The Political compass - where do you fall?

[denjvan]

good thread

 

[gb2000ie]

Interesting that so far no one here is authoritarian - which I guess makes sense from a persecuted minority, but also interesting that that with just a few exceptions - we're almost all economically left wing too.

B.

 

[XMan101]

Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.87

 

[tomba]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.62



So, a left-leaning libertarian. I can live with that.

 

[tomba]

Interesting that so far no one here is authoritarian - which I guess makes sense from a persecuted minority, but also interesting that that with just a few exceptions - we're almost all economically left wing too.
B.

Maybe we just have a more developed sense of what's fair. Or, let's not be modest, it's because we are all so gloriously, wonderfully, fucking fabulous.:thumbs up:

 

[XMan101]

I think the questions are skewed to give pretty much the same general answers. Unless you are completely inhumane there are some you could never agree with if you answered honestly. If they were broken down more into less general subjects you'd get far more variety.

 

[brmstn69]

Economic Left/Right: -7.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.44



Funny that I would share political ideology with Gandhi...

 

[c750dt]

Economic Left/Right: 0.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.59

I think the test leaves some important details out. However, it's good as a rough assessment. My result is pretty much what I expected.

 

[mrduke]

In good company with Margaret Thatcher.

I suppose that makes me amongst the least desirable on GH.

Duke

 

[tomba]

I think we know the test is a bit of fun - a generalistaion. What accuracy do you expect in a two minute session?

It's still interesting (and quite sad) to see the most right-wing and authoritarian so far - from this 'skewed' test - are all American.

 

[gb2000ie]

It's still interesting (and quite sad) to see the most right-wing and authoritarian so far - from this 'skewed' test - are all American.

I'm not seeing how this is sad - if anything, it shows the test is actually quite accurate - America has a more economic-right culture. The market is king and the government is the cause of rather than the solution to problems in US culture. Europe has been more socialist than the states for decades. I happen to prefer our less extreme version of capitalism, but that doesn't make it right, nor does it make having a view different to mine 'sad'.

I'm sure many Americans find our more leftist version of capitalism strange and not for them, but, I would hope they could be adult enough about that difference in opinion not to refer to us all as sad for not agreeing with their point of view.

B.

 

[Daedalus]

I think we know the test is a bit of fun - a generalistaion. What accuracy do you expect in a two minute session?

It's still interesting (and quite sad) to see the most right-wing and authoritarian so far - from this 'skewed' test - are all American.

Well said!

Putin approves.

 

[gb2000ie]

I think the questions are skewed to give pretty much the same general answers. Unless you are completely inhumane there are some you could never agree with if you answered honestly. If they were broken down more into less general subjects you'd get far more variety.

If that's true, then why do almost all politicians from almost all major parties in the western world fall into the right and authoritarian quadrant, while it seems most people fall in the exact opposite quadrant. Is it that politicians lie? Or that people lie? Or that people don't know enough about politics to understand who they are voting for? Or that the system has been so corrupted by special interests that it really does no-longer represent the people? Or some or all of the above?

B.

 

[tomba]

America has a more economic-right culture. The market is king and the government is the cause of rather than the solution to problems in US culture.
B.

I would hope they could be adult enough about that difference in opinion not to refer to us all as sad for not agreeing with their point of view.
B.

There's more than a whiff of hypocrisy here. Who asked you to agree with my opinion and who expects you to? I find the American system empty and quite sad. I expressed an opinion. No-one got maimed or killed. So take your own advice and be 'adult enough' to ignore whatever doesn't fit in with your own viewpoint.

 

[gb2000ie]

There's more than a whiff of hypocrisy here. Who asked you to agree with my opinion and who expects you to? I find the American system empty and quite sad. I expressed an opinion. No-one got maimed or killed. So take your own advice and be 'adult enough' to ignore whatever doesn't fit in with your own viewpoint.

For give me, but how exactly is what I said hypocritical? I didn't pass judgement on anyone, you did.

B.

 

[XMan101]

Nobody here was being critical or passing judgement . I think you mis-read things a little Tomba

 

[tomba]

Sorry Xman I don't agree. I make a 3-word comment (in a forum) and this guy gets all holier than thou.

I happen to think the inherently right-wing stance of the clear majority of Americans is both sad and dangerous. Not least in the presidents it elects. But, I don't live in America and cannot vote there so, is it actually any of my damned business?

Given America's global reach and its truly frightening ability to bring economic ruin on half the world (especially those countries stupid enough to blindly follow America's lead) not to mention two disastrous military campaigns we were fool enough to take part in on the back of bitter old men's lies, half truths and utter fantasies, yes I think it is my damned business.

It is the American political system - far too easily hijacked by the money machine - which has given us a succession of morons as leader. We have already had the ruinous Bush and may yet face the truly frightening prospect of a President Palin.

On reflection, calling their national tendency to be right-wing 'a little sad' now sounds far too mild.

 

[ritsuka]

I'm not sure I agree with you that the majority of americans are far-right, tomba. Remember, the election system is not only broken and dominated by money and a skewed mainstream media, only about 50% of eligible voters turn out at all because they see they don't really have a choice. So, it wouldn't matter if you lived here and voted; you can vote for whoever you want, but we end up with the same thing anyway.

A majority of people in America are against US wars, in favor of single-payer healthcare, against radical capitalism and the wealth redistribution towards the top that went on in the last forty years. But the establishment is so strong, so corrupt, so vast that it creates its own little reality. I take issue with the fact that you mentioned Bush and Palin but not their twin, Obama. He is just as frightening and ruinous; because his policy is the same, regardless of his speeches. Giving Obama a pass makes you sound a bit like a right wing american yourself.

 

[tomba]

Obama frightens me less maybe because he appears to be less of a warmonger and less in thrall to the money machine. You think that by not mentioning him and how much less scary he is to the world in comparison to Bush and Palin I'm right-wing?

We too have a political system where money buys influence and lots of it and where the elecorate too often goes ignored in the process. But nothing on the scale where money brazenly buys power and huge amounts of influence in America. We in the UK have the power to ruin no-one but ourselves by the decisions we make and the fools we elect.

But America's economic and military might (even though it may in the initial stages of decline) gives it the all-too-real ability to cause ruin far beyond sea to shining sea. So, more fool us for so seldom stopping to question.

 

[Nomad]

VERY close to SlimJim and XMAN....

Economic Left/Right: -4.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.26