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I took it again and tried to get my dot as far right as possible and this was the result

 

I didn't know what to answer here:

"What goes on in a private bedroom between consenting adults is no business of the state."

At first I was going to say strongly agree. But then I thought the right might say strongly agree, since they value privacy; but the left might say strongly agree as well, since they usually support any two consenting adults getting married, at least moreso than the right does (see homosexual support). What should I pick if I want to go further right?!



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Jay520 said:

I took it again and tried to get my dot as far right as possible and this was the result

 

I didn't know what to answer here:

"What goes on in a private bedroom between consenting adults is no business of the state."

At first I was going to say strongly agree. But then I thought the right might say strongly agree, since they value privacy; but the left might say strongly agree as well, since they usually support any two consenting adults getting married, at least moreso than the right does (see homosexual support). What should I pick if I want to go further right?!


That would be more on the "Authoritarian" axis, not the right wing one :) Some questions only change one axis.



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Vikki said:


That would be more on the "Authoritarian" axis, not the right wing one :) Some questions only change one axis.


I don't know what any of this crap means.

Good day.



Jay520 said:
Vikki said:


That would be more on the "Authoritarian" axis, not the right wing one :) Some questions only change one axis.


I don't know what any of this crap means.

Good day.

Basically, if you answered the bedroom question, you would only move it up and down, not right or left :)



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Thank you Vikki for this thread, I really like politics.

Name: Wang
Age: 26
Gender: Male
What do you consider yourself: Socialist and liberal

Your political compass results:
Economic Left/Right: -4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.15



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SocialistSlayer said:
Vikki said:
Figgycal said:
SocialistSlayer said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Some of the questions on this are ridiculous.

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

"All people have their rights, but it is better for all of us that different sorts of people should keep to their own kind."

My guess is if you say "Strongly Agree" to those, you're right wing. I'm not gonna even bother finishing this crap.

yep. its ridiculous.

and their scale i just egregious. i mean look how they place people.

Obama's and Pope Benedict's placements confuse me.

That is their true placement. Obama is a conservative. He may have some liberal social values but he is first and foremost a conservative. Read their FAQ http://www.politicalcompass.org/faq

yeah sure he's a conservative. i guess if you start the scale in the middle, and leave out the entire left side.

by no definition of the word is he a conservative.


Obama's stance on taxes, environmentalism and corporatism are all conservative. Personally, I would place Obama somewhere above the center on that graph.

Regarding my political ideology, I would place myself almost all the way to the Left and about half way toward Libertarianism. I myself am a Libertarian Communist.



bouzane said:
SocialistSlayer said:
Vikki said:
Figgycal said:
SocialistSlayer said:
Mr Puggsly said:
Some of the questions on this are ridiculous.

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

"All people have their rights, but it is better for all of us that different sorts of people should keep to their own kind."

My guess is if you say "Strongly Agree" to those, you're right wing. I'm not gonna even bother finishing this crap.

yep. its ridiculous.

and their scale i just egregious. i mean look how they place people.

Obama's and Pope Benedict's placements confuse me.

That is their true placement. Obama is a conservative. He may have some liberal social values but he is first and foremost a conservative. Read their FAQ http://www.politicalcompass.org/faq

yeah sure he's a conservative. i guess if you start the scale in the middle, and leave out the entire left side.

by no definition of the word is he a conservative.


Obama's stance on taxes, environmentalism and corporatism are all conservative. Personally, I would place Obama somewhere above the center on that graph.

Regarding my political ideology, I would place myself almost all the way to the Left and about half way toward Libertarianism. I myself am a Libertarian Communist.

You should do the test, it's nice to have some sort of graph xD



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Vikki said:
SocialistSlayer said:
Vikki said:
SocialistSlayer said:
Vikki said:
SocialistSlayer said:
Vikki said:
Figgycal said:
SocialistSlayer said:
Mr Puggsly said:

economic policy? 

expanding the welfare state, lengthening unemployement benefits. Socialized heathcare. increasing taxes on everybody, especially higher income earners. "spreading the weath around" he was a member of a communist party. increasing spending on everything, at a higher rate than anybody before him. him continually proping up business that the government seems worthy, especially of the "green" variety. most/all turning out to be economicall unsolvible.

These are all true. But he's still a conservative. Americans seem to have this very black and white view of politics. They seem to think you're either liberal or conservative, which is a load of crap. You can have some conservative values and still be liberal. You can have some liberal values, like Obama does, but still be a conservative.

The only true liberals to really run for president in the US in recent memory have been the likes of Jill Stein and Ralph Nader.

you seem to not know what the word conservative means

In the rest of the world, conservatism can endore the wellfare state. Even in the 1960's, British conservatives loved the idea of a wellfare state. Obama also cut taxes for middle class families. I'd like to see this proof that Obama was a member of a communist party, even if he was, views can change. 

Obama has kept troops in Afghan longer than he promised and is going to have them in there for much longer. He's increased drone strikes. He's pursued more whistleblowers than Bush did. He kept Guantanimo Bay open. He's kept the USA's hypocritical foreign policies against Cuba open. He's kept the US aggressive and hypocritical foreign policy and general going. 

If he was progressive he would stop this ridiculous drug law which has been failling for decades.

He is not a progressive.

at boled no he didnt.

New Party - chicago. communist party, he was a member of.



 

SocialistSlayer said:
Vikki said:
SocialistSlayer said:
Vikki said:
SocialistSlayer said:
Vikki said:
SocialistSlayer said:
Vikki said:
Figgycal said:
SocialistSlayer said:
Mr Puggsly said:

economic policy? 

expanding the welfare state, lengthening unemployement benefits. Socialized heathcare. increasing taxes on everybody, especially higher income earners. "spreading the weath around" he was a member of a communist party. increasing spending on everything, at a higher rate than anybody before him. him continually proping up business that the government seems worthy, especially of the "green" variety. most/all turning out to be economicall unsolvible.

These are all true. But he's still a conservative. Americans seem to have this very black and white view of politics. They seem to think you're either liberal or conservative, which is a load of crap. You can have some conservative values and still be liberal. You can have some liberal values, like Obama does, but still be a conservative.

The only true liberals to really run for president in the US in recent memory have been the likes of Jill Stein and Ralph Nader.

you seem to not know what the word conservative means

In the rest of the world, conservatism can endore the wellfare state. Even in the 1960's, British conservatives loved the idea of a wellfare state. Obama also cut taxes for middle class families. I'd like to see this proof that Obama was a member of a communist party, even if he was, views can change. 

Obama has kept troops in Afghan longer than he promised and is going to have them in there for much longer. He's increased drone strikes. He's pursued more whistleblowers than Bush did. He kept Guantanimo Bay open. He's kept the USA's hypocritical foreign policies against Cuba open. He's kept the US aggressive and hypocritical foreign policy and general going. 

If he was progressive he would stop this ridiculous drug law which has been failling for decades.

He is not a progressive.

at boled no he didnt.

New Party - chicago. communist party, he was a member of.

Over his first term he definitely did.

And in what way is the New Party a communist Party? o.O



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Leadified said:
SocialistSlayer said:
Vikki said:
SocialistSlayer said:
 

economic policy? 

expanding the welfare state, lengthening unemployement benefits. Socialized heathcare. increasing taxes on everybody, especially higher income earners. "spreading the weath around" he was a member of a communist party. increasing spending on everything, at a higher rate than anybody before him. him continually proping up business that the government seems worthy, especially of the "green" variety. most/all turning out to be economicall unsolvible.

These are all true. But he's still a conservative. Americans seem to have this very black and white view of politics. They seem to think you're either liberal or conservative, which is a load of crap. You can have some conservative values and still be liberal. You can have some liberal values, like Obama does, but still be a conservative.

The only true liberals to really run for president in the US in recent memory have been the likes of Jill Stein and Ralph Nader.

you seem to not know what the word conservative means

If Obama was the leader of any other developed country then he would be without any doubt be in a Conservative party. The Republican label that he is a liberal is to hide how similiar his policies are to the Republicans. Infact just look at the policies of Roland Regan and compare them to Obama, you'll be suprised.


what political viewpoints of his could possibly be construed as conservative. in any other part of the world he be part of a leftist party weather it be labour, communist or whatever. 

i couldnt care less what the republican label of him is. most of the republican establishment are progressives. i hate progressive, i dont care what party they beling to.