Political Compass
 

Have you taken the test?

My political compass
Economic Left/Right: -2.88
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.77

a little to the right of Ghandi. :)

I swear to Christ we had this linked before.

I remember something like this but couldn't find it.

If we've been there, done that, I could delete the friggin' thing.

Bear with me... i'm a noob. be nice to me. don't yell at me if i make a mistake.

Economic -7.75
A/L -7.03

Oh boy, I can hear the sirens wailing now...

Could be, but a search for "compass" doesn't hit it.

"Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -1.50
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.46"

Nic - not yelling. Just hoping to jog someone's memory so they dig up the old thread.

Maggie - I'll look now.

[Edit - Dammit Tony, help me out here. When'd we do this? It was to politicalcompass.org and I swear it wasn't that long ago. ]

Economic Left/Right: -3.75
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -1.59

this is almost exactly opposite of where i would have placed myself. wierd.

~james

YEAH!

I got to this question and after this, I <b>knew</b> I wasn't losing my mind.

<i>One day, science may be able to cure homosexuality.</i>

Remember - Tony answered "yes" because he feels that one day, we'll understand the human body and brain so well that we'll be able to change it - but he doesn't feel like homosexuality is a disease, and he's afraid that the answer was interpreted as though it <b>was</b> viewed as a disease.

Now where the fuck is that damn thread?

For the record, here's mine:

Economic Left/Right: -3.38
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.15

my test results
 

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 2.75
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -0.56


What does this mean for the future of society?

http://cellar.org/showthread.php?thr...5&pagenumber=1

All Right Squirells enjoy.


Oh yah that week I was an left/right economic 4.00 and Authoritarian/Libertarian -4.77

jaggy introduced it 1/2 way down page 2

It's an interesting test, as Jag said, so I'm happy to have resurected it and given it a separate thread where it might get more participation.

Come to think of it ... for all his protesting this time, dhamsaic didn't post his test results then. It's important we know where he stands, since he's the only one in the Cellar who has officially declared himself in the race for President. ;)

Wow Nic, all I have to do is teach you some economics and you'll be perfect. ;)

I believe sycamore is willing to be drafted as well but hasn't declared.

The questions do seem to pin down where folks are even if they leave a lot to be desired.

Yeah. Considering he's stated "Drugs and Prostitution" as one of his platform planks. Sounds more Libertarian than Republican, though.

Or is that two planks? dham, do you only support them together, or are they independant issues? :-)

dhams politics seem to be improving, UT must be keeping him after class.

http://cellar.org/2002/cellarpolicompass.gif

The original thread was called US administration restricts Nov11 investigations -- of course, with the thread hijacking we were doing back then.

I re-took the test and went from 2.73/-5.74 to 2.38/-5.33. I guess my views have moderated in the last six months.

I can't wait for Jag to login, during the wee hours, and see that his politicalcompass suggestion took off again.

I'm with the pack at Econ L/R -2.88 and Authoritarian/Libertarian -6.41
Its interesting, but I see what you mean about the phrasing of the questions.

There is an interesting hole in the questions around the issue of business subsidy, which if included would move me left on the econ scale. I think my tolerance for the empty rhetoric of the left was pretty well whittled away taking education theory classes in school so while I may share many goals with lefties a quiz like this won't reflect it. If not already obvious, I believe in the primacy of the individual in all aspects of life including economics so if the choice is the individual or the state I choose the individual, if its the individual or the corporation its the individual. (griff cowardly trying to weasle his way toward the center)

I bet anybody taking the test often enough will converge to the center. :-)

Now I'm bringing that GIF up in the GIMP, to see if I can't get some better contrast on those colors; it's hard to tell some of them apart.

How did I miss this thread yesterday? *puts down crack pipe*

After taking it again several times, my number is about the same on the L/R, though my Libertarian number has dropped a little.

I think the econ questions are pulling my L/R number towards the center. I would say I'm pro-business, although I think its extremely important for a business to be a good member of its community. You won't find me at a G8/IMF/WTO protest...yet. ;)

You know, the first time I retook it yesterday, I went rather markedly towards the center (-2.5 and -4), to the point where it didn't seem right to me. I think I initially answered a lot of the questions luke warm, and did 3 more of them reading the questions more carefully and giving them more thought.

Admittedly, some of my responses remained "luke warm" (i.e. "agree" or "disagree"), but I couldn't imagine my stances changing that much in 3 months.

Economic Left/Right: -2.50
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -6.05

Economic Left/Right: 1.75
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -3.95

Looks like we're all in about the same place politically. Which makes perfect sense, since we're known to debate the hell out of most anything.

waitaminute...

Twilight Zone
 

Actually, we're all just voices in Tony's head, arguing amongst ourselves. -- the Insane libertarian. [ed. note: small l libertarian, capital I Insane]

That's a lower-case L libertarian mister, I dropped out of the cult of the Party some time ago.

Some may recall my political delusions of grandeur last summer. I'm quite happy in my current role as King of Torresdale. :)

Seriously, to run a country of 280 million people is an awesome responsibility. I can't even begin to imagine it. I'm going to stick with being an armchair politician for now. ;)

Although...I would like to be an ambassador. Dave, please keep me in your thoughts if you get elected. I'm thinking Mexico, Canada, the UK, Spain, or Samoa. I don't know if they elect the governor of Guam, the Marianas, or American Samoa (they do in PR), but those would also be acceptable.

Yes, he now runs an online cult based out of Montgomery County, PA. Something involving "cellar"...so I've heard. ;)

the Party parties on ... in the Cellar.

well, I just took it ... 2.50/0.92

Just for reference, here's mine. I took the test a few years ago and I seem to be in about the same place.

Economic Left/Right: -4.75
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -5.28

Where I stand
 

Have known of the link for a long time and was tempted to post in the cool site of the day, (cool for news/political junkies anyway). I didn't want to duplicate the effort of other dwellars' work, so I searched and found this thread.

I would be interested to see the results for others refreshed or in some cases, posted for the first time.

Here is my result:

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.28

well, today i am:

Economic - Left/Right -.25
Social - Libertarian/Authoritartian -.26

kind of surprised me too.

Thought I'd do it again.

Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.64

It says I'm:

Economic Left/Right: -4.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.36


What does that mean?

I am: -6.00/-4.72

Economic Left/Right: -4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.95

Economic Left/Right: -5.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.00

For whatever THAT's worth. :eyebrow:

from what i see of this scale, i'm damn close to being a centrist, but in relation to the general cellar population i'm going to start hosting fundraisers for the nazi party soon.

Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.72

:confused:

Economic Left/Right: 2.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.26

I actually dislike the way several of the questions are phrased. I don't think there's enough subtelty to answer many of them accurately.

But all in all, I guess it really didn't deliver much in the way of suprises.

New numbas

Economic Left/Right: 4.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.62

Wow, my quadrant is very lonely. I'm in the lower right.

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 7.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.41


I'm between Nelson Mandella and The Dalai Lama as far as my non-authoritarianism (aka libertarianism) and I'm very much on the right for economics. I'm nearly in the exact position as Milton Friedman, only slightly less authoritarian (more libertarian) than him.

Economic Left/Right: -2.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.82

hey, i'm rubbing political elbows with the dali lama. is that good?


edit: just noticed that i'm polar opposites with gWb. yep, id say that's good.

Good question. Why don't you ask him?

Economic Left/Right: 3.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.85

The only people near me are Undertoad and Chopin. Somehow, none of the power figures they give coordinates for are in the 4th Quadrant.

Griff is there with us!

That was then:
This is now:

Economic Left/Right: -6.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.79

My economic perspective seems stable, but I'm having a pretty strong negative reaction to the current fad of strongmen as political leaders.

Old numbas

Economic Left/Right: 4.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.62

New numbas (15 yrs later)

Economic Left/Right: 0.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.67

I did score -3 on the Social at some point, it would be interesting to work out which questions led to that

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Economic Left/Right: -6.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.69

Today:

Economic Left/Right: -4.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33

I thought we were supposed to get more conservative as we age? And apparently I hate the government more than ever. When I search my feelings, it's true.

I know I've posted results from this thing before, but apparently not in this thread... Anyway, here's today:

Economic Left/Right: -3.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.1

-2.13;-3.64

Here is where I'm at RFN this may change depending on who's in charge. We are having a party in here.
Economic Left/Right: -2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.31

Economic Left/Right: -4.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.72

Here is today. Still not real good with authority. madhop:
I'm starting to wonder if I'm ever going to grow up?

"I'm starting to wonder if I'm ever going to grow up?"
"Growing older is mandatory, growing up is is not."
Jimmy Buffet

like that

Holy Moley! Did you fall asleep near a large seed pod or something?