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29 Sep 10 - 02:25 PM (#2996263) Subject: BS: Political compass, new version From: Mrrzy Great idea being revisited, but all three threads I found on it were Closed (I would have refreshed the earliest one and linked to the other ones, but...). Think of a compass *rose* - not the one that draws circles nor the one that points the way. This shows not just Are you Left vs. Right but are you for or against authority as an independent dimension. Very interesting, you get a circle going from Gandhi to Stalin to Hitler to Thatcher to Friedman and back to Gandhi... Take the test here, it's fun and informative. And there are cool other things too... |
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29 Sep 10 - 02:46 PM (#2996272) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: katlaughing Interesting, no surprise, I came out as a "liberal leftist" close to where they placed Gandhi. The one on composers was interesting, too! Thanks! |
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29 Sep 10 - 04:37 PM (#2996343) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: Mrrzy Oh,, yeah, I forgot that they tell you where all kinds of music people fell, maybe a note above the line? |
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29 Sep 10 - 04:42 PM (#2996346) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: Uncle_DaveO Fascinatin' . . . BUT! So many of the test propositions are very simplistic, or pejoratively stated, and the possible reactions are WAY too restrictive to reflect my attitude on the principle involved. In a lot of the proposition cases, I was extremely reluctant to adopt ANY of the choices . I kept wanting to say, "but .... but .... I would have to talk that subject out with somebody! Oh, you have to have a choice of one of four? Well, uhh, I guess number 3, then. But I don't like it." I came out a little above and to the right of Nelson Mandela. Dave Oesterreich |
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29 Sep 10 - 04:44 PM (#2996348) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: Mrrzy I was below and more central than Gandhi... Moi?? Central on the Left-Right divide? Who'd'a thunk it? |
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29 Sep 10 - 04:48 PM (#2996352) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: Bill D I don't dare take it...I NEVER like the phrasing of questions on these surveys. |
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29 Sep 10 - 05:14 PM (#2996367) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: gnu I amaGhandi. |
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29 Sep 10 - 06:38 PM (#2996428) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: Donuel yep I'm another Ghandi Mostly I'm an FDR democrat. |
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29 Sep 10 - 06:52 PM (#2996447) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: katlaughing UncleDaveO, I felt that way, too..still I think it pegged me fairly closely..I was a bit below and to the left of Gandhi, actually. |
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29 Sep 10 - 07:50 PM (#2996495) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: Bee-dubya-ell I scored somewhere between The Dalai Lama and Alfred E. Neumann. |
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30 Sep 10 - 02:14 PM (#2997006) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: Mrrzy kat, wow, more left than I, I am amazed and entertained! No, the phrasing is always terrible, like the one about the goal of law being to punish or rehabilitate the perp, when I think it shouldn't be either but should reparate (make reparations? I heard incest as a verb, as in, I was incested, the other day, so why not) the *victim* - that wasn't an available answer, though. |
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30 Sep 10 - 04:16 PM (#2997079) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: gnu Ya know, there are "obvious" questions embedded in surveys to weed out respondants whose participation should be precluded due to a lack of common sense or intelligence. A couple of years ago, I underwent four hours of psychological, apptitude, IQ, problem solving, etc, testing for an executive position in a highly public profile government venue. The sheer number of inane questions annoyed me, until I realized their inspersion was simply aimed at doing just that. Same deal as the phrasing in some surveys... and repeating the same questions phrased differently. Fact is, properly designed surveys are an art. So is not getting pissed off. And, I have an Irish and French temper. But, I made it to the finals. (Unfortunately, they really did want a dancing puppet instead of a hard working and talented engineer. Otrherwise, I may have stood a chance.) |
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30 Sep 10 - 04:39 PM (#2997091) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: GUEST,999 I`m halfway up the left side of the light green box. |
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30 Sep 10 - 04:41 PM (#2997092) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: GUEST,999 Your political compass Economic Left/Right: -8.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.18 |
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30 Sep 10 - 04:59 PM (#2997102) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: bobad Economic Left/Right: -7.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.18 This places me left of the Dalai Lama and less authoritarian than Nelson Mandela. |
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30 Sep 10 - 05:06 PM (#2997107) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: gnu I wonder where P-Minister Harper would end up. I see the FM is gonna pause the interest rate hike. They need more bullets and such to kill Afghans I guess. His political compass appears to be pointed up the ass of Canucks... and Afghans. |
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01 Oct 10 - 12:03 AM (#2997319) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: Neil D I ended up next to the Dalai Lama as well. |
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01 Oct 10 - 01:51 AM (#2997339) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: GUEST,ebbie, housesitting In the left lower quadrant leaning toward the libertarian side. Huh. |
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01 Oct 10 - 03:47 AM (#2997363) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: theleveller Interesting. I'm more left and liberal than Ghandi. Not sure they asked the right questions, though. |
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01 Oct 10 - 03:55 AM (#2997367) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: Gervase What a bunch of liberal milquetoasts we are! Economic Left/Right: -6.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.92 It's getting rather crowded down there. |
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01 Oct 10 - 01:53 PM (#2997683) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: GUEST,999 Homeland Security and their ilk in other countries will come for us first I guess. |
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04 Jun 13 - 09:42 PM (#3522845) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: Songwronger Cleaning out old bookmarks. Pleased to see this thread. The Political Compass. A test that's about 6 pages long, takes maybe 5-10 minutes. Positions of famous people. My test result as of 3-4 months ago. I challenge others to take the test and post a link to your graph. When you get to the last page, just copy the location from the http address bar and paste it here. Copy it before you leave the page, because you can't pull it up later from your browser history. Be honest on the questions. I was. And I'm a frickin Ghandi. I contend that a lot of you "liberals" are in fact Mussolinis. Or maybe Stalins. But what's the difference when you get down to the bloodletting? |
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05 Jun 13 - 12:09 AM (#3522879) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: Songwronger Mitt Romney and Obama are on the same SQUARE in the chart. The US Presidential Election 2012 This is a US election that defies logic and brings the nation closer towards a one-party state masquerading as a two-party state. The Democratic incumbent has surrounded himself with conservative advisors and key figures — many from previous administrations, and an unprecedented number from the Trilateral Commission. He also appointed a former Monsanto executive as Senior Advisor to the FDA. He has extended Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, presided over a spiralling rich-poor gap and sacrificed further American jobs with recent free trade deals. Trade union rights have also eroded under his watch. He has expanded Bush defence spending, droned civilians, failed to close Guantanamo, supported the NDAA which effectively legalises martial law, allowed drilling and adopted a soft-touch position towards the banks that is to the right of European Conservative leaders. Taking office during the financial meltdown, Obama appointed its principle architects to top economic positions. We list these because many of Obama's detractors absurdly portray him as either a radical liberal or a socialist, while his apologists, equally absurdly, continue to view him as a well-intentioned progressive, tragically thwarted by overwhelming pressures.... The smaller non-Tea parties provide the only substantial electoral diversity — virtually unreported — in their Sisyphean struggle against the two mountainous conservative machines. Identity issues like gay marriage disguise the absence of fundamental differences and any real contrast of vision.... |
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05 Jun 13 - 01:21 AM (#3522889) Subject: RE: BS: Political compass, new version From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity Economic Left/Right: -1.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.10 ...BUT, I have to agree with Bill D..I did not like the phrasing of the questions...and sometimes NONE of the answers were in the center...Either Stongly agree, or disagree, or agree or disagree...nothing like, 'I don't care'. GfS |
