It's been a couple of years since we did one of those, and with the many changes in society and politics it might be time to re-assess?
https://www.politicalcompass.org/test
My results, quite unsurprisingly:
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-6.38&soc=-5.85)
Some pretty out there reactionary stuff among those propositions :lol:
This seems about right, was expecting to be a bit more to the left and less libertarian.
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-5.63&soc=-7.64)
-4.88, -4.51
:lol: Those are some broad questions:
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-9.63&soc=-7.18)
:ph34r:
Was expecting more lefty and less libertarian, but there's lots of "well, IT DEPENDS" questions.
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-5.38&soc=-6.67)
Quote from: celedhring on March 06, 2020, 06:47:33 AM
Was expecting more lefty and less libertarian, but there's lots of "well, IT DEPENDS" questions.
Yeah. I feel like over the last four years I've kind of moved to post-nuance place politically :P :lol:
Ah. That old classic.
Got to love when internet smart guys present it as THE TRUTH and argue about how right and left are invalid as if thats an original thought.
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-7.75&soc=-4.51)
I remain the same as ever.
Quote from: celedhring on March 06, 2020, 06:47:33 AM
Was expecting more lefty and less libertarian, but there's lots of "well, IT DEPENDS" questions.
Those were the ones here I chose "agree/disagree" as opposed to "STRONGLY AGREE/STRONGLY DISAGREE" :lol:
Quote from: Syt on March 06, 2020, 06:59:09 AM
Quote from: celedhring on March 06, 2020, 06:47:33 AM
Was expecting more lefty and less libertarian, but there's lots of "well, IT DEPENDS" questions.
Those were the ones here I chose "agree/disagree" as opposed to "STRONGLY AGREE/STRONGLY DISAGREE" :lol:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dp4wAeWU4AAsXFb?format=jpg&name=small)
:lmfao:
Quote from: Sheilbh on March 06, 2020, 07:01:36 AM
Quote from: Syt on March 06, 2020, 06:59:09 AM
Quote from: celedhring on March 06, 2020, 06:47:33 AM
Was expecting more lefty and less libertarian, but there's lots of "well, IT DEPENDS" questions.
Those were the ones here I chose "agree/disagree" as opposed to "STRONGLY AGREE/STRONGLY DISAGREE" :lol:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dp4wAeWU4AAsXFb?format=jpg&name=small)
I need a t-shirt with this :lol:
Where is it from? Some brit comedy show?
Darkplace rules.
Yeah - Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
Highly recommended - I think it's available streaming. A parody of 80s sci-fi/horror TV with sort of talking heads interviews from the writer/actor (Garth Marenghi) and rest of the cast. It's very good.
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-4.0&soc=-1.13)
Still lacks nuance, but not as bad as usual.
I've gone and become a leftist :cry:
My theory is that I've been standing still and the divide has moved.
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-0.75&soc=-4.21)
2.0; -0.31
Less right but also less libertarian than in past runs.
A lot of the questions just sucked.
Seemed rather dated and vague. Some of the questions appear to have been lifted verbatim from Adorno's authoritarian personality test from the '40's (which was itself of dubious usefulness).
Nevertheless:
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-2.25&soc=-2.82)
They do seem to define right wing as 'are you a dick?'.
A lot of awful questions. One particular problem is that there is no distinction between idealism and pragmatism. Yes, I'm sure almost everyone agrees that global economy should serve the people rather than "multinational corporations". The question that separates the left and the right is what should be done to bring that about.
Lower left, roughly where Maladict is.
Quote from: Sheilbh on March 06, 2020, 07:10:47 AM
Yeah - Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
Highly recommended - I think it's available streaming. A parody of 80s sci-fi/horror TV with sort of talking heads interviews from the writer/actor (Garth Marenghi) and rest of the cast. It's very good.
I watched it on Youtube a few years ago.
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-3.88&soc=-6.31)
-5.5, -7.08; in the green quadrant like nearly everyone else :P
Bunch of commie pinkos.
feel the Bern bitch
Quote from: Caliga on March 06, 2020, 10:39:58 AM
feel the Bern bitch
Since I don't have Medicare for all I guess I have to. :Embarrass:
Deep in the Green with the rest of you.
Seems all of us are really the same, politically. :hmm:
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=1.88&soc=0.0)
I felt bad when I saw how centrist it put me, but then compared to you bunch of pinkos...
Agreed not great questions.
Quote from: Threviel on March 06, 2020, 07:42:25 AM
I've gone and become a leftist :cry:
My theory is that I've been standing still and the divide has moved.
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-0.75&soc=-4.21)
This is almost exactly where I am and where I have always been.
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-2.25&soc=-4.87)
Though I do hate "should" questions in politics. I mean there is a difference between "in a perfect world this should happen" and "should this be allowed to happen if people agree to do it and under certain circumstances?"
I hate these quizzes, but I always end up deep in the right side of the purple.
Quote from: Barrister on March 06, 2020, 10:55:48 AM
I felt bad when I saw how centrist it put me, but then compared to you bunch of pinkos...
There is always room for you in my Anarcho-syndicalist Commune brother.
Do they explain somewhere what they mean by right and left?
Quote from: Maximus on March 06, 2020, 12:04:15 PM
Do they explain somewhere what they mean by right and left?
Economic left and right, presumably
My assumption is they really mean Gironde or Montagne, but I could be wrong.
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=1.13&soc=-2.87)
Quote from: celedhring on March 06, 2020, 06:47:33 AM
Was expecting more lefty and less libertarian, but there's lots of "well, IT DEPENDS" questions.
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-5.38&soc=-6.67)
This is pretty much where I am.
Economic Left/Right: -7.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
Damn the Languish Anarcho-syndicalist Commune is going to contain many workers.
Quote from: Savonarola on March 06, 2020, 12:23:16 PM
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=1.13&soc=-2.87)
I see from the other thread I'm closest to Marianne Williamson (suck it Kiwis). I'm not sure if that's better or worse than the time I took iSidewith and ended up being closest to the Transhumanist party. Is it better to weaponize love for political purposes or to become an immortal hyper-robot? :unsure:
Quote from: Valmy on March 06, 2020, 12:27:16 PM
Damn the Languish Anarcho-syndicalist Commune is going to contain many workers.
Not me, I'm a bum.
I think this is the first time I've been left of the centre-line.
Not convinced by the framing of some of the questions though.
Economic Left/Right: -0.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.26
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-0.63&soc=0.26)
Quote from: Maladict on March 06, 2020, 12:07:59 PM
Economic left and right, presumably
Quote from: Sheilbh on March 06, 2020, 12:08:15 PM
My assumption is they really mean Gironde or Montagne, but I could be wrong.
I'm no further ahead here.
Anyway, I'm right in what I suspect is the social democrat cluster:
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-5.25&soc=-6.97)
Quote from: Agelastus on March 06, 2020, 02:24:04 PM
I think this is the first time I've been left of the centre-line.
Welcome comrade :hug:
Agelastus might be too statist for our Anarcho-syndicalist Commune though :weep:
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-3.13&soc=-3.38)
I've got the feeling I need to question their questioning.
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=1.63&soc=-4.36)
Shitty questions though.
Great, Tamas is a communist, too.
I can't get past that first question.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 06, 2020, 03:17:50 PM
I can't get past that first question.
Yeah that is a weird "either/or" proposition.
It says I'm Hitler.
Quote from: DGuller on March 06, 2020, 08:35:37 AM
A lot of awful questions. One particular problem is that there is no distinction between idealism and pragmatism. Yes, I'm sure almost everyone agrees that global economy should serve the people rather than "multinational corporations". The question that separates the left and the right is what should be done to bring that about.
Mitt Romney objects that corporations are people, but then he is more corporation than man at this point.
"A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system."
What sort of question is this? I would agree with the statement (at least if you overlook the word "all"), but still think the a one-party state is horrible for a zillion other reasons.
I mean there would still be arguements and factions it would just be within one party.
The questions remind me of push-polling, where they pretend to ask you a question but it's really a sales pitch.
Quote from: Valmy on March 06, 2020, 04:09:07 PM
I mean there would still be arguements and factions it would just be within one party.
True (which is why I said you have to omit the word "all"), but does seem that a one party state such as China can dispense with some of the political argumentation that western democracies have.
I noticed that Thatcher is almost as authoritarian as Hitler and Stalin in the chart at the end. I wonder if someone went through and answered as Thatcher would -- I don't think that would replicate the results suggested for her.
Quote from: alfred russel on March 06, 2020, 03:58:27 PM
Quote from: DGuller on March 06, 2020, 08:35:37 AM
A lot of awful questions. One particular problem is that there is no distinction between idealism and pragmatism. Yes, I'm sure almost everyone agrees that global economy should serve the people rather than "multinational corporations". The question that separates the left and the right is what should be done to bring that about.
Mitt Romney objects that corporations are people, but then he is more corporation than man at this point.
Corporations who need corporations are the luckiest corporations in the world.
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-7.5&soc=-7.95)
-7.5/-7.95
Bernie! Bernie! :P
"Not a leftist" :P
Quote from: Habbaku on March 06, 2020, 04:30:35 PM
"Not a leftist" :P
Hey, just because I like supporting people and human rights more than corporations and religion doesn't mean I'm a leftist! :P
What's a little expropriation between centrists?
Quote from: Solmyr on March 06, 2020, 04:39:31 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on March 06, 2020, 04:30:35 PM
"Not a leftist" :P
Hey, just because I like supporting people and human rights more than corporations and religion doesn't mean I'm a leftist! :P
Or take the statement, "Because corporations cannot be trusted to voluntarily protect the environment, they require regulation". I've very pro-business and mostly indifferent towards the environment, and even I agree with the statement. I suspect that by agreeing with it, the survey pushed me a little bit towards authoritarianism and a good bit towards the left, even though my actual feelings on the matter are anything but.
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-1.0&soc=-1.95)
Economic: -1
Libertarian: -1,95
That test is really bullshit.
I tried again, this time trying to maximize my free market Nazi score, but it turns out what they call authoritarian is really about religious morality.
I curse this test and hope it burns in hell.
This one seems better:
https://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html
(https://i.imgur.com/n4R9Cyd.jpg)
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 06, 2020, 08:00:46 PM
I tried again, this time trying to maximize my free market Nazi score, but it turns out what they call authoritarian is really about religious morality.
I curse this test and hope it burns in hell.
I tried again, but changed my answer about corporations and environmentalism to "disagree". That pushed my result more towards the economic right, as expected, but also moved it slightly towards authoritarianism, which wasn't expected. Maybe I accidentally changed another answer as well? It's possible--some of them are so vague and broad that you might as well flip a coin.
On Zoup du Jour's I got Right 0.69, Libertarian 1.18.
I am a centrist god.
Quote from: Zoupa on March 06, 2020, 09:48:00 PM
This one seems better:
https://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html
(https://i.imgur.com/n4R9Cyd.jpg)
That one gave me:
You are a right social moderate.
Right: 4.85, Libertarian: 0.92
Not fundamentally different from the other one.
I suspect that my strong support for the death penalty keeps me from being rated as more libertarian. Which is fair, I suppose, but it doesn't really match with my equally strong support for freedom of speech and other rights we're guaranteed by the Bill of Rights.
I got very similar results on both quizzes.
I'm guessing my results would be similar on both as well, but I didn't find the questions on Zoupa's offensive to my intelligence.
Mine was the same.
Quote from: Zoupa on March 06, 2020, 09:48:00 PM
This one seems better:
https://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html (https://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html)
Ahhh! Much, much better now! Thank you! :)
(https://i.postimg.cc/1tZ48QnQ/image.png)
Right: 1.45Libertarian: 4.07
That represents me better than the other one. :)
Quote from: Solmyr on March 06, 2020, 04:25:39 PM
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-7.5&soc=-7.95)
-7.5/-7.95
Bernie! Bernie! :P
Identical. Right down to the decimals. :o
Took the Viper Test(TM):
(https://i.postimg.cc/7YPxd3Q1/political-compass.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/2j7k0cT8/foreign-policy.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/BbpJtbt1/culture-war.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/cYO1tlz.jpg)
Quote from: Syt on March 07, 2020, 02:01:17 AM
Took the Viper Test(TM):
They do all look the same.
You are a left social libertarian.
Left: 6.15, Libertarian: 4.32
Foreign policy -7.61, culture war -9.32
You are a right social libertarian.
Right: 3.39, Libertarian: 5.24
(https://i.ibb.co/gwZhSv1/political-compass.jpg)
That other one is horribly American.
You are a left moderate social libertarian.
Left: 7.16, Libertarian: 2.37
You are a left moderate social libertarian.
Left: 6.75, Libertarian: 3.49
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2Fz85R7W6%2Fpolitical-compass.jpg&hash=3bb340d3d860ab6c214aed81dd7fa43cd4cba2dc)
Looks same-ish as Zoups and celed: left social libertarian.
Left: 6.84, Libertarian: 3.98
More to the left and no longer authoritarian. Quite drastically so, relatively speaking.
Interesting...
You are a centrist moderate social libertarian.
Left: 0.97, Libertarian: 2.58
I ended up exactly at the same spot in the Viper test.
You are a left social moderate.
Left: 5.77, Libertarian: 0.07
Foreign Policy:
On the left side are pacifists and anti-war activists. On the right side are those who want a strong military that intervenes around the world.
You scored: 0.86
Culture:
Where are you in the culture war? On the liberal side, or the conservative side? This scale may apply more to the US than other countries.
You scored: -0.52
:hmm:
PS : Culture Wars
QuoteThis scale may apply more to the US than other countries.
Not just this scale I'm afraid.
Quote from: Tamas on March 07, 2020, 07:10:09 AM
I ended up exactly at the same spot in the Viper test.
It's the ZOUPA test, dammit! :mad:
Some of these questions clearly came from a different political moment: remember when "leaders shouldn't meet with our enemies, it makes us look weak" was a conservative talking point and Fox News hosts were getting their protractors out to measure the angle at which Obama bowed?
I didn't need no stinkin' protractor. It was plain to the naked eye that he bowed too deep.
At least Obama didn't bow deep enough to give a blowjob like Trump did with the Saudi prince.
Quote from: celedhring on March 07, 2020, 05:12:28 AM
You are a left moderate social libertarian.
Left: 6.75, Libertarian: 3.49
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.ibb.co%2Fz85R7W6%2Fpolitical-compass.jpg&hash=3bb340d3d860ab6c214aed81dd7fa43cd4cba2dc)
Left 5.18, otherwise pretty much the same as Celed (unsurprisingly).
Of all these quizes I liked the 8Values one the most. Though the results are much the same but it seems a bit less US-specific.
Quote from: Sheilbh on March 08, 2020, 11:48:08 AM
Of all these quizes I liked the 8Values one the most. Though the results are much the same but it seems a bit less US-specific.
(https://i.postimg.cc/yY5gWLpB/download.png)
:hmm:
Prepare the torpedo boats.
https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=51.3&d=40.0&g=49.2&s=59.2
Centrist, Balanced, Moderate and Neutral.
:bowler:
(https://i.imgur.com/BWHLI7s.png)
Just got it.
(https://i.ibb.co/jGFDB2W/8values.jpg)
(https://i.ibb.co/M8zvfdg/descarga.png)
I've never considered myself libertarian tbf. I mean, all that socialism needs a state to enforce it...
Got Neo-Liberalism
https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=30.8&d=32.2&g=50.8&s=44.9
Still think I'm more libertarian than any of these surveys classify me.
This survey needs a "indifferent" answer. Some questions I had no real agreement or disagreement with. Like the one about kids keeping secrets from their parents.
(https://www.politicalcompass.org/chart?ec=-6.0&soc=-2.56)
How does one copy the image for that four bar test? I got: Liberalism. Middle on everything except progressive 71.6.
I saved it, then uploaded to postimages.org
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 08, 2020, 04:27:42 PM
How does one copy the image for that four bar test? I got: Liberalism. Middle on everything except progressive 71.6.
Just use this url and plug in your numbers in place of the 30s:
https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=30&d=30&g=30&s=30
I don't know what you mean by plug in. Here are my results since you're all dying to know.
https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=45.5&d=42.8&g=54.8&s=71.6
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 08, 2020, 05:05:36 PM
I don't know what you mean by plug in. Here are my results since you're all dying to know.
https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=45.5&d=42.8&g=54.8&s=71.6
Just use that url. It has your numbers plugged in.
I don't know what you mean by use that url. I thought I just did that.
Quote from: Agelastus on March 08, 2020, 02:25:38 PM
https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=51.3&d=40.0&g=49.2&s=59.2
Centrist, Balanced, Moderate and Neutral.
:bowler:
This one seems broken.
I got libertarian socialist. Which sounds like a odd definition of libertarian
https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=85.3&d=82.2&g=70.6&s=82.7
Quote from: Admiral Yi on March 08, 2020, 05:12:15 PM
I don't know what you mean by use that url. I thought I just did that.
You did, but you could also put it in image tags( use the insert image button) so that it embeds on the page(shows up without having to click on it)
For example:
(https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=70.5&d=72.2&g=74.6&s=78.9)
You can quote this post to see the code for that.
edit: or not. embedding seems to not be working ATM.
(https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=45.5&d=42.8&g=54.8&s=71.6)
Oh well. Thanks Maximus.
https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=60.3&d=58.9&g=66.3&s=73.3 (https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=60.3&d=58.9&g=66.3&s=73.3)
Quote from: katmai on March 08, 2020, 09:24:46 PM
https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=60.3&d=58.9&g=66.3&s=73.3 (https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=60.3&d=58.9&g=66.3&s=73.3)
Corporate scum. https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=81.4&d=67.2&g=71.0&s=76.9
(https://i.postimg.cc/xdxC3yRj/gsd.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/bGnpznW4)
https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=78.2&d=66.7&g=65.9&s=74.8
That's a lot of "libertarian socialists" on this forum. :hmm:
"Social Liberalism" for me.
Quote from: Syt on March 09, 2020, 12:03:30 AM
That's a lot of "libertarian socialists" on this forum. :hmm:
we are all crunch?
Quote from: Syt on March 09, 2020, 12:03:30 AM
That's a lot of "libertarian socialists" on this forum. :hmm:
Is thata a surprise in a forum founded by crunch? :mellow:
Edit: I'm one of those too.
Technically founded by Languish/Baston. Not that it would still exist without the Exodus(tm).
Though they do seem to have their definition of centre rather far right.
"My religious values should be spread as much as possible."
Well, I'm an atheist, so sure, atheism should be spread as much as possible! But I suspect it will peg me as a conservative if I answer "strongly agree". :P
"The stronger the leadership, the better."
What exactly does "strong leadership" mean? Are we talking Obama or Kim Jong Un?
Anyway:
(https://i.imgur.com/cLa8Ftz.png)
https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=83.3&d=81.7&g=81.0&s=86.7
Another Libertarian Socialist here - I think strong support for a single payor health care system makes one a socialist in these things.
Quote from: katmai on March 08, 2020, 09:24:46 PM
https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=60.3&d=58.9&g=66.3&s=73.3 (https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=60.3&d=58.9&g=66.3&s=73.3)
Jesus, you're horrible. And I didn't even look at your numbers.
Quote from: The Brain on March 09, 2020, 04:42:33 PM
Quote from: katmai on March 08, 2020, 09:24:46 PM
https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=60.3&d=58.9&g=66.3&s=73.3 (https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=60.3&d=58.9&g=66.3&s=73.3)
Jesus, you're horrible. And I didn't even look at your numbers.
:lol: :hug:
katmai's name is not Hay-soos :rolleyes:
Quote from: Solmyr on March 09, 2020, 10:22:01 AM
"The stronger the leadership, the better."
What exactly does "strong leadership" mean? Are we talking Obama or Kim Jong Un?
Obama :lol: