Political Compass

unriggable · Post by **unriggable** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:46 am

Hey, I have a favor to ask you guys. Take the test at politicalcompass.org, and post the coordinates (results). I'll put them all up together and post them. Thanks a bunch.

As of December 15th:

Neutrino · Post by **Neutrino** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:50 am

I'd do it, but I only click links, not actually search for the actual page. I think you can see where this is going

unriggable · Post by **unriggable** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:52 am

Double post.

unriggable · Post by **unriggable** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 6:55 am

http://politicalcompass.org/test

I got -5.62, -1.9

Neutrino · Post by **Neutrino** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:00 am

unriggable wrote:http://politicalcompass.org/test

Thanks.

Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.95

Iliad · Post by **Iliad** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:04 am

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -2.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.41

Ettin · Post by **Ettin** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:13 am

The Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: -2.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.26

unriggable · Post by **unriggable** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:40 am

Everybody I asked so far is in the bottom left. God damn.

Snorri1234 · Post by **Snorri1234** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:57 am

"A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system."

How can you disagree with that?

Man some of these questions are loaded.

Economic Left/Right: -5.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.87

Woooow....

madsanders · Post by **madsanders** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:02 am

Economic Left/Right: -8.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.03

jiminski · Post by **jiminski** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:12 am

Economic Left/Right: -2.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.69

yeah pretty heavily weighted questions... in some cases i was driven to answer 'incorrectly' as i was annoyed at the manipulation.

dcowboys055 · Post by **dcowboys055** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:42 am

There's been like 3 of these threads, try searching it for the last 2 or 3.

Haggis_McMutton · Post by **Haggis_McMutton** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 8:49 am

Economic Left/Right: -0.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.56

Still bottom left, but barely.

Napoleon Ier · Post by **Napoleon Ier** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 9:03 am

I'm only just right wing and barely libertarian on this test

btownmeggy · Post by **btownmeggy** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:56 am

I have this on my Facebook, with a scatter of all my friends. I have only one friend who reaches to the top or right side--a libertarian who's just slightly right of the Y-axis.

I'm Economic Left/Right: -7.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.33

Or at least I was when I took the test several months ago.

unriggable · Post by **unriggable** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 10:56 am

Napoleon Ier wrote:I'm only just right wing and barely libertarian on this test

Sorry.

browng-08 · Post by **browng-08** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:04 am

Snorri1234 wrote:"A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system."

How can you disagree with that?

I think these questions just require some thought. For example, I disagreed with that statement because that 'advantage' leads to even more signifigant disadvantages such as the freedom to multiple opinions and the growth of a wide variety of solutions to solve any problem.

Economic Left/Right: -7.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.69

cena-rules · Post by **cena-rules** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:07 am

Economic Left/Right: -2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.05

Snorri1234 · Post by **Snorri1234** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 11:20 am

browng-08 wrote:
Snorri1234 wrote:"A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system."

How can you disagree with that?

I think these questions just require some thought. For example, I disagreed with that statement because that 'advantage' leads to even more signifigant disadvantages such as the freedom to multiple opinions and the growth of a wide variety of solutions to solve any problem.

Well yes. But it's still an advantage. Every system has advantages and disadvantages. The whole idea is that you weigh them, not dismiss the (dis)advantages as non-existant.

browng-08 · Post by **browng-08** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:34 pm

Snorri1234 wrote:
browng-08 wrote:
Snorri1234 wrote:"A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system."

How can you disagree with that?

I think these questions just require some thought. For example, I disagreed with that statement because that 'advantage' leads to even more signifigant disadvantages such as the freedom to multiple opinions and the growth of a wide variety of solutions to solve any problem.

Well yes. But it's still an advantage. Every system has advantages and disadvantages. The whole idea is that you weigh them, not dismiss the (dis)advantages as non-existant.

True. I was just suggesting how way to answer the questions in a way that dismissed the bias. Try to view each question as an argument for a specific political opinion and argure against it. Then, decide which makes more sense.

Frigidus · Post by **Frigidus** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:34 pm

Economic Left/Right: -1.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.82

This test is definitely biased...unless it's made for Americans. I know that compared to the rest of the world I'm a bit right-wing.

btownmeggy · Post by **btownmeggy** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:35 pm

Snorri1234 wrote:"A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system."

How can you disagree with that?

If you think the arguments are a good thing, which many proponents of liberal democracy do.

Snorri1234 · Post by **Snorri1234** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:41 pm

btownmeggy wrote:
Snorri1234 wrote:"A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system."

How can you disagree with that?

If you think the arguments are a good thing, which many proponents of liberal democracy do.

That's not the point. The advantage of an one-party state is ofcourse that shit gets done faster, but the disadvantage of it is there is no argument.

Whether or not the arguments are a good thing doesn't factor in, as it's about time-efficiency here.

jiminski · Post by **jiminski** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:43 pm

btownmeggy wrote:
Snorri1234 wrote:"A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system."

How can you disagree with that?

If you think the arguments are a good thing, which many proponents of liberal democracy do.

That's true Meggy but i do take his point. it is a question which can not be answered quickly.

Can the above description be applied to some one party states... probably, look at modern Chinas growth and the Growth of Germany under the Nazi party. And would these 'revolutions' have been possible under another system in the same time. probably not.
So it does describe an advantage and in some ways even a success.

But on reflection of course we need to look at the whole not just what the question seems to ask on first glance.

browng-08 · Post by **browng-08** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 12:45 pm

jiminski wrote:
btownmeggy wrote:
Snorri1234 wrote:"A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system."

How can you disagree with that?

If you think the arguments are a good thing, which many proponents of liberal democracy do.

That's true Meggy but i do take his point. it is a question which can not be answered quickly.

Can the above description be applied to some one party states... probably, look at modern Chinas growth and the Growth of Germany under the Nazi party. And would these 'revolutions' have been possible under another system in the same time. probably not.
So it does describe an advantage and in some ways even a success.

But on reflection of course we need to look at the whole not just what the question seems to ask on first glance.

hense my suggestion of composing an arguement to balance each question , and then deciding which viewpoint most agrees with you.