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| New People | May 11 2005, 02:57 PM Post #61 |
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On the compass I always score high for personal freedoms and on moderate on economic freedoms. I've basically been a lifelong Democrat (somehow it can exist here), although officially I'm an independent and 2004 really disillusioned me (I wanted Wes Clark to get the nomination). I've thought about registering as a Communist a couple times just for giggles. |
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| Independate States | May 11 2005, 03:10 PM Post #62 |
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If I was going to choose a party I would choose Whig, kinda hard to get junk mail from a party that hasn't existed in over a 100 years. |
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| the United Mountville | May 13 2005, 12:32 AM Post #63 |
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True Texan
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Economic Left/Right -1.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian -.77 |
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| Yertanistan | Jun 12 2005, 03:03 AM Post #64 |
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His Sublime Magnificence, The Yertatollah
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I took this for myself... Economic Left/Right -3.00 Authoritarian/Libertarian -0.82 So what does that make me? THere's no name near my dot
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| El Pat | Sep 3 2005, 09:15 AM Post #65 |
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Don't worry, there's no name near my dot, either! Esp. now... My political compass Economic Left/Right: -7.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.18 Woo-hoo! Go Liberal Libertarians!!! Pat |
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| F799 | Oct 24 2005, 10:41 PM Post #66 |
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2 up 5 left making me slightly Authoritarian and pretty much a communist. |
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| Irish Families | Jun 16 2007, 10:42 PM Post #67 |
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Former Secretary of Space Affairs
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My position on the compass... Slightly Left-Authoritarian... I am almost on the EXACT same spot as Pope Benedict XVI... Economic Left/Right: -2.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.51
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| NewTexas | Jul 4 2008, 05:54 PM Post #68 |
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The quiz has moved here: http://politicalcompass.org/ |
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| Bearistotle and Hebert | Jul 4 2008, 09:19 PM Post #69 |
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Your political compass Economic Left/Right: 2.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.23 Like Yerkistan - there's no one in my field...... |
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| NewTexas | Jul 4 2008, 10:33 PM Post #70 |
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We're there for ya Bears, although not quite as Libertarian. However, the last time we took it was 4 years ago, perhaps our political bent has changed. We will retake it. Here is where we were:
Now here is where we are:
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| Darth Kermit | Jul 4 2008, 10:34 PM Post #71 |
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Economic Left/Right: -1.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.51 I'm pretty close to in the middle. I guess I'm just a middle-aged bureaucratic hippie!
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| Wiener Philharmoniker | Jul 5 2008, 04:44 AM Post #72 |
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Honorary Texan
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Congrats. If I was here a few weeks ago, then I would be the biggest right winger. But I like my current score, too... Economic Left/Right: 6.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.36 Perhaps I would be one of the most social libertarian in Texas region... ![]() ________________________________________________________________ My score changes all the time (at least a bit), but I have always stayed in the right wing libertarian quadrant and not plan to leave it in the future...
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| Wiener Philharmoniker | Jul 5 2008, 05:31 AM Post #73 |
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Thx for adding. Test one: did not work Test two: the same Test thee: a good one.. 1) Libertarian Party 95% 2) Constitution Party 55% 3) Republican Party 40% 4) Green Party 40% 5) Reform Party 35% 6) Democratic Party 30% 7) Natural Law Party 20% (but what does the Constitution party do there with so high score?!? )Test four: did not load Test five: My #1 is: Left-wing Neoliberal (Clinton) My #2 is: Liberal My #3 is: Social-Liberal My #4 is: American "Liberal" My #5 is: Right-wing Neoliberal (Thatcher) My #6 is: Social Democratic My #7 is: American "Conservative" My #8 is: Anarcho-Communist My #9 is: Liberal Nationalist My #10 is: Liberal Socialist My #11 is: Christian Democratic My #12 is: Burkean (liberal) Conservative My #13 is: Marxist My #14 is: Soviet "Communist" My #15 is: National Socialist My #16 is: Christian Socialist My #17 is: Fascist My #18 is: Revolutionary Conservative/Monarchist (far right) Test six: no surprise: LIBERTARIAN LIBERTARIANS support maximum liberty in both personal and economic matters. They advocate a much smaller government; one that is limited to protecting individuals from coercion and violence. Libertarians tend to embrace individual responsibility, oppose government bureaucracy and taxes, promote private charity, tolerate diverse lifestyles, support the free market, and defend civil liberties. The RED DOT on the Chart shows where you fit on the political map. Your PERSONAL issues Score is 90%. Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 100%. Hooray! |
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| neue Schottland | Jul 5 2008, 09:06 AM Post #74 |
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Your political compass Economic Left/Right: 6.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.18 I love me some free markets! |
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| Trecdom | Jul 9 2008, 11:08 PM Post #75 |
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![]() Economic Left/Right: -5.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.64 I wish they would explain more what this all means.
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| NewTexas | Jul 10 2008, 06:30 AM Post #76 |
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It is all on their site: Reprinted without permission: [doHTML] <H1>About The Political Compass<SPAN class=tm>™</SPAN></H1> <P>In the introduction, we explained the inadequacies of the traditional left-right line. <CENTER><IMG src="http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1949/leftrightqb3.gif"> </CENTER> <P></P> <P>If we recognise that this is essentially an economic line it's fine, as far as it goes. We can show, for example, Stalin, Mao Tse Tung and Pol Pot, with their commitment to a totally controlled economy, on the hard left. Socialists like Mahatma Gandhi and Robert Mugabe would occupy a less extreme leftist position. Margaret Thatcher would be well over to the right, but further right still would be someone like that ultimate free marketeer, General Pinochet. </P> <P>That deals with economics, but the social dimension is also important in politics. That's the one that the mere left-right scale doesn't adequately address. So we've added one, ranging in positions from extreme authoritarian to extreme libertarian. <CENTER><IMG src="http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/6011/bothaxesqz7.gif"> </CENTER> <P>Both an economic dimension and a social dimension are important factors for a proper political analysis. By adding the social dimension you can show that Stalin was an authoritarian leftist (ie the state is more important than the individual) and that Gandhi, believing in the supreme value of each individual, is a liberal leftist. While the former involves state-imposed arbitary collectivism in the extreme top left, on the extreme bottom left is voluntary collectivism at regional level, with no state involved. Hundreds of such anarchist communities exisited in Spain during the civil war period</P> <P>You can also put Pinochet, who was prepared to sanction mass killing for the sake of the free market, on the far right as well as in a hardcore authoritarian position. On the non-socialist side you can distinguish someone like Milton Friedman, who is anti-state for fiscal rather than social reasons, from Hitler, who wanted to make the state stronger, even if he wiped out half of humanity in the process. </P> <P>The chart also makes clear that, despite popular perceptions, the opposite of fascism is not communism but anarchism (ie liberal socialism), and that the opposite of communism ( i.e. an entirely state-planned economy) is neo-liberalism (i.e. extreme deregulated economy) </P> <CENTER><IMG src="http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/7513/axeswithnamesrt4.gif"> </CENTER> <P>The usual understanding of anarchism as a left wing ideology does not take into account the neo-liberal "anarchism" championed by the likes of Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman and America's Libertarian Party, which couples social Darwinian right-wing economics with liberal positions on most social issues. Often their libertarian impulses stop short of opposition to strong law and order positions, and are more economic in substance (ie no taxes) so they are not as extremely libertarian as they are extremely right wing. On the other hand, the classical libertarian collectivism of anarcho-syndicalism ( libertarian socialism) belongs in the bottom left hand corner. </P> <P>In our home page we demolished the myth that authoritarianism is necessarily "right wing", with the examples of Robert Mugabe, Pol Pot and Stalin. Similarly Hitler, on an economic scale, was not an extreme right-winger. His economic policies were broadly Keynesian, and to the left of some of today's Labour parties. If you could get Hitler and Stalin to sit down together and avoid economics, the two diehard authoritarians would find plenty of common ground. </P> <H4>A Word about Neo-cons and Neo-libs</H4> <P>U.S.neo-conservatives, with their commitment to high military spending and the global assertion of national values, tend to be more authoritarian than hard right. By contrast, neo-liberals, opposed to such moral leadership and, more especially, the ensuing demands on the tax payer, belong to a further right but less authoritarian region. Paradoxically, the "free market", in neo-con parlance, also allows for the large-scale subsidy of the military-industrial complex, a considerable degree of corporate welfare, and protectionism when deemed in the national interest. These are viewed by neo-libs as impediments to the unfettered market forces that they champion. </P><BR><BR> <H1>International Chart</H1> <P>A diverse professional team has assessed the words and actions of internationally known contemporary leaders to give you an idea of how they relate to each other on the political compass. </P> <P> <CENTER><IMG src="http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/1329/internationalchartjv8.gif"> </CENTER> <P></P> <P>We regret the present exclusion of some major leaders, especially in the developing world. This is due to our inability so far to contact independent experts. </P><BR><BR> <H1>How You Can Help Us</H1> <P>A great deal of effort lies behind the development of The Political Compass, and the realisation of it in practical form. It has occasionally come to our attention that other sites have tried to exploit our work by copying it, adopting our name, or linking to us in a dishonest fashion. </P> <P>If you should come across any such sites, please let us know, so that we can take appropriate action. </P> <P>A few critics believe that we should blow with prevailing political winds and narrow the actual parameters. Please see our <A href="faq#faq21">FAQ 21</A>. </P> <P>New material is regularly added to The Political Compass - please keep coming back !</P>[/doHTML] |
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| Wiener Philharmoniker | Jul 11 2008, 02:39 AM Post #77 |
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It means that you are a bit less authoritatian (more social libertaian) lefty.
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