Time to check you Political Compass!!

Eyedunno · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:51 am Post subject:

Economic Left/Right: 3.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.85

I hate this site though. I feel like the questions are biased and many questions require more complex answers. Personally, I support free enterprise (for firms that are completely privately-held), but consider corporations to be a state-supported form of business, so I was divided when questions brought up corporations (unnecessarily, IMO). And, say, "There are no savage and civilised peoples; there are only different cultures." Well, of course there are different cultures, but there are also entire cultures (generally small ones) that lack education. And use of the words "savage" and "civilized" is a setup. Also, the abstract art question (along with some others) is retarded. It plainly has no relevance to politics and basically seems to be there due to stereotypes about the left, unless it's a control question or something. Think

I realize the FAQ addresses this stuff, but I still think the test sucks. The compass itself is all right, but it seems like a direct ripoff of the Nolan Chart. I'm not impressed.
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SalsaShark · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 2:49 pm Post subject:

I found it to be biased as well. It didn't seem like they really grasped the whole socialist perspective, that's why I think it's a little ridiculous that I am so far left. As an example, the question on rich people being taxed too much. Clearly if you picked strongly disagree that would shoot you to the left... but hell, liberals/moderates could just as easilly think that the rich aren't taxed enough at all. I'd rather see some questions on public ownership, ownership of land, etc... then I assure you I'd be much more to the middle.
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kmisho · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:04 pm Post subject:

Of course the questions are biased, and some are not even answerable honestly. The way I looked at it, the questions seemed to be designed to get a certain type of response depending on what your politics already were.

The real problem to me is that everyone is going to answer the questions based on how he wants to think of his own politics. In what sense is it a test then?

Was anybody surprised by his results? I certainly wasn't.
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Uncertainty · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:07 pm Post subject:

I was, but I would of be surprized no matter what it said. Wink

I'm sure if I took it again I'd get a different score.

Mr_C · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:22 pm Post subject:

Sure it's a crappy test! How long did it take you, 5 minutes? It's not like it was an essay Laughing

Honestly, it could be much better. However, I'm guessing most people are at least placed in the correct quadrant.
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kmisho · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 4:59 pm Post subject:

Mr_C · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 5:31 pm Post subject:

lol, "pedant". Good word choice, kmisho.
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Materialist99 · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 6:04 pm Post subject:

As a Free Market Anarchist, I should be 10.00 and -10.00, with the messed up questions on the test

Economic Left/Right: 6.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.85
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Eyedunno · Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2006 11:06 pm Post subject:

cheapsuprise · Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2006 2:08 pm Post subject:

ME!

This is like the third time I've zipped through the test, and some of the questions still make me wonder if I should click "strongly disagree" if I think the question dosn't make sense.
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HealingBlight · Intern Joined: 31 Jan 2006 Posts: 49 Local time: 6:43 PM

For fun, I decided to go for stupid answers.
And I got:
Economic Left/Right: 8.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 9.49

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Jutter · Posted: Sun Dec 31, 2006 11:48 pm Post subject:

I checked it and A FUCKING SUPERCALIFRAGELISTICEXPIALIDOTIOUS 2007 YOU FUCKER!!!!
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CET · Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:17 pm Post subject:

Cheers Jutter! Partyman

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tinker683 · Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 5:36 pm Post subject:

Much more leaning to the right than I was previously, which doesn't suprise me. I've been slowly gravitating rightward these past few months.

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Iliketofrolic666 · Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject:

Economic Left/Right: 6.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.33

I am an Anarcho-Capitalist too, this test is off by a lot. I shouldn't be this close to the middle. Right and left is right where I would mark myself though. The authority question is stupid, it should just say "do you think you should question government's authority?", not just authority in general. Authority could be parents, your boss, or anyone.

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