The Political compass

[bliink]

Some of you may have heard of The Political Compass before, and its a very interesting site that gauges your political stance, its pretty informative and interesting to read over too, and the results can be both enlightening and surprising (especially when you can end up compared to Hitler lol)

I started this thread with the idea of everyone going there and posting their results, so I can see what we're all like around here

Be sure to read up on the site before you try and interpret the results in any depth because it explains it quite well..

Mine are the following:
Economic Left/Right: -3.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.56

and the graph (for you right-brainers)

 

[Tr0n]

The first time I took this test I was very close to the center...Then the 2nd time I took it I was far left.Lets see what I get for the 3rd time...

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

Edit: Got my old results from favorites. Show your URL's along with the link (click "show printable form for the page, then click properties and copy the URL)


Right 5
Up 1

http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=+5&Y=+1

 

[Tr0n]

Well I got about the same postion as the 2nd time I took the test.

http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/pol...naire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=-3.62&Y=-0.92

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

Well I got about the same postion as the 2nd time I took the test.

http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/pol...naire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=-3.62&Y=-0.92

You appear to almost be the anti-RakuraiTenjin

:O..

 

[Steve]

Meh...I thought I was a little more liberal than that, but hey...it's cool.

 

[gh0st]

A little bit up, and a little bit to the ... left!

 

[bliink]

A little bit up, and a little bit to the ... left!

ah, so the closest radical group you belong to is the neo-cons, the site said they'd lean more to authoritarian while tend not to be as right as people think, neo-libs on the other hand are more right and far less authoritarian

 

[Steve]

Oh, shit. I'm half way to being a communist. Meh, I suppose that rings true, considering my naive belief that human beings are basically good.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

ah, so the closest radical group you belong to is the neo-cons, the site said they'd lean more to authoritarian while tend not to be as right as people think, neo-libs on the other hand are more right and far less authoritarian

Reaganesque conservatives on the other hand are more right and far less authoritarian.

I'm pretty sure that describes me better and such :d, considering that's what I got.

Although- I am a Republican, although I'd join the Libertarian party if they didn't sanction the killing of babies and full out drug legalization.

 

[Death.Trap]

The Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.18



The first time I took it, I was pretty close to the Pope.

 

[Ikerous]

Economic Left/Right: 0.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03

Exact zero on left/right, weird

 

[bliink]

Economic Left/Right: 0.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03

Exact zero on left/right, weird

you sure are

 

[Warbie]

I'I'm a lefty tree hugger too

http://www.halflife2.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=15127

 

[Tr0n]

Oh, shit. I'm half way to being a communist. Meh, I suppose that rings true, considering my naive belief that human beings are basically good.

I believe the same, but I'm not near to being communist.

 

[qckbeam]

I'm such a communist

 

[bliink]

I'm such a communist

bah, i'm going to try and beat hitler's score now

 

[Revisedsoul]

i am at par with ghandi

 

[The Monkey]

http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/images/middle_cross.gif

Economic Left/Right: -3.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.82

EDIT: It's something wrong with that link, but look at biink's and you'll see where I stand. (The graph, not the text).

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/images/middle_cross.gif

Economic Left/Right: -3.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.82

EDIT: It's something wrong with that link, but look at biink's and you'll see where I stand. (The graph, not the text).

Right click off the graph when you get the URL, rather than on the grid (Since you're just copying the grid's image)

 

[Steve]

I believe the same, but I'm not near to being communist.

Humans are basically good -> humans should be able to govern themselves -> socialism(?) (communism and socialism always get me screwed up)

 

[Gray Fox]

this question is asked:

No one chooses his or her country of birth, so it's foolish to be proud of it.

On one hand I do agree that you shouldn't be just proud of a country if you were born in it, just because of that, I hate stupid nationalism, but on the other hand i disagree cause I can be proud of a country becasue of what it has accomplished and has givin me, and of some decision the government of it has made so in that case I don't think I it's foolish to be proud of it. So I think it's foolish to be proud of a country just because you were born in it but not foolish when you are proud of it's achievments.
Does anybody else think this is a stupid question that has not been thought through enough about.

 

[CptStern]

there's a difference between being proud of your country and believing it to be better than the rest

for me personally, I'm a human being first, canadian second

 

[Warbie]

You should be proud of the achievements that other ppl have made - where they come from matters little.

It's just an excuse for ppl to associate themselves with great deeds.

 

[Gray Fox]

there's a difference between being proud of your country and believing it to be better than the rest

for me personally, I'm a human being first, canadian second

Exactly, but what do they mean with that question, that you are proud or that you think it is better than the rest, casue from the sound i would think it is the latter, so I chose that I strongly disagree.

BTW I'm Economic Left/Right: -5.12
Social libertarion/authoritarian:-5.28

Tell me what are you Stern.

 

[HunterSeeker]

http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/pol...naire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=-6.62&Y=-4.67

Or if the link gets screwed up:

Economic: -6.62
Social: -4.67

 

[CptStern]

Exactly, but what do they mean with that question, that you are proud or that you think it is better than the rest, casue from the sound i would think it is the latter, so I chose that I strongly disagree.

BTW I'm Economic Left/Right: -5.12
Social libertarion/authoritarian:-5.28

Tell me what are you Stern.

heh I dont have time to take the test ...I'm at work and I'm supposed to be working ... * checks hl2.net forums for new posts* ...ya ....working

I'll try during my "break"

 

[Korgoth]

Reaganesque conservatives on the other hand are more right and far less authoritarian.

I'm pretty sure that describes me better and such :d, considering that's what I got.

Although- I am a Republican, although I'd join the Libertarian party if they didn't sanction the killing of babies and full out drug legalization.

Yet you support this administration even though bush has killed many a' baby in iraq and afganistan.... Baby-killer is actually a nick name given to marines isn't it? And lets not even drudge up bushies very own illegal abortion pre roe v wade eh?
And guess what else! The drug buisness in lil' ol' afghanistan isn't exactly dead... Whats that, its actually increased? NOOOOOooooo, well at least this administartion doesn't bend over backwards for drug companies like phfizer....

Ah, yes, contradiction and hypocrasy at its finest. Good day.

(ps, i could give two shats about my spelling, im in a hurry)

 

[CptStern]

And lets not even drudge up bushies very own illegal abortion pre roe v wade eh?

are you telling me that GH bush thought of aborting GW?!!??
* punches wall * damn last minute change of heart! :cheese:

 

[Absinthe]

Might as well call me a commie...

-5.50
-5.64

 

[CptStern]

as promised:

gah! I'm more of a libertarian than freakin ghandhi ..not that I'm all that surprised

 

[Dedalus]

i never understood why communism was so demonised

anyhoo...this is the umpteenth time i've taken this test, and my position has hardly changed. :afro:

 

[Razor]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.10

3 bits to the left and right in the centre.

 

[satch919]

I was near the Dalai Lama. :thumbs:

 

[Kangy]

I was close to Nelson Mandela. Yay.

 

[Eg.]

economic left/right 2.88

social libertian/authortian 3.03

im a dot in the mid point of hitler and thatcher, aimed at the center half way inbetween

 

[Edcrab]

Economic Left/Right: -2.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.31

Almost dead centre- I'm sure my extremist views on crime and punishment were all that stopped me being a commie, mind.

I'd have expected that score; people sometimes ignore me in debates because I'm so "balanced". I'm not exactly easy-going, but I suppose when someone's just called you a liberal asshat you tend to reply to them rather than the over-verbal forumite whose post can be summarised as "I agree on some counts".

It'd be interesting to see a more advanced version with questions covering even more concievable nuances of politics.

 

[RakuraiTenjin]

Yet you support this administration even though bush has killed many a' baby in iraq and afganistan....

No babies or civilians are ever directly targetted, and when a tragedy does occur an investigation takes place. Deaths in this area don't justify each other, anyway.

Baby-killer is actually a nick name given to marines isn't it?

No. The only people who have ever called them this were horrible people after the Vietnam war, who spat on veterans as they returned from a war they were sent off to. I'm appalled to hear that you think of this as a valid thing to call our troops.

And lets not even drudge up bushies very own illegal abortion pre roe v wade eh?

I've not heard of what you're talking about. Any abortion should be illegal. I don't care if it was a Bush or if it was a Carter. You don't murder an innocent baby who has a right to life.

And guess what else! The drug buisness in lil' ol' afghanistan isn't exactly dead... Whats that, its actually increased? NOOOOOooooo, well at least this administartion doesn't bend over backwards for drug companies like phfizer....

The drug business there is illegal. It's a tough job to maintain that. The Taliban was effective in mainting it due to their major human rights abuses.. you'd be killed for it. Selling some drugs isn't a crime to be killed for, and that's why it's sprouted again. With liberty does come increased crime. It's why totalitarian states have less crime. I'd rather be free, and I'm sure they would be too.

I'm not against drug legalization as far as marijuana goes- although if it was, I believe it should only be legal in the privacy of one's home, with limits to children, etc, and no government subsidation and no sale of grown plants legal (such as selling marijuana ciggarettes or leaves of it) The reason being as obviously the smoke being in a public place is going to cause some MAJOR problems. What I am against is the hard drugs like heroin, crack, and other things.

Ah, yes, contradiction and hypocrasy at its finest. Good day.

No, there's none of that. I disagree with some major habits of the administration, primarily in spending and the proposed federal ammendment regarding gays, as it should be up to the states (but that was shot down, so that's over with and long gone) but I agree with much more than I disagree with it on, and it's far better for the nation than any of the others.

 

[ShadowFox]

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -1.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.54

 

[Nickcpus]

My politcal Compass

Economic Left/Right: -1.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.69

A Ghandi in the making, well who knows