To some extent or other, my worldview is an ever-changing thing because it tends to evolve and involve more nuance as I learn more. I'm always searching for a simple term to describe what that worldview is at a given moment in time. I take political quizzes every so often as a result and this one I just found yesterday called the Prism Political Quiz was the most interesting example I've run across in a while. Thought I'd share!
My takeaway from it is that maybe my own opinion on things at this point is too specific and individual for there to be one simple, existing term for it, and instead maybe categorization by issue set would best communicate my perspective. That's what this quiz does: it doesn't attempt to place you on a left-right spectrum or "compass" or within a political party. Instead, it has a range of possible value classifications arranged by issue set and places you in those, providing a brief description of each at the end. The full range of possible classifications can be found here. It's not perfect, of course, but none of these online quizzes are. Thought it struck a good balance between granularity and simplicity overall. I noticed it even included options matching the values of like the "sovereign citizen" movement, lol! Stuff that's not included in most of these quizzes. I appreciated that granularity when it came to a good number of the questions. I liked, for example, being able to indicate that I favor an authentic but competitive version of socialism that strives for a balance between meeting the needs of workers and providing for the efficiency and range of consumer options that people -- especially in more heavily populated urban areas -- tend to require and prefer, not a stereotypical planned economy, and that my opposition to prostitution stems more from a place of valuing social justice (as in opposing the exploitative nature of the sex industry) than from a place of sexual conservatism per se, that sort of thing.
Here are my results. I'd be interested in yours (anyone's)!
