Your political compass

Because of the way the chart has Authoritarian and Libertarian and Left and Right economics, a lot of people who think of themselves on the right are instead going to be higher up on the chart instead of further right.
 
Looking at the graphs it looks like I'm somewhere between Nelson Mandela and The Dalai Lama. That really cant be right.

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Economic Left/Right: -1.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.64

No idea how realistic it is to my actual thoughts.
 
Castiel said:
the whole thing is a nonsense, I am never left wing, and superewza a libertarian??????
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Of course, this independent and, ultimately, fun test holds absolutely no validity what so ever because it doesn't fit in perfectly with Castiel's already skewed world view. Sorry to break it to you guys ;)

Q: You can't be libertarian and left wing

A: This is almost exclusively an American response, overlooking the undoubtedly libertarian tradition of European anarcho-syndicalism. It was, after all, the important French anarchist thinker Proudhon who declared that property is theft.

On the other side of the Atlantic, the likes of Emma Goldman were identified as libertarians long before the term was adopted by some economic rightwingers. And what about the libertarian collectives of the mid-late 1800s and 1960s ?

Americans like Noam Chomsky can claim the label 'libertarian socialist' with the same validity that Milton Friedman can be considered a 'libertarian capitalist'.

The assumption that economic deregulation inevitably delivers more social freedom is flawed. The welfare states of, for example, the Nordic region, abolished capital punishment decades ago and are at the forefront of progressive legislation for women, gays and ethnic minorities - not to mention anti-censorship. Such established high-tax social democracies consistently score highest in the widely respected Freedom House annual survey on democratic rank eg Denmark ranks 2, Sweden 3 and Norway 7, while comparatively free markets such as the US, Singapore and China rate 15,74 and 121 respectively (this detailed checklist can be viewed at http://www.worldaudit.org/civillibs.htm).

Despite their higher taxes, the social democracies' degree of social freedoms would presumably be envied by genuine libertarians in more socially conservative countries.
Our point is that a regulated economy and a strong public sector are not necessarily authoritarian, and a deregulated economy with a minimal public sector is not necessarily socially libertarian.
Interestingly, many economic libertarians express to us their support for or indifference towards capital punishment; yet the execution of certain citizens is a far stronger assertion of state power than taxation. The death penalty is practised in all seriously authoritarian states. In Eastern Europe it was abolished with the fall of communism and adoption of democracy. The United States is the only western democracy where capital punishment is still practised.
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Ever considered that you might actually just be wrong?
 
Attempt 1:

Economic Left/Right: -0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.18


Attempt 2:
Economic Left/Right: 0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.62

I've always thought I was more to the right. Perhaps I just like to argue about everything
 
Superewza said:
Of course, this independent and, ultimately, fun test holds absolutely no validity what so ever because it doesn't fit in perfectly with Castiel's already skewed world view. Sorry to break it to you guys ;)



Ever considered that you might actually just be wrong?
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I'm not wrong about my own political leanings, I know I'm a centre right conservative. Why you have quoted that piece is beyond me as I never said that you cannot be left wing and libertarian. I simply said that YOU are not, given previous threads and your predilection for Marxism and communism you are Authoritarian rather that Libertarian.

However, would you like to qualify how a 16 year old boy has the experience to categorically state that I have a skewed world view?
 
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Castiel said:
I'm not wrong about my own political leanings, I know I'm a centre right conservative.

However, would you like to qualify how a 16 year old boy has the experience to categorically state that I have a skewed world view?
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Here we go again, bringing age into it :rolleyes:

How about the fact that you cling to right wing authoritarian parties and politics as the only way to bring about change and fulfill your own liberal beliefs? Sounds pretty skewed to me...
 
Superewza said:
Here we go again, bringing age into it :rolleyes:

How about the fact that you cling to right wing authoritarian parties and politics as the only way to bring about change and fulfill your own liberal beliefs? Sounds pretty skewed to me...
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Did you not previously advocate 'education' camps for those who refused to embrace the ideals of your society?
 
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