what anarcho-communism is?

Karl Stein

Clandestine wrote: »

Erm, do you know what anarcho-communism is?

It's an ideal. The closest real world examples would be pre-WWII anarcho-syndicalist Spain (absolutely despised by the Authoritarian right and left) and maybe Israel's Kibbutzim in earlier times.

You were about to make a point... or is this a quiz?

darced

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Sunglasses Ron

According to their graph Obama, Romney and Cameron are all pretty much at the same part of the ballpark- how in the hell is Obama a right wing authoritarian? His most virulent opponents constantly accuse him of being a leftish, a socialist, even a communist. The only mildly authoritarian accusation he gets thrown at him is that he is planning to seize their guns to allow for the setting up of a fascist state (and that only comes from the looniest of the loony fringe). Nelson Mandela is a leftist libertarian despite having been involved in armed struggle. Robert Mugabe is a leftist despite his homophobia and racist campaign against white landowners (not that some of those landowners weren't complete bastards to the natives, but it still counts against the assessment)

That was a waste of five minutes if ever I had one.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-2.12&soc=1.90

Complete nonsense. I'm not sure myself if I would class myself as centre left or centre right really. I reckon about 16 questions on main current affairs issues would give a much clearer picture than 60 odd mostly irrelevant ones in that survey.

Agent Smith

Slightly left of Attila the Hun

dfx-

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

According to their graph Obama, Romney and Cameron are all pretty much at the same part of the ballpark- how in the hell is Obama a right wing authoritarian? His most virulent opponents constantly accuse him of being a leftish, a socialist, even a communist.

Democrats are not really left wing or socialist, they might just lean left of their opponents, which may not be hard.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-6.50&soc=-2.82

Slightly left of Gandhi..I'd say my favouritism for the death penalty knocked me back a bit..

Lenin Skynard

Slightly further right of Hitler but a good bit left of 99% of After Hours posters.

stoneill

This is me:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-6.62&soc=-4.41

Just about hanging to the right.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=0.50&soc=-2.87

Zen65

It seems many of us are from similar political neighbourhoods.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-5.50&soc=-2.87

I'm a bit surprised to be left of Gandhi and the Dalai Lama though.

Z

Bottom right corner

Peregrine

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-1.38&soc=-3.03

And that's quite similar to last time, a bit different thought I will admit.

Rubeter

1ZRed wrote: »

Eat your heart out Dalai Lama!

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-3.12&soc=-3.33

darced wrote: »

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Right wing authoritarian savages.

Feel the love.

wendell borton

Left with a hint of authoritarianism.
http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-6.62&soc=-1.85

Sgt Hartman

Here's mine

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-4.38&soc=1.18

Back when I was younger and more naive about things I was much further right.

Nitochris

Here I am:

http://politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-8.38&soc=-8.15

I'll write a post critiquing elements of the compass later, not that I disagree with it positioning me there.

osarusan

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-5.12&soc=-5.33

Basically the same as Gandhi.

Sir Humphrey Appleby

Economic Left/Right: 0.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.79
http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=0.50&soc=-3.79

anncoates

Mine.

pablomakaveli

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

According to their graph Obama, Romney and Cameron are all pretty much at the same part of the ballpark- how in the hell is Obama a right wing authoritarian? His most virulent opponents constantly accuse him of being a leftish, a socialist, even a communist.

If you uprooted and planted the Democrat party into a European country they end up being considered a centre or slightly to the right of that.

It's not hard to end up seeming to be a leftist party compared to the Republican party.

donegal_road

Im a lefty

NoNewFriends

Meh. http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=9.12&soc=8.56

Best line of the test for me: "Making peace with the establishment is an important part of maturity."
LOL at the lefties wearing Che Guevara tshirts at 35 years old ranting about America while enjoying the benefits of living in a Western democracy. Like a spoilt teenager complaining that he has to clean his room.

Esoteric_

In the middle of the libertarian left quadrant.

Seems somewhat accurate.

Clandestine

Cathal Cloch wrote: »

It's an ideal. The closest real world examples would be pre-WWII anarcho-syndicalist Spain (absolutely despised by the Authoritarian right and left) and maybe Israel's Kibbutzim in earlier times.

You were about to make a point... or is this a quiz?

I was going to make the point that it is completely unfeasible and of course, very radical. The idea of abolishing the state, private property, capitalism etc. is not an ideal form of politics, and it simply would not work in today's world. Have you ever read a decent economics textbook?

The only type of anarchist ideology that at least has some chance of succeeding in my opinion is anarcho-capitalism.

Clandestine

Sunglasses Ron wrote: »

According to their graph Obama, Romney and Cameron are all pretty much at the same part of the ballpark- how in the hell is Obama a right wing authoritarian? His most virulent opponents constantly accuse him of being a leftish, a socialist, even a communist. The only mildly authoritarian accusation he gets thrown at him is that he is planning to seize their guns to allow for the setting up of a fascist state (and that only comes from the looniest of the loony fringe). Nelson Mandela is a leftist libertarian despite having been involved in armed struggle. Robert Mugabe is a leftist despite his homophobia and racist campaign against white landowners (not that some of those landowners weren't complete bastards to the natives, but it still counts against the assessment)

Are you sure you understand how this works? Obama in 2008 would have been slightly diagonal-down-left but as of 2012 i think where he is now is accurate. Him, Cameron and the like are all conservatives, and their position on the compass reflects this. Conservatism is not authoritarianism of course, and these "virulent opponents" you mention are most commonly fundamentalists who don't understand politics and are most likely repeating what Bill O Reilly or Ann Coulter told them. Robert Mugabe is a totalitarian dictator, and again his position on the compass reflects this.

Clandestine

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

Here's mine

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-4.38&soc=1.18

Back when I was younger and more naive about things I was much further right.

Do you mean further right as in "less economic freedom" or "less personal freedom"?

Real Life

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-4.50&soc=-6.51

Iwannahurl

It seems I am the love child of Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama. Luckily I have liberal views on sexual morality.

Karl Stein

Clandestine wrote: »

Have you ever read a decent economics textbook?

Have you? You do know that economics is a disputed field don't you? It's not like maths or physics or engineering. There is no such thing as an expert economist.

The only type of anarchist ideology that at least has some chance of succeeding in my opinion is anarcho-capitalism

I give you real world examples of left anarchism that have actually existed and you wilfully ignore it and give me an opinion that anarcho-capitalism is the only anarchic system that would have a chance.

See what you're doing there? You're dismissing reality and reverting to fantasy.

Karl Stein

NoNewFriends wrote: »

Meh. http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=9.12&soc=8.56

So you're a fascist? Apt user name. Why don't you drop the ridiculous use of caricatures and try not to be one yourself.

Mod

Gentle reminder of site rules: Attack the post, not the poster.

Fr_Dougal

This is me.

RayM

Deleted User wrote: »

Attack the post, not the poster.

"Your post is a fascist"

It's a while since I've done the test, but I'm probably still somewhere in the Ghandi/Mandela/Dalai Lama area.