Just for Fun: Take the Political Compass test and post your results here.
I'm one of the many who hadn't heard about this site until Markos announced the purge. Clearly most people over here are further left and less authoritarian on average than the people at the GOS, but I thought it would be fun to see just where people are on the Political Compass test. I'm guessing most people here will be pretty close to where I'm at. (I took the test in December 2014, but I don't think the test has changed and I certainly haven't.)
Take the test here.
Here is where they put the 2016 candidates on the graph, but I question the accuracy of Bernie's placement. The candidates didn't actually take the test. The site owner(s) guessed how they would have answered. Since I listened to Bernie for years on Brunch with Bernie and our views almost always aligned, I think Bernie would be further left and more libertarian if he actually took the test.
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My results surprised me some.
I am pretty far downwards left more than I thought myself to be.
ec=-8.5&soc=-6.87
So long, and thanks for all the fish
Me too :D
Me three
Just a hair further South than yinz.
Economic Left/Right: -7.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.85
No snowflake in an avalanche feels responsible. -- Voltaire
Those are almost identical to mine!
exactly identical for me, you have to wonder
if the test is really a good metric because everyone is basically different.
Compass
I'm in the same space: -7.63 economic; -7.49 social libertarian/authoritarian.
cinnamon68
Cool!
Thanks for the link, very interesting. My score: -9.38/-7.85. Comrade. ;->
The spirit of party serves to enfeeble the Public Administration,
agitates with Jealousies and false alarms, and opens the door to corruption,
which finds access to the government itself through the channels of party passions.
George Washington
I posted mine a few weeks ago
But basically I'm down in that lower left along with all you other pinko, commie, hippies.
A lot of wanderers in the U.S. political desert recognize that all the duopoly has to offer is a choice of mirages. Come, let us trudge towards empty expanse of sand #1, littered with the bleached bones of Deaniacs and Hope and Changers.
-- lotlizard
Surprising.
To be honest, I thought I was more a moderate/FDR Dem/progressive hybrid than this... Overton Window? Or did I wake up one day and turn into a raging liberal libertarian?
"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change." Stephen Hawking
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Now I am laughing
Because I thought my score was radical left wing... Then I refreshed and saw everyone else's. Damn, I am almost a Dem in comparison.
And if I feel more comfortable at c99 than GOS, I can't imagine what this test would show there.
"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change." Stephen Hawking
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Just a guess, but
I would hazard to say that at TOP, there would be a very high Authoritarian leaning in addition to being closer to purple/blue (the effect of privilege).
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass
Don't know how to insert the colorful box
but here is my score: Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -8.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97 [I thought this would be higher, but what can I say, maybe my old age is a factor :)]
Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.
Maybe I should post this...
...at the GOS to see how many Hillary supporters are far right authoritarians. lol
lol like they could be
lol like they could be honest enough with themselves for this test to be vaild.
With their hearts they turned to each others heart for refuge
In troubled years that came before the deluge
*Jackson Browne, 1974, Before the Deluge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SX-HFcSIoU
DO IT!
Edit: 6.7ish
7.8ish
Who knew? Being a rippy has its perks!
Ya got to be a Spirit, cain't be no Ghost. . .
Explain Bldg #7. . . still waiting. . .
If you’ve ever wondered whether you would have complied in 1930’s Germany,
Now you know. . .
sign at protest march
That would be..........Devilish, Ken.
What are you waiting for?
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You have me beat
But I'm firmly in the same quadrant:
-5.75
-5.08
"Obama promised transparency, but Assange is the one who brought it."
AB seems to have drifted a bit
Last time I took this years ago I was -7.75 -10.00
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.23
Might be time to slit my wrists for becoming such a callous old foggy.
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Apostate!
The earth is a multibillion-year-old sphere.
The Nazis killed millions of Jews.
On 9/11/01 a Boeing 757 (AA77) flew into the Pentagon.
AGCC is happening.
If you cannot accept these facts, I cannot fake an interest in any of your opinions.
I flubbed it on the Kids Need Spanking (Agreed)
We got spanked once a week, and look how AB turned out.
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it was a trick question!
"Good parents" might not need to spank the kids every (I'm guessing ...) but bad ones probably have to do it a lot. I changed my vote after playing weird logic games in my head. I don't remember what i changed it from or to, but I changed it.
No wonder I've so often felt
No wonder I've so often felt like I was bang my head on a wall, I'm up against the left wall!
Which makes no sense at all unless the chart was a two dimensional representation of a chart on a cylinder, in which case I'm up tight against the rightmost wall, head banging away. Yeah that's it, it's gotta be.
With their hearts they turned to each others heart for refuge
In troubled years that came before the deluge
*Jackson Browne, 1974, Before the Deluge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SX-HFcSIoU
We're twins
Stay on track. Stay in lane. Don't throw rocks.
Hey there, Ken in my adopted home state! :)
Thanks for the diary, because I love taking this test. I take it at least once per year and I haven't taken it for awhile now, so without further ado:
Economic Left/Right: -8.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.95
I question where Senator Sanders' dot is, too. They're lying to us! But at least he's not in the top right corner, like all the assholes are.
I miss Colorado.
They say it's b/c of his foreign policy
Which isn't all that great, but is head and shoulders above everybody else. B/c everybody else is effing CRAZY.
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
Agreed on both counts.
Good to see you, btw.
I miss Colorado.
I agree on the foreign policy
But what we know about Sanders is that he is responsive to activism so we can fix his lingering authoritarian traces for him.
A lot of wanderers in the U.S. political desert recognize that all the duopoly has to offer is a choice of mirages. Come, let us trudge towards empty expanse of sand #1, littered with the bleached bones of Deaniacs and Hope and Changers.
-- lotlizard
Well I knew I was left
but I didn't think I was left of Ghandi...
workers of the world, indeed!
I got -8.25, -8.31, which explains why I SHOULD fit Clinton's perfect demographic (white over 60 woman) and do not in any way. I think I am more of an anarchist than my teenager.
We could be twins!
Glad to see you here,
ChunYangkatherine919.I posted the test a little while ago. LOL
You can see my chart as my picture and my coordinates are part of my signature:
My blog post
-9.75, -8.21
I missed your diary...
...(oops, I mean essay!) but I did see your profile picture. That's what gave me the idea to write this. lol
It turns out I wasn't the first
The comments in my thread showed that someone else had done it at one time as well. I think they said they later deleted it. I think it's good though, especially as more and more migrate away from TOP, to have it posted occasionally.
-9.75, -8.21
-10.00, -7.28
But I take issue with the wording of some of the questions. The idea that all cultures are either civilized or "savage" is especially salient. This test is not without biases.
Stay on track. Stay in lane. Don't throw rocks.
The test isn't perfect...
...but it's the best one I know of.
Every time I take this
I want to rewrite the questions. For instance: what does "some people are naturally unlucky" mean? Are we talking cursed, or are we talking statistics? I think some people do get more than their share of bad luck statistically, and should not be punished for that. A libertarian might think some people are naturally unlucky because they are flawed in some manner and that this is not something they feel responsible for, a liberal would be more likely to say they should be cared for, but both might agree on the statistical angle.
I could go on, but I'll spare you
Stay on track. Stay in lane. Don't throw rocks.
Yes, there a number of
questions that are poorly worded. Some are very confusing. There were at least two that I just had to guess at what they were asking. I do not mean confusing as in trying to guess what would be the "right" answer. They were confusing in how to come up with ANY answer.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.--Aristotle
If there is no struggle there is no progress.--Frederick Douglass
Cultural Relativism
is what that question was examining.
For example, one might say that Hillary is not at fault for taking massive campaign contributions because the whole system is corrupt.
Cultural relativism can be used to excuse away bad behavior.
Cultural relativism
Is really tricky.
Stay on track. Stay in lane. Don't throw rocks.
(-6.38, -7.13)
So, basically, right in the middle of the C99ers.
And I also question the alignment of Sanders on their chart.
How do you insert the picture?
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
Take a screen shot...
...to save the graph to your hard drive. Then you click on the little photo icon in the comment toolbar to add the picture. At least that's how I did it. When I took the test in 2014 there was not an easier way to do it. Maybe there is now. Anyone else want to chime in?
If you're on a Mac, there is a great little free utility called ScreenShotMenu that I use. Check it out in the Mac app store.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/screenshotmenu/id562169322?mt=12
You can also right-click the image...
select "copy image location"
Open the image tool in the comment
paste the url in the top line of the box
Click OK and then preview to see if it works.
It did for me (some images on some sites might not, I don't know what is allowed here)
Sigh.
I managed to close the window. Today has not been a great day for doing things right. I had a hell of a time just dividing my students up into 4 groups!
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
Have you ever considered
you're just unnaturally unlucky, CStS?
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I'm looking downright centrist compared to you guys
It's pretty amazing that I'm this authoritarian! I wonder what questions resulted in that.
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -8.0
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.72
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
Either this thing is broken or I need to be arrested.
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -10.0
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.49
LMAO!
Holy cow!
You're a freaking Communist Anarchist! Worse than I am. You absolutely need to be sent to a Siberia Gulag!
-9.75, -8.21
I guess my ex-wife had a valid point after all...
ROTFLMAO!!!
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
LOL, wow!
I often joke that I am such a socialist I'm falling off the map, but you are SERIOUSLY falling off the map!
Kudos, I've never seen such a lefty pinko commie score before! I want to know what kind of music you listen to.
(Black Flag? Sex Pistols? Fugazi?)
I miss Colorado.
Miles, Shakti, Sonic Youth, John Cage, Pentangle, John Adams
[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LoUm_r7It8]
Perfect!
You'll have to explain John Cage to me someday. I don't get him and I hate his "music". (To be fair, I don't like most 20th century classical music, so it's not unique to him.)
I miss Colorado.
Damn!
You are almost perfect...
I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House."
~John F. Kennedy~
Economic: -9.13, Social: -7.28,
Finally! I was getting a bad feeling I was "different."
My score:
you win! (N/T)
my score
Economic Left/Right: -6.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.67
Comrades!
Comrades! welcome to the Revolution!
So long, and thanks for all the fish
mine
Don't believe everything you think.
Comrades!
-9.13, -7.95
I'm usually in the -7 by -6
But I still say they need to do a YUUUUUGE Circle for Hillary, to represent all the positions she's taken over the years.
I do not pretend I know what I do not know.
-5.25, -4,62
Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.62
Right in the middle of the green square here.
I retook the test...
Looks like I need to work on my authoritarian hangup still...
I was -7.5,-5.8 several years of enlightenment ago...
I'm the only person standing between Richard Nixon and the White House."
~John F. Kennedy~
Economic: -9.13, Social: -7.28,
Hey, I'm 6.72
You're doing better than I am.
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
5.25, -6.21
low middle green square
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okay I confess I fudged a
okay I confess I fudged a teeny bit on a couple of those questions but not much... still a hippie rad commie w
8.25 and 6.92
got the pic to work
We're pretty close to each other.
Hola, Lady L.
"More for Gore or the son of a drug lord--None of the above, fuck it, cut the cord."
--Zack de la Rocha
"I tell you I'll have nothing to do with the place...The roof of that hall is made of bones."
-- Fiver
yup, and hester too (above)
yup, and hester too (above)
and my "fudges' were the ones where I do have a slight authoritarian streak, lol
ReeeeeeeLy? Can we meet apres blog?
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Let's see if this works
Economic Left/Right: -6.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.85
Not surprised I'm in the lower quadrant -- even though I'm a Christian, I subscribe to the Wiccan Rede: "An it harm none, do what thou will." I'm too busy keeping my ass out of trouble to bother with the state of anyone else's soul.
Also a dirty hippie here
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -8.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.59
Looks like I'm in strong company
My Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -8.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
Yay, we are all in the green box!
Kindred souls we are. Forward, in Solidarity. One box should be comfy enough. We can squabble there.
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what . . . were we all separated at birth???
“There are moments which are not calculable, and cannot be assessed in words; they live on in the solution of memory… ”
― Lawrence Durrell, "Justine"
So it seems!
Economic Left/Right: -8.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.26
Economic: -7.63
Social: -6.36.
I think I'm a little more left/down than I was the last time I took the test.
How wonderful . . .
. . . I haz found my peeps here!
No snowflake in an avalanche feels responsible. -- Voltaire
Nestle right in
And the water's fine, to drink or dip.
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Also a dirty hippie here
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -8.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.59
Hippie
-7.5 econ. 7.08 social libertarian/auth. Maybe not real dirty. lol
Yep
"Take a Left Take a Left"
FEEL THE BERN: "But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing." - Thomas Paine
"Here I Stand, I can do no other." - Attributed to Martin Luther, 1521
-813, -6.67. Flower child here.
It seems we only need the lower left quadrant of the green square.
Hello Comrades
Score: -8, -5
-Greed is not a virtue.
-Socialism: the radical idea of sharing.
-Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.
John F. Kennedy, In a speech at the White House, 1962
7.38/6.05
We MUST all be genetically connected! :).
"The “jumpers” reminded us that one day we will all face only one choice and that is how we will die, not how we will live." Chris Hedges on 9/11
Economic Left/Right: -6.63 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5
I'm slightly upper right of the people in here, but that's true of the people I hang out with in physical space, too. I love you radicals and I choose to hang out with you because of that. I've taken this quiz, and my results vary a little from test to test, but I've spent my whole life down in that lower left quadrant. It's comfortable to me.
I pledge allegiance to liberty and justice for all. Period.
More left than right
Not sure how to link to a picture or even if that is okay so I'm just posting the numerical results.
Economic Left/Right: -6.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.69
BTW, I'm brandy-new here.
And thanks for a thread I felt easy posting to!
Welcome, and make yourself at home
most of us don't bite ;->
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