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What is your political ideology? (test included!)

Socially Left, Financiall... 35 29.41%
 
Socially Right, Financial... 19 15.97%
 
Socially Left, Financially Left (Liberal) 38 31.93%
 
Socially Right, Financially Left (Communist) 10 8.40%
 
Socially Moderate, Financ... 8 6.72%
 
Socially Moderate, Financ... 9 7.56%
 
Total:119

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Social 1.33



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Millennium said:
I forget the numbers, but I found myself slightly right-libertarian, though pretty close to the center on both axes.

I find myself taking this test every few years, and I've danced around the center quite a bit. But to be honest, I've always had trouble with it. Too many absolutes, too many oversimplifications, and I really wish they'd put in a neutral answer.

This.  There definitely needs to be a neutral option.  For example, the question "Are rich people taxed too much?"  I can't really say either way, but I disagree with the method by which they (and the rest of us) are taxed.  Thus I chose Agree, even though I really don't agree with the statement.

I actually decided to retake the test immediately upon completion, planning to change one answer and see where it'd put me, and I inadvertantly ended up changing 5-6 different answers because I wasn't really sure what to choose in the first place!

A neutral option would make things much easier.



Rath said:
mirgro said:
Looking over the questions some more. I honestly hope that they don't think that religiosity (if it's a word) and all that it entails, such as abortion and other such things, is a sign of conservatism. I have met some very conservative secular people, and I have to admit, they make a ton more sense than your religious variety of conservatives.

Anti-abortion, anti-gay and anti-contraception are all socially conservative positions, so they move the dot upwards. The fact that they are related to religion isn't really important as far as this goes.

I have seen die-hard conservatives, both socially and economically, who don't have any problems with those. Those are purely religious problems, and frankly, they give conservatives a bad name. They should just be labeled as religious and leave it at that.



mirgro said:
Rath said:
mirgro said:
Looking over the questions some more. I honestly hope that they don't think that religiosity (if it's a word) and all that it entails, such as abortion and other such things, is a sign of conservatism. I have met some very conservative secular people, and I have to admit, they make a ton more sense than your religious variety of conservatives.

Anti-abortion, anti-gay and anti-contraception are all socially conservative positions, so they move the dot upwards. The fact that they are related to religion isn't really important as far as this goes.

I have seen die-hard conservatives, both socially and economically, who don't have any problems with those. Those are purely religious problems, and frankly, they give conservatives a bad name. They should just be labeled as religious and leave it at that.

To be fair, a lot of the sentiment may lie more with personal convictions rather than public. For example, someone such as myself is vehimently anti-homosexual from a relgious standpoint (I believe its morally wrong), but am pro-gay marriage because I simply don't have the right to force another person into my views.

Abortion is a little bit different of a matter, though, because you can have 2 sides to the same 'which side is restrctive towards personal liberty?' coin:

  • One may believe that its authoritarian to ban a woman from having an abortion
  • Another may believe that its authoritarian to allow a woman to destroy a fetus 

Otherwise, most other issues are pretty cut and dry - either you are for restricting freedom to do something, or not.

 



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"Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races."

I can't answer this without knowing whether it refers to species, culture, or pigmentation.



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Final-Fan said:
"Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races."

I can't answer this without knowing whether it refers to species, culture, or pigmentation.

I think it has mostly to do with ethnicity. I took it as 'my white race has many superior qualities, compared with other races'

I strongly disagreed, because I know asians are superior



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mrstickball said:
Final-Fan said:
"Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races."
I can't answer this without knowing whether it refers to species, culture, or pigmentation.

I think it has mostly to do with ethnicity. I took it as 'my white race has many superior qualities, compared with other races'
I strongly disagreed, because I know asians are superior

But IIRC, we're better drivers ... except for the ladies. 
But I can cross out the "species" option per the FAQ. 



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Edit: I am just here to say that this test while good, should ask a lot more questions.



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Well, I caved in and went through all the questions. But I neither vouch for how accurately it depicts my "true" coordinates, nor that if I were to take the test again I would place in exactly the same place.



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