Pretty much the same, but a bit lower.
I'm pro-Brexit, pro immigration and for generally small government. Globalization is inevitable but the state and corporations need to be kept separate.
Take the political compass test.
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Pretty much the same, but a bit lower.
I'm pro-Brexit, pro immigration and for generally small government. Globalization is inevitable but the state and corporations need to be kept separate.
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How the questions are asked will slant this.
"Those with the ability to pay should have the right to higher standards of medical care ."
or you could phrase it like below which doesn't sound as harsh.
"From your own earned money, you should have a choice of where to get medical care".
"Those with the ability to pay should have the right to higher standards of medical care ."
or you could phrase it like below which doesn't sound as harsh.
"From your own earned money, you should have a choice of where to get medical care".
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I call foul out on this compass. And not for the first time.
Economic Left/Right: -6.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.82
7 or 8 years ago I came out as right of centre libertarian. Which I was.
These tests always tend to highlight how most people have less in common with the Tories than they think they do.
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.82
7 or 8 years ago I came out as right of centre libertarian. Which I was.
These tests always tend to highlight how most people have less in common with the Tories than they think they do.
I tuned out immediately that it started asking questions about whether you view your race as having superior qualities to others. I am sick and tired of those on the Left attributing racism as a quality of the Right. Just because I'm Right Wing (mostly) doesn't mean I'm a bigot. Equally, me not being racist doesn't push me towards the Left.
The test is plainly constructed by people with a strong political bias of their own whether they acknowledge that or not. Did anyone look at the list of music that the creators have assigned to the different quadrants:
https://www.politicalcompass.org/music
Yes, as a Right-wing, capitalist who is proud of her nation, my song is apparently "Stand by your man" and exult the "role of the traditional wife". Or take a look at their FAQ: "The propositions should not be overthought. Some of them are intentionally vague. Their purpose is to trigger buzzwords in the mind of the user, measuring feelings and prejudices rather than detailed opinions on policy."
The test does not assess your actual political position. It classifies you according to the preconceptions and media stereotypes of the creators. Nobody should be reading anything into this "test".
Here is a slightly more interesting attempt to represent political positions on a simplistic spectrum:
The test is plainly constructed by people with a strong political bias of their own whether they acknowledge that or not. Did anyone look at the list of music that the creators have assigned to the different quadrants:
https://www.politicalcompass.org/music
Yes, as a Right-wing, capitalist who is proud of her nation, my song is apparently "Stand by your man" and exult the "role of the traditional wife". Or take a look at their FAQ: "The propositions should not be overthought. Some of them are intentionally vague. Their purpose is to trigger buzzwords in the mind of the user, measuring feelings and prejudices rather than detailed opinions on policy."
The test does not assess your actual political position. It classifies you according to the preconceptions and media stereotypes of the creators. Nobody should be reading anything into this "test".
Here is a slightly more interesting attempt to represent political positions on a simplistic spectrum:
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Probably because attributing quality to race fits with the right wing views of social stratification, rejection of egalitarianism, and the belief in natural law. And racism in turn runs contrary to left-wing belief.
If a generally left-wing person is racist, then their racism is still a right wing standpoint. Similarly, many generally right wing people are not racists.
Utter ********.
As a Right-winger, I do not believe in "social stratification", I believe in individuality, meritocracy and reward according to work / effort / ability. I.e. any "stratification" is based around merit. It is Socialism that separates reward from ability and effort. You don't get to declare racism a right wing belief without getting called on it. Nor get to pull the unsupported cop-out that any of the racist (genocidal) left wing authoritarians of history just happened to have their most negative traits be right wing ones because you don't like it. Yes, yes, Mao, Hitler and Stalin were left-wing, but they had some "Right-wing" traits like genocidal tendencies. How very convenient for your political views.
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You're confusing your polarities a little here. It's a two-axis chart we're simplifying down to. Extreme authoritarianism has its own characteristics regardless of overall left or right-handedness.Utter ********.
As a Right-winger, I do not believe in "social stratification", I believe in individuality, meritocracy and reward according to work / effort / ability. I.e. any "stratification" is based around merit. It is Socialism that separates reward from ability and effort. You don't get to declare racism a right wing belief without getting called on it. Nor get to pull the unsupported cop-out that any of the racist (genocidal) left wing authoritarians of history just happened to have their most negative traits be right wing ones because you don't like it. Yes, yes, Mao, Hitler and Stalin were left-wing, but they had some "Right-wing" traits like genocidal tendencies. How very convenient for your political views.
Quite surprising actually, but I considered my answers.
About same, 1 square over to right.
what, most of the questions are pretty obvious which answer will lead to what.
That's part of the problem with the political compass. Its questions come across as loaded.
Who created the political compass? Why did they do so? How did they plot the political parties on the graph? No-one can really answer. It appears to have been made to make people feel alienated from the current political parties.
Couldn't you simply look at the US political parties. Count how many republicans in power are racist and then count how many democrats are racist and which ever has the most will obviously tell you if racism is a right wing trait or not.
Me too. I think we had this a few months ago and I commented on how my natural vote should be Green but they're a bit too nuts for me.
As for alienation, I don't think there's been such a terrible choice of parties in my lifetime as there is now. IMO it's now a case of voting for whoever you think will do the least damage, regardless of your views.
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I'm not confusing anything. You're shifting topics. I said I stopped bothering with this graph when it started asking questions about race. You responded that "If a generally left-wing person is racist, then their racism is still a right wing standpoint."
My response that this was ******** was to your comments. We've moved on from the chart being flawed to your attempts to claim racism is "right-wing" being flawed.
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I hate some of these questions. For example:
Either way, my result is pretty much what I expected and got last time IIRC. I'm Ghandi apparently. Where's my nukes?
I agree with that statement. A single party system does have that benefit, however a single party system would be horrendous in practice, so I strongly disagree with them on principle.
Either way, my result is pretty much what I expected and got last time IIRC. I'm Ghandi apparently. Where's my nukes?