Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Political Compass time! I don't know when that time is. I usually just post it when it feels like it's been a while since someone else posted it. For those who are unfamiliar, this is a short and simple political quiz that does its best to quantify where your political ideology is in terms of economics on one axis and social issues on the other. It's not decisive, and it has its short comings. In general though, I think it's a good way to find your political ideological neighbors, relatively speaking. My results: Economic Left/Right: -0.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.36 I'll leave it to the more archive-minded Spiderwebbers to dig up past results to this test so we can see how some of the community members have shifted over time. What I will say is that my economics have definitely moderated; I used to be way more left. I attribute this to my collegiate studies in economics, where I've learned more of the empirics and the mathematically-based principles that are simply true, in that they hold to ideology. I still have a lot of problems with capitalism in its current iteration, but I think that any alternative system still needs to play by essentially capitalistic principles to operate effectively. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I'm not sure what my results have been in the past, but I feel like I'm still in the same quadrant. Also, I feel like many of my answers should be taken with a grain of salt - tests that have agree/disagree scales for absolute statements tend to leave me wanting to debate the finer points of many issues. Left/Right: -4.12 Social: -5.38 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 i'm not a big fan of this test tbh but sure why not -8.25 / -7.74 is anyone really surprised by this result Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Economic Left/Right: -1.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.13 Aran has a map of past results here, but it doesn't seem to be working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) Economic Left/Right: -7.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.36 i cant remember what my last results were but i think i'm getting more extreme. because i really need to be more extreme Edited April 27, 2014 by sylae COME TO ME ~/files/auth/.database AND GIVE ME YOUR SACRED POWER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 After taking it, I have severe doubts about its calibration. I ended up with Economic -.88 which I just can't see and libertarian/Authoritarian of .10 which I can see. I also feel that there were not enough options for the answers and not enough questions to really cover the fine points of my personal beliefs. ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I don't know when that time is. It's typically once a month. Anyway... Economic Left/Right: -7.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.36 Dikiyoba has somehow gotten more authoritarian since the last test. Oh well. ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε and Callie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 (edited) Haha. It is getting increasingly harder for me to get any further into that bottom-left corner. I'm sure I wasn't this bad last time: Economic Left/Right: -10.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.03 EDIT: Noooooo! I actually made it lower down last time: http://spiderwebforums.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/17947-political-compass-round-infinity/#entry237574 :( Edited April 27, 2014 by Mephesoseles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 With the onslaught of the typical demographic polls and surveys coming out, it's time for a return of the Political Compass that circulates through the boards every now and then. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the Political Compass, it is a very short and simple test that plots your political opinions on economics versus social positions. Economic Left/Right: -4.50 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.13 Someone will dig out the old community charts that show how people have changed over time, mapping current scores against older ones. I've forgotten mine, but I know I've definitely moved further to the right economically. Actually taking economics classes made me take many of the more philosophical positions I hold and replace them with ones that abandon ideological purity for actual functionality. Comparing this old post from when I started this thread (hmm) to the current one is somewhat unsettling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Sudanna Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Economic Left/Right: -9.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.41 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Xaiya Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Economic Left/Right: -2.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.08 There were some questions I didn't like, or that there wasn't a middle option, so my result may not be entirely accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Level 1 Hermit Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Economic Left/Right: -6.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.79 I'm a radical! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I believe a key question that was left out of the Libertarian/Authoritarian track that might have effected some results is the ownership of fire arms. I would not be surprised if several of the folks who scored more towards social libertarian than I did (which so far is everyone) would move a step towards authoritarian if that question had been asked whereas I would have crossed into the libertarian side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Yeah, it's a little odd to me that a political compass lacks a question about gun control. Gun control is probably more relevant to one's political ideology than abstract art or astrology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotghroth Rhapsody BJ Back From the Beyond Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Economic: 1.25 Social: -2.00 I have to admit, I found a lot of the questions rather peculiar. On several of them, I wish there was a button labeled "Yes and No, for varying reasons," and on others I wish there was a button for "Huh? Please elaborate." My score should probably be taken with a small grain of salt, but it does still make sense to me. Free will is a pretty important part of Christianity, so me being on the Libertarian side of social issues isn't too surprising. As for economic issues, I've always felt capitalism made more sense than communism, so no big surprise there either. ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Misc Staple Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Economic Left/Right: -7.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.72 You can find an archived version of the community's compass at: http://web.archive.org/web/20100612000431/http://ermarian.net/services/statistics/compass/map Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Economic Left/Right: -5.12 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.51 That's quite a difference to the last time I took the test. Most of the time, my results get me close to Stalin's ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Mistah Q Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Economic Left/Right: 4.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.10 I don't know about that. Some of the questions seemed loaded - some in each direction. And the trouble with this kind of test is that the results leave no room for interpretation of nuance. Economically that's probably about right for me, but what that doesn't tell you is how I'm for tariffs... not protectionism but certainly appropriate tariffs, and how regulations should follow but not until we have the leverage to put human rights pressure on our trade partners... and how much I loathe Nixon. Socially I'm about as far left as you can get... except for maybe one or two issues. So I always get pegged as a centrist instead of a radical lol. If I were self-grading I'd probably give myself a -8 but with an asterisk, instead of -0.1 ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 That's possible, but there's a rather large difference between -0.1 and -8. I think there may be more room to the left of you than you're aware of. The political compass test isn't perfect by any means, but it does mean something. —Alorael, who can't be bothered to retake it yet again. He's usually been around -8, -6, and imagines he hasn't moved much. Say ±1 on both of those. That's a good couple of minutes saved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 That's possible, but there's a rather large difference between -0.1 and -8. I think there may be more room to the left of you than you're aware of. The political compass test isn't perfect by any means, but it does mean something. really one of my major issues with it is that it doesn't ask a lot of questions that would distinguish between a left-liberal and an actual socialist on economics, it's pretty easy to end up in the bottom left corner without trying very hard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk Edgwyn Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 really one of my major issues with it is that it doesn't ask a lot of questions that would distinguish between a left-liberal and an actual socialist on economics, it's pretty easy to end up in the bottom left corner without trying very hard Exactly that, I do not see myself as economically left of center, yet there I was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 i mean i guess there's that one question about land? but that's about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Slawbug Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 yup, this test is still not very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Economic Left/Right: 1.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.05 You're right Slarty, but like so many others here, I ask myself "Why do I do this stupid test?" and the answer ........ ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Balladeer Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Economic Left/Right: 0.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.90 Pretty close to the middle. No clue what that really means. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Swimmin' Salmon Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 -.5, -3.5 And another 5 minutes of my life is gone. That says more than the actual results of the test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Aran's site still seems to be down, so I vomited up a quick chart generator until it's back online: for where the labels are a bit condensed, there's a stupid big version too. Callie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Economic Left/Right: -5.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.05 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk Questionably Legal Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Economic Left/Right: -2.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.77 I feel like that's pretty accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 Aran's site still seems to be down, so I vomited up a quick chart generator until it's back online: for where the labels are a bit condensed, there's a stupid big version too. For future reference with your charts and such, it's Goldengirl now. My perennial complaint is that I just don't understand what things like not thinking about sadness, or whatever that specific question was, have to do with anything political. Is it authoritarian to never think of how sad I may or may not be? I don't know, because I try to not think about things like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatchling Cockatrice Lilith Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 My perennial complaint is that I just don't understand what things like not thinking about sadness, or whatever that specific question was, have to do with anything political. Is it authoritarian to never think of how sad I may or may not be? I don't know, because I try to not think about things like that. they did write an explanation for that at some point. it was along the lines of authoritarian people being less likely to dwell on potentially socially disruptive thoughts like whether things are really as good as they could be. i'm not saying it's a good explanation but it's what they wrote Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ineffable Wingbolt Necris Omega Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Economically -6.25, Socially a -0.82 Hm, I'm pretty politically isolated here judging by Sylae's graph. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast keira Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 For future reference with your charts and such, it's Goldengirl now. Sorry, fixed If anyone else needs a pdn change too just let me know. Some of y'all change your pdns too much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fledgling Fyora redundant Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 -4.38/-4.56 No surprise on that result. For those who wanted questions on gun control, I don't think any country in the world gives even 10% of the thought that Americans do in regards to it. What was surprising for me was that inspite of the general liberal tilt, shaper support is quite high on this site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unflappable Drayk ĐªгŦĦ Єяŋϊε Posted May 4, 2014 Share Posted May 4, 2014 Economic Left/Right: 4.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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