Political Compass - Page 2

Jeff-Groves · 01-28-15, 06:16 PM

CRAP!! I took the test and got this!!

Aktungbby · 01-28-15, 06:25 PM

CCIP · 01-28-15, 06:42 PM

I was curious less about my results (I already knew them from before and have looked way deeper than this into figuring out where I stand), and more about how these changed about me over the last 9 years, since graduating from college and having more "real life" thrown at me and whatnot. There's always this thought that people become more conservative as they age.

Nope

Apparently all that's happened to me over the last few years is that I've fallen about half the way down the libertarian spectrum

And ditto on Penguin's comment - in general, this is a very US-centric measurement. There is one serious problem with this, because relative to much of the rest of the world (at least Western world), mainstream US politics are shifted way to the right. The mainstream Conservative parties in most places, from Europe to Canada and Australia to South America, would be at best in the center of this spectrum (or slightly left), at least with the questions asked the way they are.

As for my own shift towards supposed libetarian socialism, I'd mostly explain it by way of my experience with politics in Canada, where more than anything I've become disillusioned with the lack of credibility on the left, where the party platforms are either short-sighted and poorly-managed (i.e. NDP) or just ideologically impaired of any good judgment (i.e. Green and all the non-represented parties on the left).

Stealhead · 01-28-15, 06:55 PM

Platapus · 01-28-15, 06:56 PM

I always knew I was a little off center

Tchocky · 01-28-15, 07:33 PM

Depends almost entirely on who I'm arguing with.

Kptlt. Neuerburg · 01-28-15, 08:46 PM

Here's where I stand apparently.

01-28-15, 10:07 PM

As expected.
Gotta agree with Penguin, some questions were... questionable.

Then again, some have been very interesting and gave food for thought.

Onkel Neal · 01-28-15, 10:29 PM

Realistic and well balanced, that's me.

Admiral Halsey · 01-29-15, 12:37 AM

Lean towards the right and more Libertarian then Authoritarian. Sounds about right to me.

Aktungbby · 01-29-15, 12:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Damn! we're so close...we could play pass the bottle-two truckin' ex school teachers???!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Realistic and well balanced, that's me.

01-29-15, 03:50 AM

I took this ages ago and got pretty much what I expected, Anarcho-Communist.

Long live the workers down with the bourgeoisie scum!

em2nought · 01-29-15, 04:31 AM

Thought I'd be a bit further to the right and down, religion and sex questions must have put me here.

Trucker owners/operators are coming in close.

ikalugin · 01-29-15, 05:16 AM

Dammit, I must be turning into a traitor to the Motherland

Jimbuna · 01-29-15, 05:59 AM

The same location as Alexis Tsipras

01-28-15, 06:25 PM	#17
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 30,023 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	__________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness?!!

01-28-15, 06:42 PM	#18
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I was curious less about my results (I already knew them from before and have looked way deeper than this into figuring out where I stand), and more about how these changed about me over the last 9 years, since graduating from college and having more "real life" thrown at me and whatnot. There's always this thought that people become more conservative as they age. Nope Apparently all that's happened to me over the last few years is that I've fallen about half the way down the libertarian spectrum And ditto on Penguin's comment - in general, this is a very US-centric measurement. There is one serious problem with this, because relative to much of the rest of the world (at least Western world), mainstream US politics are shifted way to the right. The mainstream Conservative parties in most places, from Europe to Canada and Australia to South America, would be at best in the center of this spectrum (or slightly left), at least with the questions asked the way they are. As for my own shift towards supposed libetarian socialism, I'd mostly explain it by way of my experience with politics in Canada, where more than anything I've become disillusioned with the lack of credibility on the left, where the party platforms are either short-sighted and poorly-managed (i.e. NDP) or just ideologically impaired of any good judgment (i.e. Green and all the non-represented parties on the left). __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart) Last edited by CCIP; 01-28-15 at 06:53 PM.

01-28-15, 06:56 PM	#20
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,375 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I always knew I was a little off center __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

01-28-15, 07:33 PM	#21
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Depends almost entirely on who I'm arguing with. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

01-28-15, 08:46 PM	#22
Kptlt. Neuerburg Admiral Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,279 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Here's where I stand apparently. __________________ "When you're born into this world, you're given a ticket to the freak show. If you're born in America you get a front row seat." - George Carlin

01-28-15, 06:16 PM	#16
Jeff-Groves GLOBAL MODDING TERRORIST Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 5,652 Downloads: 137 Uploads: 0	CRAP!! I took the test and got this!!

01-28-15, 06:55 PM	#19
Stealhead Navy Seal Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 5,421 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0

01-28-15, 10:07 PM	#23
Nippelspanner Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	As expected. Gotta agree with Penguin, some questions were... questionable. Then again, some have been very interesting and gave food for thought.

01-28-15, 10:29 PM	#24
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Realistic and well balanced, that's me. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

01-29-15, 12:37 AM	#25
Admiral Halsey Best Admiral in the USN Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: USS Enterprise (CV-6) Posts: 1,740 Downloads: 317 Uploads: 0	Lean towards the right and more Libertarian then Authoritarian. Sounds about right to me.

01-29-15, 03:50 AM	#27
Rilder Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	I took this ages ago and got pretty much what I expected, Anarcho-Communist. Long live the workers down with the bourgeoisie scum!

01-29-15, 04:31 AM	#28
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Thought I'd be a bit further to the right and down, religion and sex questions must have put me here. Trucker owners/operators are coming in close. __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage! Last edited by em2nought; 01-29-15 at 04:34 AM. Reason: observations on trucking

01-29-15, 05:16 AM	#29
ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Dammit, I must be turning into a traitor to the Motherland

01-29-15, 05:59 AM	#30
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,597 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	The same location as Alexis Tsipras __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!