Jeezes I'm a communist

[kiwi_2005]

After seeing the test results im upper left (communism :o) where i stand next to Robert Mugabe, Mamoud Abbas & Pope Benedict XVI :doh: My dad would of been proud!

funny thing is left in New Zealand means your a treehugger but in the US your a communist. :DL

Take the test
http://www.politicalcompass.org/test

[tater]

Upper on that scale makes you an authoritarian. Not that Stalin is upper, and left, and Hitler is simply slightly right of Stalin (calling nazis "right" is a case where modern standards are apparently based on Stalin's own attacks on his enemies (fallen out fellow travelers were often painted as "right" by the Soviets to discredit them, even if they were simply another branch of communism.

Lower left is basically an adult who wants to live as a child their whole life as far as I can tell, with The State™ as mommy and daddy (weak-willed parents who won't spank, perhaps—vs the upper right, where many failing result in death).

Lower right is someone who favors total freedom from government interference.

I'm far right, a little below Y=0 (-1 or -2, it's been a while).

[TLAM Strike]

I'm left slightly low, I guess I'm a Libertarian leaning towards communist, according to the chart I'm around where Gandhi and Mandela are placed.

Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.21

[CCIP]

I've done this compass stuff fairly extensively, both in school and in various discussions, so I won't do another questionnaire on that one again. I know that I'm very far left economically, and close to neutral (slightly libertarian) socially. Which I guess puts me somewhere between utopian socialists and social libertarians.

Which yes, does make me fairly hardcore to a classic definition of commie :88)

[DarkFish]

Economic Left/Right: 7.88 Left
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 4.67 Libertarian
Lower left is basically an adult who wants to live as a child their whole life as far as I can tell, with The State™ as mommy and daddy (weak-willed parents who won't spank, perhaps—vs the upper right, where many failing result in death).well thank you:stare:


No test can accurately determine your political stance though.
I know of myself that I'm a socialist, but I'm also someone who's very (very) protective of our culture, something generally associated with right-wing parties. Which has undoubtedly influenced my far-left position in this test, as there weren't really any questions about "invading cultures".

[CCIP]

No test can accurately determine your political stance though.
I know of myself that I'm a socialist, but I'm also someone who's very (very) protective of our culture, something generally associated with right-wing parties. Which has undoubtedly influenced my far-left position in this test, as there weren't really any questions about "invading cultures".

Yeah, you can't take the compass as a voting guide, that's for sure. I for one am really very disillusioned with the political left practically everywhere. It's been ruined by political correctness and distracted from socioeconomic goals by petty concerns about lifestyle choices and cultural cliches. Or some weird pro-Soviet/pro-hippie nostalgia. Most of the voting base is either senile idealists, socially sheltered academics, or young rebels-without-a-cause. So even with my own orientation, I'll be the first to say that almost all the worlds far-left political parties and organizations are indeed silly jokes.

[Snestorm]

The Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: 0.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.46 (Libertarian leaning)

I stand alone.

[DarkFish]

I for one am really very disillusioned with the political left practically everywhere. It's been ruined by political correctness and distracted from socioeconomic goals by petty concerns about lifestyle choices and cultural cliches.This.
I do vote for the (Dutch) Socialist Party though. Might have something to do with the fact that they care a little less about political correctness (they're even against immigration :o :up:)

The Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: 0.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.46 (Libertarian leaning)

I stand alone.I feel kinda sorry for you. You're nothing.:cry:
:O:

[Snestorm]

This.
I do vote for the (Dutch) Socialist Party though. Might have something to do with the fact that they care a little less about political correctness (they're even against immigration :o :up:)

I feel kinda sorry for you. You're nothing.:cry:
:O:

I like your voting.

Nothing?:
In all fairness, in past tests I've come out more to The Right, and more to The Libertarian. I guess it all depends on which issues they concentrate on.
Some of these questions I saw as excluding obviouse options.

I wonder where our favorite troll would finish.
The one who is always labeling me a "Right Wing Extemist".

[tater]

I've done this compass stuff fairly extensively, both in school and in various discussions, so I won't do another questionnaire on that one again. I know that I'm very far left economically, and close to neutral (slightly libertarian) socially. Which I guess puts me somewhere between utopian socialists and social libertarians.

Which yes, does make me fairly hardcore to a classic definition of commie :88)

No, to be a commie you need to be authoritarian.

Fewer than half of the "ten planks" are required to build the very definition of a totalitarian police state.

[tater]

Economic Left/Right: 7.88 Left
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 4.67 Libertarian
well thank you:stare:


No test can accurately determine your political stance though.
I know of myself that I'm a socialist, but I'm also someone who's very (very) protective of our culture, something generally associated with right-wing parties. Which has undoubtedly influenced my far-left position in this test, as there weren't really any questions about "invading cultures".

The problem is that to get left you must have state control over people's economic activity. The Y axis is their personal liberty (aside from money).

Being economically left in effect takes away economic freedom—it's like getting an allowance from rich parents.

[Stealth Hunter]

http://i39.tinypic.com/24vsnqc.jpg

Economic Left/Right: -0.10 - Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.05

As of right now, I'm center. Which must have something to do with my mood as I'm usually with Ghandi or near him.

[Sailor Steve]

Done these before, always end up in the same place.

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a325/SailorSteve/pcgraphpng-1.png

[CCIP]

No, to be a commie you need to be authoritarian.

Fewer than half of the "ten planks" are required to build the very definition of a totalitarian police state.

Not by actual definition of communism - the idealist "communist dream" is the lack of vertical authority as such and community consensus on the local level serving as the deciding force. The "practical communism" that we've seen is the oh-so-nice Marxist stage of the "dictatorship of the proletariat". Funny how Marx didn't quite anticipate that once someone got a dictatorship, they wouldn't want to let it go...

Likewise I wouldn't confuse left-right with "state control" per se. The state as such is mostly in the middle of the spectrum. Both the far left and the far right are anti-state in their ideology - one believes in local community consensus as the driving force, the other believes in individual enterprise for profit. Both, in their "pure" forms dislike the notion of state. The real difference is in the motivation - individual gain or public good. Neither in itself is evil. Both are traditional sources for development, and in good ethical people tend to go hand-in-hand regardless. They only become evil when they're subverted unchecked greed or vertical authority.

Otherwise, state as such doesn't factor directly into the economic axis there. That's the other dimension.

[Morts]

cant say im surprised

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-1.50&soc=-4.31

[CCIP]

M, what the heck, took the quiz again - seems I've drifted south since I've last done it. Still not unexpected :)

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-9.25&soc=-5.74

[Morts]

Lower left is basically an adult who wants to live as a child their whole life as far as I can tell, with The State™ as mommy and daddy (weak-willed parents who won't spank, perhaps—vs the upper right, where many failing result in death).

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:
always gotta bash the opposing view......sad really

[desertisland]

Everybody's so busy wanting to be down with the gang. "I'm conservative", "I'm liberal", "I'm conservative". Bull sh*t! Be a person! Listen! Let it swirl around your head. Then form your opinion. No normal, decent person is one thing, okay? I've got some sh*t I'm conservative about, I've got some sh*t I'm liberal about. Crime, I'm conservative. Prostitution, I'm liberal! -- Chris Rock

What does it tells you about someone when he does not have the common sense of a comedian? If I'm made to choose sides, I'll say I'm a communist just to irk people. :O:

[desertisland]

Lower right is someone who favors total freedom from government interference.

I'm far right, a little below Y=0 (-1 or -2, it's been a while).

Oh I'm so proud of you! :salute:

[Castout]

What is left and right? I consider myself ABOVE :DL

results the same as before more or less: Mahatma Gandhi would love me:D

I consider myself above since I've come to know what's possible, the world is certainly not enough for me LoL, the catch is I don't feel worthy of everything either but that could probably the biggest miracle of all. Cheers to the very best of life, the God damn most ambitious goal a man could ever hope to get LOL. Slim chance but I'm insane so . . .

[Bubblehead1980]

http://i91.photobucket.com/albums/k281/rjacksonsr105/pcgraphpng.jpg

About where I figured I would be.:salute:

[Betonov]

liberal left, expected. about same as mandela when it comes to left-right axis but more toward authoritarian.

[Vladivostok]

A little too general, it is. Would be interesting to take a bigger shot with more questions and a bit more in-depth.

http://data.fuskbugg.se/skalman01/compass.JPG

Oh snap! :88)

[antikristuseke]

In the US this would make me a Far left liberal commie bastard
http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-3.00&soc=-5.13

[NeonSamurai]

heh I'm

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-6.00&soc=-3.18

Economic Left/Right: -6.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.18

According to that chart I am Nelson Mandela

I think I got so far in the left direction as I don't trust corporate entities to manage themselves for the benefit of the society they are in, I am pro choice, and pro equal rights. Plus I care about the environment.

But I don't trust the government a whole lot either and think they need to be closely monitored too (especially when government and big business get in bed together), and don't like the government telling me how to live my life too much (though some governance and law is necessary for the good of society).

[tater]

Many of the questions are very poorly worded, IMO.

For example:

A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system.

How did you answer this? I think that it IS an advantage of such a system in terms of control of "progress," but agreeing strongly probably ranks you as supporting such an un-democratic system. There are others where a factual answer (I strongly agree that the sky is blue) can get you screwed up. I strongly disagreed with this question for that reason, even though I think that it IS factually true.

WTF does: Some people are naturally unlucky. mean? I strongly disagreed, but do they really mean that some people are born into "unlucky" conditions (poverty, war, etc)? <shrug>

Or: Those with the ability to pay should have the right to higher standards of medical care.

The RIGHT to higher standards? So I think that people with the ability to pay DO have higher standards of care, but it's not a right either way. There is no right to healthcare. So how do I answer? I can strongly disagree, because I don't think healthcare is a right for anyone, or I can strongly agree because I think that you get what you pay for—and should.

[Jimbuna]

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -3.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.56

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3586/pcgraphpng.jpg (http://img64.imageshack.us/i/pcgraphpng.jpg/)

Closer to Nelson Mandela than The Dali Lama :DL

[DarkFish]

A little too general, it is. Would be interesting to take a bigger shot with more questions and a bit more in-depth.

http://data.fuskbugg.se/skalman01/compass.JPG

Oh snap! :88)You're Hitler:o

[tater]

I tried a few times to take the test answering like Hitler (based on what we know, and what he did), and I always get upper left (X=-4.75, Y=7.44 last try)—near where they claim Stalin is. When this test first came out, I swear Hitler and Stalin were VERY close to each other, then the image changed and Hitler is farther right on the X axis.

I think they should publish the set of answers used to rank each real person so we can see how they got there. I don't buy the position many of the people placed on there for comparison.

[ETR3(SS)]

I think this test has more entertainment value than a representation of your factual political leaning. Like it was brought up, wtf does "Some people are unlucky" mean? That's a personal opinion that has no bearing on you political compass at all.

Also I wouldn't be surprised if Hitler was moved to the right for people to make it easier to brand Bush as a nazi. :roll:

[STEED]

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: 3.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 4.15

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3586/pcgraphpng.jpg


I'm all set to be the next American President. :DL

I took this a year or two years ago and was more Authoritaria and little more Right, heck I'm mellowing with age!


Its all bull anyway. :haha:

[Snestorm]

:rotfl2::rotfl2::rotfl2:
always gotta bash the opposing view......sad really

This, from you???

[Morts]

This, from you???
yup, i do admit to doing it once in a while too though....just seems like its all our american friends can do when discussing politics

[Snestorm]

yup, i do admit to doing it once in a while too though....just seems like its all our american friends can do when discussing politics

Truce.

[Subnuts]

Don't fret about it folks. Everyone who disagrees with me is a communist.

[Kaleun]

Between Nelson Mandela and the Dalai lama on the chart!:yeah:

Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.00

[Takeda Shingen]

Economic Left/Right: -2.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.49

Also in the company of Mandela and Ghandi. I do think the test is flawed. Too many questions posed as absolutes that no one could really agree or disagree with.

[mookiemookie]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook/pcgraphpng.php?ec=-5.00&soc=-7.23

[nikimcbee]

I've done this compass stuff fairly extensively, both in school and in various discussions, so I won't do another questionnaire on that one again. I know that I'm very far left economically, and close to neutral (slightly libertarian) socially. Which I guess puts me somewhere between utopian socialists and social libertarians.

Which yes, does make me fairly hardcore to a classic definition of commie :88)

I say, it's those Russian genes:haha:.