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Forums - Politics - The Official Political Compass Thread 2012

 

Which quadrant are you?

Top Left (Socialist) 4 11.43%
 
Bottom Left (Liberal) 14 40.00%
 
Top Right (Conservative) 4 11.43%
 
Bottom Right (Libertarian) 13 37.14%
 
Total:35



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Close to the centre than most people who posted thus far.



haxxiy said:
Someone should try out later where answering everything with political correctness would place you.

Economic Left/Right: -10.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.26





I've dropped down a lot since first doing this test. Much less authoritarian these days

Edit: For comparison. My results from 2010 



I've taken this test a lot, but I don't think I ever posted my results. I've been consistently in the bottom right for years, but I think I moved down a bit this time.

Economic Left/Right: 6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.26



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Still pretty much a liberal here.

Edit: Also top left isn't socialist, if anything it's communist. Socialism isn't authoritarian by nature.



I did it ages ago and can't be arsed doing it again. I'm too old to have changed my views substantially so the outcome is unlikely to be the same. I'm slightly left, slightly liberal, i.e. in the green quadrant. In a slightly more nuanced categorisation I'd be in the Social Democratism sub category.

Interesting that the green quadrant is labelled "Liberal" when most political parties with "liberal" in their name are more in the blue or purple quadrants. i.e. liberal parties are defined by their economic policies, and vary on social policies.

My preference is to let people do their own thing, within reason, and have a bit more oversight and involvement of government in the economy. Governments can get experts/academics in economics and finance to help shape policy and regulation, but when it comes to morality governments are hopeless and there's no such thing as an expert.



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Rath said:



Still pretty much a liberal here.

Edit: Also top left isn't socialist, if anything it's communist. Socialism isn't authoritarian by nature.

Nah you've got it backwords.

Communism is green.  At least late stage communism.


Socialism would be top right because it essnetially promotes tyranny by the majority. (And I suspect agressive foreign policy.)



Kasz216 said:
Rath said:



Still pretty much a liberal here.

Edit: Also top left isn't socialist, if anything it's communist. Socialism isn't authoritarian by nature.

Nah you've got it backwords.

Communism is green.  At least late stage communism.


Socialism would be top right because it essnetially promotes tyranny by the majority. (And I suspect agressive foreign policy.)

Socialism is a catch all phrase for a variety of economic philosophies - basically involving high government regulation, socialization of various aspects of industry and redistribution of wealth through progressive taxation. It doesn't fit on the liberarian-authoritarian line at all and you can have an authoritarian socialist state (leninist/stalinist communism) or a libertarian socialist state (social democracy).



Rath said:
Kasz216 said:
Rath said:



Still pretty much a liberal here.

Edit: Also top left isn't socialist, if anything it's communist. Socialism isn't authoritarian by nature.

Nah you've got it backwords.

Communism is green.  At least late stage communism.


Socialism would be top right because it essnetially promotes tyranny by the majority. (And I suspect agressive foreign policy.)

Socialism is a catch all phrase for a variety of economic philosophies - basically involving high government regulation, socialization of various aspects of industry and redistribution of wealth through progressive taxation. It doesn't fit on the liberarian-authoritarian line at all and you can have an authoritarian socialist state (leninist/stalinist communism) or a libertarian socialist state (social democracy).

What about those aspects aren't authoritarian?  Every law passed by majority consnet that others disagree with has some level of autortarinism behind it and hurts individualism.

It's all just a matter of HOW authoritarian it is.

Hugo Chavez is a good example that clears up the misconception pretty eaisly. He has broad power to wipe out corruption fairly arbitrairly granted by his people.

Most socialist democracies just don't seem authortarian because most socialist democracies are first world nations that are pretty well off and feel no need to exercise it's full power.