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[Cooky]

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The Political Compass

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[Cooky]

Here's my results:

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Here's my results:

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Very similar to mine:

 

[VoidCat]

Similar as well altho I don't know much about economics so I can't say it's accurate since I didn't know how to answer some questions:

 

[exchemist]

Here's my results:

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Yeah, you've come out almost exactly where I did.

But the test is crap. For some unfathomable reason they treat the left-right axis as one based solely on the degree to which one supports free market economics. But anyone who knows anything about politics will tell you the left-right axis is not primarily about that at all, but is far more complicated, involving views on issues to do with tradition, support for institutions and roles in society, the role of the church, attitudes to the military, attitudes to labour and the poor, and so on.

These guys have just cooked up a superficial computer programme and pretend they are telling you something profound. They aren't.

 

[Rival]

 

[Eyes to See]

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I look over the test and it is missing a middle ground answer: No opinion. On several of the questions I read I had no opinion one way or the other and could not chose that option. So I felt disinclined to take a test that forcefully skews the results.

 

[Flame]

 

[Rational Agnostic]

 

[Rational Agnostic]

Yeah, you've come out almost exactly where I did.

But the test is crap. For some unfathomable reason they treat the left-right axis as one based solely on the degree to which one supports free market economics. But anyone who knows anything about politics will tell you the left-right axis is not primarily about that at all, but is far more complicated, involving views on issues to do with tradition, support for institutions and roles in society, the role of the church, attitudes to the military, attitudes to labour and the poor, and so on.

These guys have just cooked up a superficial computer programme and pretend they are telling you something profound. They aren't.

So you're further right than I am. Hilarious. I agree the test is crap.

 

[Cooky]

Interesting... I sensed you were a little more authoritarian than me, considering your take on government intervention on sugars.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Right about where I usually fall in this test...

 

[Brickjectivity]

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I need a simpler test -- something for the politically challenged.

 

[Cooky]

Right about where I usually fall in this test...

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Wow. That's amazing.

 

[Cooky]

So you're further right than I am. Hilarious. I agree the test is crap.

...Or does it go *deeper* than politics, and into the soul.

Because many of us judge others on single topics, and not the full array.

For instance, I put down that abortion should be illegal, yet when weighed against all my other perspectives, I'm still libertarian left.

 

[Heyo]

But the test is crap. For some unfathomable reason they treat the left-right axis as one based solely on the degree to which one supports free market economics. But anyone who knows anything about politics will tell you the left-right axis is not primarily about that at all, but is far more complicated, involving views on issues to do with tradition, support for institutions and roles in society, the role of the church, attitudes to the military, attitudes to labour and the poor, and so on.

We have a "Wahl-O-Mat", a decision helper, published by the federal bureau for political education before major elections. It contains questions about all topics the parties deem relevant and you can see how your position matches up with those of the parties.
It has its own flaws, especially that it only says what the party position is, not how likely that position will become law once the party is elected but it is a helpful tool.

 

[SalixIncendium]

Wow. That's amazing.

Why?

 

[sun rise]

As usual: (but I had to chuckle at one that's sometimes a thread that asked about morality without religion)

 

[Cooky]

Why?

Because out of the dozen or so who have posted results, you're the only one in the purple zone... You're the opposite of @Rival... Politically.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

Here's my results:

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Okay, I'm going to have to confess to pure, unadulterated astonishment -- you are just about exactly where I am on the scale.

(Note, I didn't redo it...I've already done it 4 times, and come up in precisely the same place every time: -4,-4).