I haven't drifted to the right that much, I've just drifted to the left very considerably. :P

I think I answered some of the questions differently because I didnt give them so much thought, this time I did, my economic views are still left wing, but im not a communist or anything, I dont think that either extreme works.

To be fair, no one in the lower-left quadrant would be considered communist. Communism is souly reserved for those in the upper-left corner, as most communist leaders do have the economic underpinnings of a controlled econmy, but have a much larger anti-social footprint (supressing free speech, dissenters, ect), whereas the other side would be peaceful in their gains.

I would argue that those in the lower-left corner desire a democracy where social welfare is of paramount concern, and income disparity is to be minimal....Things far and away from communism.

It's also interesting to note, some of the questions will rely on which country you live in... and not in the ways you'd think.


For example... the US has a more progressive Tax code then the UK.

So some people who answer "the rich pay too much" in America, may not think they pay too much in the UK... so on and so forth.

well, communism itself is just the extreme of socialist thought, but yes, most leaders we have had who identify as communist have also been authoritarian. (which I believe is Facism? correct me if im wrong on that though)

I agree with your summary of what people in that area of the scale probably believe in, I know I support that idealogy.

Also I should state that I think this test is flawed. I support a regulated economy but I don't support a planned economy, I don't believe that the means of production should be owned by the workers either. I shouldn't be anywhere near Marx or Stalin as I'm not a communist or (in the proper sense of the word) a socialist. The graph puts me too far to the left.

Yep.

What I've found interesting is checking the data from people aggregating the results from other countries.

For example, there was a Japanese-centric test with ~200 entries or so. The median put them left about -2.50 and socially +1.5. Making them much more social conservative than our median, and about the same economically.

Authoritarianism can find itself in a lot of movements.

Fascism, by traditional definition would be leaders that do want to nationalize many areas of economic output, but not in the name of workers rights, or for the social benefit of everyone like communists do.

Hitler is a fantastic example of that. He was anti-communist, despite desiring the same amount of control over his country that Stalin did. The same can be said of Pinochet (who was a capitalist and fascist), along with many others. Facism would be defined on the grid as being center economically (nationalization, but not so much for the benefits of the workers), and extreme authoritarian.

@Rath - I understand that. I put 'planned economy' in there on the left extreme. When I stated that, I define as being more controlled than a free economy. Depending on your views of liberty will greatly effect how that planning comes about:

• Someone with a higher 'authoritarian' score would probably be more likely to support a command economy where the government controls a large portion of how goods are distributed and created. Examples would be command economies of the USSR and pre-Deng Xiaopeng China.
• Someone with a higher 'libertarian' score would probably more likely support stringent corporate regulations to ensure that the people control a large portion of how goods are distributed and created, for the saftey and welfare of all.

Again, but seek to control economics, but for totally different reasons and methods.

Good to see slimebeast is a fellow member of the vast right wing conspiracy :) Glad to have you aboard!

Been taking this test for the past 4ish years started in the direct center