Your Political Compass

[scalyblue]

I'll bite.

 

[henrikrocker]

No real surprise

 

[mdr]

I'm not terribly surprised but I think that several of those questions were very much unrelated and skewed.

Many of those statements I wanted to answer (E) N/A or Other.

For instance, the statement:

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

I HAD to strongly agree with that but I think the implications here are that government should step in and do something more about it when I believe that governments have a LOT to do with it occurring in the first place due to stimulus and special treatment for large multi-national companies.

Not trying to strike a debate about that topic at all, I'm just saying that many of the statements were very constrictive and limiting. Anyone else get that feeling?

Oh and btw, nice forums.

 

[mdr]

Sorry to double post but I couldn't remember the name of this other quiz when posting the results from The Political Compass.

I much prefer THIS quiz over the one above, it's a LOT less biased and MUCH more direct (and for me, much more accurate, making more sense):

http://politicalquiz.net/

Conservative/Progressive score: 9
You are a social progressive. You generally consider yourself a humanist first. You probably think that religion and patriotism go too far in society. You probably consider yourself to be a citizen of Earth first rather than a citizen of your country.

Capitalist Purist/Social Capitalist score: 0
You're a Capitalist Purist. You believe that the market should be completely free, and that the invisible hand of the market will make sure that the people get what they want and will do it in the most efficient way possible. You believe in small government, less taxes, and more privatization.

Libertarian/Authoritarian score: 0
You are libertarian. You think that the government is making way too many unnecessary laws that are taking away our innate rights. You believe that the government's job is primarily to protect people from harming other people, but after that they should mind their own business, and if we give the government too much power in controlling our lives, it can lead to fascism.

Pacifist/Militarist score: 2
You're a Pacifist. You are angered that the United States thinks it should dominate the world through its military force. You think that the only time war is necessary is when we are in direct danger of being attacked. You also believe the US spends way too much of its money on defense, as we can practically cut it in half and still easily defend ourselves, and use that money to fix all our economic problems.

Overall, you would most likely fit into the category of Hardcore Libertarian

Pacifist / Citizen of Earth / Hardcore Libertarian (that's me!). Not to mention Hardcore Atheist as well! : ^)

 

[Aught3]

Hmm certainly an interesting quiz, unfortunately it is from the US perspective but I answered the best I could.

Conservative/Progressive score: 11
You are a social progressive. You generally consider yourself a humanist first. You probably think that religion and patriotism go too far in society. You probably consider yourself to be a citizen of Earth first rather than a citizen of your country.

Capitalist Purist/Social Capitalist score: 7
You are a Moderate Capitalist. You support an economy that is by and large a free market, but has public programs to help people who can't help themselves or need a little help. Pretty much you believe in the American economy how it currently is.

Libertarian/Authoritarian score: 2
You are libertarian. You think that the government is making way too many unnecessary laws that are taking away our innate rights. You believe that the government's job is primarily to protect people from harming other people, but after that they should mind their own business, and if we give the government too much power in controlling our lives, it can lead to fascism.

Pacifist/Militarist score: 9
You're a Militarist. You believe that since the United States has so much power in the world, it has a responsibility to keep the world safe. You think that if the US does not exert its power in the world, it may eventually lose its power, and that we can not look weak in the face of terrorists, and must take them out where they live.

Overall, you would most likely fit into the category of Democrat

A fair attempt at defining me after a few simple questions :lol:

 

[obsidianavenger]

i always thought that quiz was biased towards libertarianism but looking at their stats, perhaps not. it does seem a bit overly simplistic to me. then again testing for ideological base is easier given issues with simple/clear divides.

Currently, after 45823 submissions, the average Conservative/Progressive score is 6, the average Capitalist Purist/Social Capitalist score is 6.77, the average Libertarian/Authoritarian score is 5.49, and the average Pacifist/Militarist score is 4.57

and my score....

Conservative/Progressive score: 10
Capitalist Purist/Social Capitalist score: 2
Libertarian/Authoritarian score: 0
Pacifist/Militarist score: 2

 

[mdr]

Hmm certainly an interesting quiz, unfortunately it is from the US perspective but I answered the best I could.
. . . .
A fair attempt at defining me after a few simple questions :lol:

i always thought that quiz was biased towards libertarianism but looking at their stats, perhaps not. it does seem a bit overly simplistic to me. then again testing for ideological base is easier given issues with simple/clear divides.

True enough, though I think it asks less questions that resemble: Up or Down? When I want to answer Left. I've always hated ballots that focus on a bi-lateral because nine times out of ten, I'm not either. I mean, just because I'm against big business doesn't mean I'm for regulations from big government. It's kinda like they combine two questions, 1) Are you against big business? 2) Are you for regulation of businesses?

I also find the dot in four boxes thing to be insulting, it really doesn't describe who you are. Hell, a person who believes we should fight overseas or believes that abortion should be illegal could have their dot in the same place as mine if they answer two other questions with the opposite spectrum. . . that annoys me a little more than a lot.

 

[Andiferous]

Err...

I had trouble with some questions and had to analyse them in so many different ways, I just confuse myself. Actually, I'm usually a lot more radically left, so this is a surprise.

 

[Beldin]

well, like the most of us

 

[Jotto999]

Sorry to double post but I couldn't remember the name of this other quiz when posting the results from The Political Compass.

I much prefer THIS quiz over the one above, it's a LOT less biased and MUCH more direct (and for me, much more accurate, making more sense):

Pacifist / Citizen of Earth / Hardcore Libertarian (that's me!). Not to mention Hardcore Atheist as well! : ^)

Cool, I'm going to give that one a shot as well.

*Doo dee doo, doo doo doo dee doo, doo dee doo dee DEE, dee doo doo doo doo doo dee doo do duh doo dee doo*.....

Conservative/Progressive score: 11
You are a social progressive. You generally consider yourself a humanist first. You probably think that religion and patriotism go too far in society. You probably consider yourself to be a citizen of Earth first rather than a citizen of your country.

Capitalist Purist/Social Capitalist score: 8
You are a Moderate Capitalist. You support an economy that is by and large a free market, but has public programs to help people who can't help themselves or need a little help. Pretty much you believe in the American economy how it currently is.

Libertarian/Authoritarian score: 3
You are libertarian. You think that the government is making way too many unnecessary laws that are taking away our innate rights. You believe that the government's job is primarily to protect people from harming other people, but after that they should mind their own business, and if we give the government too much power in controlling our lives, it can lead to fascism.

Pacifist/Militarist score: 0
You're a Pacifist. You are angered that the United States thinks it should dominate the world through its military force. You think that the only time war is necessary is when we are in direct danger of being attacked. You also believe the US spends way too much of its money on defense, as we can practically cut it in half and still easily defend ourselves, and use that money to fix all our economic problems.

Well I'm not American and some of the questions were American specific, but I answered as best as I could (had to look up what the "Patriot Act" was).

The result looks pretty accurate for such a short description of my views. Economically moderate, citizen of earth and humanity rather than country, pacifist, and heavily against government intervention of our personal lives/social issues.

 

[Tylzen]

Economic Left/Right: 1.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.51

 

[WRT54G]

I started out as a leftist a couple years ago, but didn't really know much about politics. When I learned more I established myself as a centrist, and as I've learned more lately I've been increasingly right leaning.

I consider myself a libertarian. I follow republican economic policies, but not their social policies. But I also tend to think democratic social policies are unnecessarily overboard.

Edit: Other quiz:

Conservative/Progressive score: 8
You are a social moderate. You think the progressive movement is overall well meaning, but sometimes it goes too far. On issues like abortion [I'm for abortion] and affirmative action [I'm absolutely against affirmative action], you see the negatives of both extremes on the issue. You probably value religion [I am largely anti-religious but a Darwinist in its social progression], but at the same time you think it should still stay separate from the government


Capitalist Purist/Social Capitalist score: 0
You're a Capitalist Purist. You believe that the market should be completely free, and that the invisible hand of the market will make sure that the people get what they want and will do it in the most efficient way possible. You believe in small government, less taxes, and more privatization. [I think there were too few questions on the topic and I'd like to think I'm not completely purist, but still mostly so.]


Libertarian/Authoritarian score: 2
You are libertarian. You think that the government is making way too many unnecessary laws that are taking away our innate rights. You believe that the government's job is primarily to protect people from harming other people, but after that they should mind their own business, and if we give the government too much power in controlling our lives, it can lead to fascism. [Pretty much.]


Pacifist/Militarist score: 8
You're a Moderate. You think that in very rare occasions, the United States should invade a country in order to make the world better by spreading democracy [not to spread democracy, no] or ending a tyrants rule [yes]. You also think that defense is very important, and we shouldn't lower the defense budget. You think that, while the Iraq War probably was a mistake, that we can make the world a better place by sticking with it and spreading democracy in the middle east [on the contrary I simply see Hussein as an issue that needed to be dealt with].

Overall, you would most likely fit into the category of Hardcore Libertarian

 

[Raistlin Majere]

Interesting, lol.

 

[Abi]

I seem to be a lot more liberal than what I remember from last taking it.

 

[nemesiss]

Conservative/Progressive score: 8
You are a social moderate. You think the progressive movement is overall well meaning, but sometimes it goes too far. On issues like abortion and affirmative action, you see the negatives of both extremes on the issue. You probably value religion, but at the same time you think it should still stay separate from the government

Capitalist Purist/Social Capitalist score: 9
You're a Social Capitalist, you think that, left to its own, Capitalism leaves a lot of people behind. You think that Health Care should be free to all, that the minimum wage should be raised, and that the government should provide jobs to all that are capable of having them. You likely hated the Bush tax cuts, and believe that the middle class has gotten poorer, and the rich have gotten richer over the past several years. The far extreme of social capitalism is socialism.

Libertarian/Authoritarian score: 5
You're a Moderate. You think that we all have certain inalienable rights that must be protected, but that sometimes laws need to be made to protect the majority's lives or quality of lives. You might think that the 2nd amendment isn't necessary anymore because letting everyone a gun is extremely dangerous to the community. You might also be against illegal drug use or public pornography because of its possible harmful effects to society.

Pacifist/Militarist score: 3
You're a Pacifist. You are angered that the United States thinks it should dominate the world through its military force. You think that the only time war is necessary is when we are in direct danger of being attacked. You also believe the US spends way too much of its money on defense, as we can practically cut it in half and still easily defend ourselves, and use that money to fix all our economic problems.

Overall, you would most likely fit into the category of Democrat

i fit in with Clinton and Kennedy

 

[derkvanl]

 

[MRaverz]

I took one of these a couple weeks ago, I got about the same as Beldin.

 

[Nightmare060]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-4.12&soc=-4.26

Pretty much. Some questions I wasn't sure on, but I gave my best guess. Probobly wouldn't make much of a difference

I still disagree with some key things that alot of libertarians strongly push on people. Mostly that I am for Universal healthcare. But I am only just begining to understand polotics in general anyway so I can't make much of a comment to what the majoraty of the population or a certain pollitical side think. Unless they're raging fundie conservatives like Glen Beck, in which case I can rightly asume that he is just a douche .

Oh and also, for some reason when I try and put this in image tags it says that the dimensions cannot be defined. For some reason.

 

[JustBusiness17]

I'm destined for failure as a business man :?

 

[Shaedys]

I see a pattern on this forum for this test.