Where are you on the political spectrum?

[Zach]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/
Don't know if anyone's seen this or not or if it's a repost (sorry if it is), but I thought it would be interesting to see where people stood in the political spectrum (this site uses a graph of 4 quadrants instead of a straight line, so it's probably more accurate). If you would, post a pic of the graph (as seen) http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=20968&stc=1

[limaksti]

I'm right around where ghandi is. Although I don't think I'm that far left. Interesting quiz though. It would be interesting to take the same quiz ten years from now and see how it has changed. :)

[puppyroach]

I was even more leftist and libertarian than Gandhi and Dalai Lama :), nice test, it´s good when they have so many questions, it probably help making a more secure judgement of where people stand...

And a tip: look at where John Kerry and George Bush stand... interesting, eh?

[DreamTheater]

i dunno how accurate this is..cause im about as right economically as you can get..i say fuck the poor, they are poor for a reason, and for no reason should a government force the successful to help the unsuccessful. call me harsh, but both innate human nature and nature itself make this practice unnatural. but uh yeah..the graph (http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=1.88&Y=0.15)

[Big D]

Very cool post...a lot of interesting ideas expressed on this site. I took the quiz, and here are my results:

~ Political Compass Result (http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21004&stc=1)

That puts me around where Ghandi (http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21005&stc=1) was...

This does represent pretty well how I view the world. It is sad to me that both candidates from the Republican and Democratic parties are not in my quadrant; damn two party system...

[Lestatdelc]

call me harsh

I think the word you are looking for is sociopath.

[Lestatdelc]

Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.18

my graph (http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=-6.75&Y=-7.18)

[Lestatdelc]

look at where John Kerry and George Bush stand... interesting, eh?

but but but but... Kerry is a pinko uber lefty who is more of a commie socialist French looking wimp than Hanoi Jane!

(/sarcasm)

[DreamTheater]

I think the word you are looking for is sociopath.

then sociopath it is. give me one good reason why those who are successful should be forced to help those who are unsuccessful. im all for charity and hiring them so that they have a chance to become successful, but when the government forces one to support them through welfare, medicare, social security etc., it is as if the gov is telling you what is best for you. gov programs like affirmative action and such are complete bullshit as well. if someone came from a crappy school and scored poorly because of it, i feel bad for them and understand that it sucks, but there is no reason that that person should take the place than someone who scored higher and came from a better school. ill use this analogy: if you had to have a major life or death surgery, would you rather have your doctor there purely because of his skill and intelligence, or there because he is black and grew up in detroit? i also think that race and religion should have nothing to do with college acceptance either. black, white, arab, asain..if youre smart, youre smart and thats all that matters.

i also forgot to add that i hate corporations as well. i think that ceo's and such should not get payed the millions upon millions that they make. they should get a large sum more than the average worker, but nothing reaching into the multi-millions per year. the money that they are overpayed should go into the company and improving their product.

[shade]

i say fuck the poor, they are poor for a reason, and for no reason should a government force the successful to help the unsuccessful. Spoken like someone who has never really gotten to know a poor person. I sure hope you never get down on your luck.

[puppyroach]

but but but but... Kerry is a pinko uber lefty who is more of a commie socialist French looking wimp than Hanoi Jane!

(/sarcasm)

I know! Isn´t it amazing how the world works?? :)

By the way, we had almost the exact same numbers on the scale... screw Gandhi and Dalai, those aggresive right-winged bastards! :)

[rhYno]

Here's mine..
Graph (http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21022&stc=1)

[DreamTheater]

Spoken like someone who has never really gotten to know a poor person. I sure hope you never get down on your luck.

ok ok, the fuck the poor thing was pretty harsh..i was in a bad mood..but i dont think that a government should have to help out those who are poor and not doing anything about it. if they are trying to give them a job, hell, give them housing close to somewhere that they can get a job, give them a chance to be successful. when i said poor i meant those who are poor but do nothing about it. if they are trying to get a job, i say all for it and they should get as much help as they can.

[shade]

Ok that is a much better clarification. I am pretty hardcore right when it comes to economic policy, but I do recognise that not everyone is completely responsible for where they are in life. That is why I cringe when I hear other conservatives say things like that because it shows that they are either very naive, or truely cruel.

[Nibor]

http://img10.exs.cx/img10/8374/compass.jpg or http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21035&stc=1


This is a pretty accurate site.

[TexasAggie]

Damn Nibor!...someone more conservative than me!

[Nibor]

Damn Nibor!...someone more conservative than me!
:D
Where are you on the political compass?

[JadedSpades]

I'm a left libertarian...

Economic Left/Right: -4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.08

Closest to the Dalai Lama

[TexasAggie]

:D
Where are you on the political compass?

I'm about 6 right and 6 up... and every time one of these threads came up I was the most right by far.

[Wild_Child]

wow i consider myself a conservitive but the test says im a Nelson mandela.....lol left 3 down 1...i must be in a bad mood!

[mrredrocker]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/
Don't know if anyone's seen this or not or if it's a repost (sorry if it is), but I thought it would be interesting to see where people stood in the political spectrum (this site uses a graph of 4 quadrants instead of a straight line, so it's probably more accurate). If you would, post a pic of the graph (as seen) http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=20968&stc=1

Heh, that's pretty cool...

[socrepLT]

Thar be me

Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.23

[Karajan]

Heh I took that test awhile ago. I think I was about 5 left and 5 down. Though I think since I'm not very educated about economic policies and jargon it might not be totally accurate. My tilt towards libertarian seemed accurate, but I don't know enough about economics to say for sure whether or not it's accurate for me.

[madadder]

Economic Left/Right: -4.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.77
I knew it (http://forum.ebaumsworld.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=21086&stc=1).

[Bajee]

Im libertarian left. mildly.

[mrredrocker]

Considering Kerry's alleged "flip-flops" I wonder how these people projected an estimate of what his answers would be so they could include him on the graph....

[Mainer]

i was almost exactly where dalai lama is. is he a good guy cause according to this quiz i am twins with him when it comes to politics

[Bajee]

i was almost exactly where dalai lama is. is he a good guy cause according to this quiz i am twins with him when it comes to politics
No hes a real shithead, same page as hitler.

[daveo the great]

No hes a real shithead, same page as hitler.
um... no. hitler and the dalai lama were almost exact opposites.

[wataba]

um... no. hitler and the dalai lama were almost exact opposites.
i'm PRETTY sure he was being sarcastic there....don't worry

[daveo the great]

oh... its hard to tell without a voice... thats why i have been campaining at all the forums i visit to install a: box thing... like quote boxs... u have sarcasm boxes....

[socrepLT]

Thats why we have this :rolleyes:

[Lestatdelc]

give me one good reason why those who are successful should be forced to help those who are unsuccessful.

Because it is the moral thing to do.

Because such status can easily change.

im all for charity and hiring them so that they have a chance to become successful

Then your previous statements are bullshit.

but when the government forces one to support them through welfare, medicare, social security etc., it is as if the gov is telling you what is best for you.

Welfare-to-work reform in the mid-90s has made such long-term systemic recipients a thing of the a past. Why do you oppose helping people who need medical care from getting medical care because they are poor...? So you think that all ER rooms should make sure you can pay before they treat someone...?

Social Security is not at all a hand out. We all pay into it and get out of it what we pay into it. So you are not paying someone's SS who has not paid into the system.

gov programs like affirmative action and such are complete bullshit as well.

Why?

So you think Colin Powell should be flipping burgers somewhere...?

if someone came from a crappy school and scored poorly because of it, i feel bad for them and understand that it sucks, but there is no reason that that person should take the place than someone who scored higher and came from a better school.

That is not what affirmative action is. Affirmative action is not quotes.

So you think Bush should never have been allowed into college, and Colin Powell never allowed into the military, etc.

Gotcha.

if you had to have a major life or death surgery, would you rather have your doctor there purely because of his skill and intelligence, or there because he is black and grew up in detroit?

False analogy and pure bullshit. Affirmative action does not make unqualified doctors nor allow people who are unfit for higher education access to educational opportunities, or job contracts, etc.

i also think that race and religion should have nothing to do with college acceptance either.

Religion has no baring on state schools.

black, white, arab, asain..if youre smart, youre smart and thats all that matters.

I agree for the most part, but affirmative action (outside of legacies such as Bush Jr.) does not advance people who are stupid into higher education, etc.

Your assertion is a false dilemma.

i also forgot to add that i hate corporations as well. i think that ceo's and such should not get payed the millions upon millions that they make. they should get a large sum more than the average worker, but nothing reaching into the multi-millions per year. the money that they are overpayed should go into the company and improving their product.

So you don't want to help people who are disadvantaged, yet want the state to penalize those who are heads of corporations because they are rich...?

Bizarre.

[Lestatdelc]

Considering Kerry's alleged "flip-flops" I wonder how these people projected an estimate of what his answers would be so they could include him on the graph....

Well your post uses the keyword to factor into it... alleged

So it is easy if one actually look at Kerry's positons and record.

[vchampionl70]

Because it is the moral thing to do.


But, to make many of my liberal friends proud, "Since when should the government legislate morals?"

[Bartok]

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.82

On all these test I'm always really close to the center, and this one's no exception. My problem is that many of those questions were "well, it depends" questions. I know for a fact that I'm more libertarian than that, and more on the economic right, but still pretty close to the center.

The test was OK, but not really that great, IMO.

[Tucker1616]

I'm slightly Libertarian and neither left or right, just in between. Good test.