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Political Compass mega thread 2011
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That is in no way a true representation of my view. I am right and liberal, I think anyone here who reads my posts here will agree with that.
I always come out on the left when I take that test. I first heard about this when I was in school six or seven years ago and have taken the test may times since then and am always on the left. I genuinely find it very hard to answer some of the propositions. I am very pedantic and over think everything so I think by the time I actually select an answer I have twisted the question around so much that I am answering something completely different.0 -
Pete_Cavan wrote: »
That is in no way a true representation of my view. I am right and liberal, I think anyone here who reads my posts here will agree with that.
I always come out on the left when I take that test. I first heard about this when I was in school six or seven years ago and have taken the test may times since then and am always on the left. I genuinely find it very hard to answer some of the propositions. I am very pedantic and over think everything so I think by the time I actually select an answer I have twisted the question around so much that I am answering something completely different.
IMO , unless you either agree or disagree with a good few of the questions , you end up on the left , thier werent many questions that i felt strongly about either way0 -
Pete_Cavan wrote: »
That is in no way a true representation of my view. I am right and liberal, I think anyone here who reads my posts here will agree with that.
I always come out on the left when I take that test. I first heard about this when I was in school six or seven years ago and have taken the test may times since then and am always on the left. I genuinely find it very hard to answer some of the propositions. I am very pedantic and over think everything so I think by the time I actually select an answer I have twisted the question around so much that I am answering something completely different.
Depends how you answer questions. I think that they should be taken as general questions which will have exceptions to your answer. Like "What's good for business is good for the rest of us" I'd agree with that in that it's true most of the time. Yes there are exceptions when it isn't but the statement is correct more of the time than it is incorrect. Ditto with "From each according to their ability to each according to their need", most of the time it's false when talking about able bodied adults but it's true when you look at the disabled who cannot work who badly need our support or those between jobs who need help to live between time in the workplace but for the vast majority of the populace, the vast majority of the time it isn't a great idea.0 -
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Thought it'd be a bit of fun for us to compare our political positions on Political Compass. Linkies to test
The Irish parties positions (according to the Political Compass people's analysis of their manifestos):
My own personal position on the chart:
I'm trending nationally FG but trending locally (based on politician) Labour. Are other people's results matching up well with their voting this election?
less than 400 boards members have voted in the area i have my vote!:(
there must be a way to promote this poll better?,typical sample being 1000 in a snapshot poll taken over a short time is the norm.
what a waste it would be if the boards poll was ignored,it really deserves the courtesy of users,the effort by the software guys is more scientific than any single poll by red C etc.0 -
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Eric Cartman wrote: »I think we should start a political party
His beliefs are scary.....f*ck sake mate , your the one who talked about the 1916 rising and bin charges and called them 'the same thing' before , You may disagree and think that socialism is the way to go , But hes right , You cant make jobs out of nothing , socialism at its heart doesnt work , Id rather most people in jobs and some of them poor than everyone in sh*t jobs and all of them poor
That's not what the Führer said when he joined the National Socialist German Workers Party. By the way, you're far too libertarian for me.0 -
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dooferoaks wrote: »BRIC countries have glaring variations between the rich and poor and in my view Capitalism has done little for the majority.
Quoting from quite far back in the thread but as I've spent the last number of years living in Indonesia and Brazil, one a BRIC country and the other probably belongs in that group more than Russia.. that comment struck me. I hear opinions similar sort of statements quite regularly, but it doesn't really stand up to my (admittedly nonempirical) experience. It is true that there is large income variations. The top tier of wealth in developing countries rests with well connected businessmen with government concessions who bring in western expertise to gather and export raw materials. That doesn't require any ingenuity, isn't really capitalism and is a result of bad governance but anyway.. money is entering these economies and it is being invested or loaned to businesses from large to small.
The most obvious change that is taking place in these countries is the sheer growth of the middle class and the sort of services available to meet their demand. The younger graduates we deal with are coming from the capital cities to the rural towns - so benefits aren't restricted to the urban elite. Unlike their parents, they speak English, are worldly aware and have never faced issues like a food shortage, conflict etc. Every time I return I'm seeing more and more the sort of what we woud call 'best practise' being applied. In other words, a huge growth in knowledge. Now salaries (and living costs) aren't anything like in the West and I've spent enough time in slums to know that most live in accommodation that most Europeans would reject but it's this growth in knowledge that means they already have more, and the lives their children will eventually lead will be far removed from their grandparents. Primarily due to the benefits of capitalism/globalisation. As is almost always the case, development is a 3-generation process.
I use boards.ie primarily as source of home news, don't really contribute. But for the sake of completeness..
And a similar survey: http://www.votomatic.ie/Test.aspx0 -
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I have become less right since last year. I'll still be voting for Fianna Fail. They seem to be the only party that want a gradual and safe restoration of Ireland.
Either way, the job of Taoiseach is a poisoned chalice. I can see the next government falling quickly if it isn't a single party government.0 -
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Economic Left/Right: -3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.90
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