Done not so long ago so unlikely to have changed - and like many here:
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RF-Wide Political Compass
- Thread starter Rival
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my political views, click hereYes, I know a lot of us despise this test for being badly worded, too US based, etc. but it is one of the best tools for the Staff to assess where our membership generally falls. I would be grateful if you could take it and then we will put the results on a crowd-chart to see where we all are in relation to each other. Staff are trying to figure some things behind the scenes right now and it would be good if as many people as possible could take part.
Thanks.
https://www.politicalcompass.org/test
Me
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oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
I do not see my self as political, but took the test for fun.
Here it is.
Here it is.
Terrywoodenpic
Oldest Heretic
Quite a few different questions this time but same result
Samantha Rinne
Resident Genderfluid Writer/Artist
Yes, I know a lot of us despise this test for being badly worded, too US based, etc. but it is one of the best tools for the Staff to assess where our membership generally falls. I would be grateful if you could take it and then we will put the results on a crowd-chart to see where we all are in relation to each other. Staff are trying to figure some things behind the scenes right now and it would be good if as many people as possible could take part.
Thanks.
https://www.politicalcompass.org/test
Me
Well, for one, I feel like that chart is an inaccurate model of politics.
It's more like a menorah with certain groupings to the right and left of each other but a continuum from left to right. When we say left-wing on that model we are talking more about the authoritarian-libertarian spectrum than the liberal-conservative spectrum. This also helps explain why the right keeps calling traditional conservatives "far right" when they are actually closer to the center. The farther left in this model, the more people wish for a government that rules every aspect of their lives, while farther right you go, the more people want to be left alone. This doesn't automatically make farthest right some virtuous ideal, having no government at all means you have to basically protect your freedom with a gun. Also, the further right you get, the more the menorah unifies. Where a stable state is, then, is closest to the center. I will include Islam here because they usually swing authoritarian with theocratic values far more than Christianity, but there are also very anarchic pockets.
Farthest left: Secular dictatorship/Theocratic absolute monarchy (the menorah goes left/right like that, with the right side having what would be called conservative vakues like religion and an upward-facing hierarchy (favors the rich/powerful over the poor)).
Very far left: Communist dictatorship/Foaming-at-the-mouth Islamic caliphate OR Fascist dictatorship (turns out we have two lovely options on the right here)
Far left: Secular socialism/Theocratic authoritarianism
Left: Current liberal-socialists (think AOC right now)/Current Muslims
Near left: Liberal-socialists 50 to 100 years ago/Bible-bashers (classic theocrats)
Middle: Classic democracy/centrism/"Far right" conservatives
Near right: Goat-herding anarchic Muslims (there are quite a few pockets in the world of Muslims that are remote enough to be more at the anarchic-reactionary end of this spectrum)/Reactionary Christian conservatives
Right: Libertarian (the real kind, not the "libertarians" who typically think they can legitimately be a party people can vote for)/Minarchists (there is a government, but it's bare bones, more like a town hall or bounty hunters)
Far right: Anarcho-capitalist (remember I said the further right you get, the more it unifies? Well, anarcho-communism isn't a thing, in order to have a communism they have to set up a state, the leftt/right difference here is whether you're a follower of Ayn Rand or some religious anarchism)
Farthest right: Might-makes-right anarchy
And that is why I say farthest right does not equal utopia? This is what I mean. Further, there is a bounceback effect, because a might-makes-right can very quickly turn into the farthest left if someone takes over everything. And why do I make this left to right? Because the classic far left sociakist thinks that the more government they have in their lives, the more people will take care of them. Actually, they will more lukely "take care of them" another way.
I'm a minarchist.
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Terrywoodenpic
Oldest Heretic
I seem to have moved a little more left/libertarian since i last took this test
In just tired that one. Of 10 questions i got 80% left, 20% right. And the results page told me that i got 2 questions right the rest didn't make sense. I can only assume it was written by hard right wing wooha Henry's
Absolutely. It's a propoganda page. My only point was that the questions can skew results (whether intentionally like that one or not).
The quiz in the OP is obviously better, but it leans left. It would take an effort for many to end up on the right. Which doesn't quite ring true to me. Just my opinion, though.
It's propoganda. I answered them as they're worded, but if I turned my bulldust meter on I would have got drastically different results.
oldbadger
Skanky Old Mongrel!
Actually, Jesus and the Baptist were offering redemption and cleansing to the people without their need to go to the Temple, saving all their hard earned money.
That was severely political.
Terrywoodenpic
Oldest Heretic
From what we see from these results is that American politicians are a very poor match to the Electorate.
It would seem that they all have a very poor understanding what people actually want.
Or that it takes some one that fits into the blue sector, to become the dysfunctional politicians that we have today.
It would seem that they all have a very poor understanding what people actually want.
Or that it takes some one that fits into the blue sector, to become the dysfunctional politicians that we have today.
Terrywoodenpic
Oldest Heretic
Samantha Rinne
Resident Genderfluid Writer/Artist
In the middle of this test. I'm having to say "are you serious" several times. Conservatives do not think like they think we think.
Can we assume from this that you are top right?
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
For the benefit of the management:
(Not quite where I expected, but then there were no questions about burning fascists at the stake)
(Not quite where I expected, but then there were no questions about burning fascists at the stake)
Secret Chief
nirvana is samsara
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