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5 May 2003, 16:43
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Cultured
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: ESS The Darker The Night The Brighter The Star
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Beleive it or not....
I am more left-wing than New Labour:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
admittedly this is not too difficult, but I was really very surprised
http://www.politicalcompass.org/
My scores were
Economic Left/Right: 1.12
Authoritarian/Libertarian: 3.59
which as you can see from this diagram, and also this one, is to the left of the main parties
How do you all rate?
[edit] both graphs go from +10 to -10 [/edit]
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5 May 2003, 16:46
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The Twilight of the Gods
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 23,481
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-6-6 last time I did it.
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5 May 2003, 16:53
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J to the C to the A G E
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Scúnthorpe
Posts: 5,583
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Economic Left/Right: 2.12
Authoritarian/Libertarian: 2.00
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5 May 2003, 16:59
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Banned
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Further to the right
Posts: 19,441
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Economic Left/Right: 3.25
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -5.28
I've been fluctuating between about -2 to +4 on economic thingy since i first took that test. Other one's pretty much the same.
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5 May 2003, 17:02
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Banned
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: autogenic misery
Posts: 872
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5 May 2003, 17:08
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Snake of the Sand
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Florida, USA
Posts: 1,500
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almost dead center with conservative leanings, last time I took it. cba to do it again.
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5 May 2003, 17:09
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The Twilight of the Gods
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 23,481
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Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.36
'Military action that defies international law is sometimes justified' is a topical question though.
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5 May 2003, 17:11
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Banned
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Further to the right
Posts: 19,441
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There are some really ****ing stupid questions in there though. The one about global corporations protecting the environment and what assumes I actually care about the environment.
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5 May 2003, 17:11
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Born Sinful
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Loughborough, UK
Posts: 4,059
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oficially a fence-sitter.
Like i didn't know it all along anyway...
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5 May 2003, 17:22
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Snake of the Sand
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Florida, USA
Posts: 1,500
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ok, I lied.
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 1.50
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -3.08
I'm a conservative Libertarian
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5 May 2003, 18:02
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Twisted
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Down with the sickness
Posts: 2,484
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Economic Left/Right: -5.62
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -5.23
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In my sleep I grind my teeth.
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5 May 2003, 18:03
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 42
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Im Charles Keenedy right down to the red hair 
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5 May 2003, 18:07
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Henry Kelly
Join Date: Apr 2000
Posts: 7,374
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Economic Left/Right: -0.88
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -3.95
Apparently. Although I thought my non-interventionist opinions on economics would have shifted me right a bit.
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5 May 2003, 18:22
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Ball
Join Date: Oct 2001
Posts: 4,410
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Economic Left/Right: 7.62
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -2.97
I'd call myself much further from authoritarian. The test's purpose is mostly explanatory. Oh and trés "old".
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5 May 2003, 18:55
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Clerk
Join Date: Jun 2001
Posts: 13,940
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http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/poli...onochasms.html
Is actually mildly more interesting although all the quotes are fairly well known.
Anyway the test itself has many flaws and is entirely built full of the prejudices of the people doing it, and they're trapped in bourgeois conceptions, etc, etc. Anyway :
Economic Left/Right: -10.00
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -9.64
This time, which is probably fairly indicative, but the questions are pretty stupid as I have no idea whether you believe in luck makes you more likely to support the armed rule of the working class. Pah. Also, a lot of the questions I was probably guessing what the "right" answer was, since they don't make strict sense sometimes.
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5 May 2003, 20:14
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Here Today
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 266
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Economic Left/Right: 1.38
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -5.79
I've gone left economically since last time.
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5 May 2003, 20:23
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Infallible
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Milton Keynes, UK
Posts: 604
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Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -1.12
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -0.15
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5 May 2003, 20:30
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Dirte
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 5,573
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Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -6.92
About the same as last, i think.
yeah
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5 May 2003, 20:39
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Checkout Boy
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 622
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Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -0.38
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -0.72
i was supprised thought i d be more authoritrian and capitalistic
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5 May 2003, 20:49
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The Bad Guy
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: East, East, East London
Posts: 2,107
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Economic Left/Right: 2.00
Authoritarian/Libertarian: 2.92
Considering how right wing some of my views are, thats quite mild.
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5 May 2003, 21:15
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Aardvark is a funny word
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: I'm No Nino Rota
Posts: 5,923
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Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -8.97
go me.
edit: Explain how the Pope is 'left wing'
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5 May 2003, 21:49
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Clerk
Join Date: Jun 2001
Posts: 13,940
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Quote:
Originally posted by Phang
edit: Explain how the Pope is 'left wing'
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He probably said that commercialising every aspect of our lives wasn't necessarily a "good thing".
In other words he's obviously an irrational madman intent on taking our freedom.
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5 May 2003, 21:57
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Child Eating Zombie Clown
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 1,450
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Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.26
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My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever, we begin bombing in 5 minutes - President Ronald Reagan, in a radio check where he did not realize the microphone was on and the station broadcasting
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5 May 2003, 21:59
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The Twilight of the Gods
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 23,481
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Quote:
Originally posted by Mirai
Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.26
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Hi sexy, want to talk some politics?
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5 May 2003, 22:01
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Aardvark is a funny word
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: I'm No Nino Rota
Posts: 5,923
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Quote:
Originally posted by Dante Hicks
He probably said that commercialising every aspect of our lives wasn't necessarily a "good thing".
In other words he's obviously an irrational madman intent on taking our freedom.
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1)Church™
2)Heh.
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Efficiency, efficiency they say
Get to know the date and tell the time of day
As the crowds begin complaining
How the Beaujolais is raining
Down on darkened meetings on the Champs Élysées
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5 May 2003, 22:44
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King of The Fat Boys
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: UK
Posts: 3,332
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Economic Left/Right: -2.88
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -1.79
Interestingly I am almost exactly the same as Jean Chretien, just a smidgeon more left wing.
Who the hell is Jean Chretien???
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5 May 2003, 23:01
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Oh Canada!
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Canada #eh?
Posts: 1,466
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Economic Left/Right: -2.62
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -3.03
so I'm a socialist libertarian apparently
yo!
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5 May 2003, 23:14
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Mr. Blobby
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Belgium
Posts: 8,271
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I appear to have moved right, economically speaking, since the last time I took it.
Economic Left/Right: 0.25
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -2.87
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5 May 2003, 23:27
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Gubbish
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: #FoW
Posts: 2,323
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Economic Left/Right: 0.62
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -3.59
I still say many of those questions are simply wrong since the literal meaning and the average percieved meaning are complete opposites. How do you know which of the questions to answer, the literal one, or what the asker possibly mean?
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5 May 2003, 23:29
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The Twilight of the Gods
Join Date: Jan 2001
Posts: 23,481
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The trouble is, they're designed to polarise people and they're worded in a 'clever manner', or 'badly'.
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5 May 2003, 23:31
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Clerk
Join Date: Jun 2001
Posts: 13,940
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Quote:
Originally posted by W
How do you know which of the questions to answer, the literal one, or what the asker possibly mean?
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I answered the question I thought they were asking. As I say, it's all built on preconceptions of things. So I answered that I didn't think the rich were overtaxed, although I don't actually agree with individual taxation.
If I had answered the questions literally my score would have probably been 0,0 and I would have been told I hold the same beliefs as Tony Blair or somesuch.
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5 May 2003, 23:52
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Mr. Blobby
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Belgium
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5 May 2003, 23:58
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Lord Denning
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: City of London
Posts: 2,548
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Economic Left/Right: -1.12
Authoritarian/Libertarian: 0.97
I have that upper left quadrant all to myself.
How lovely.
Edit: I just realised I have to share it with some other people: Robert Mugabe, Yassir Arafat, Saddam Hussein, Pope John Paul II and Stalin. Go me! 
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Originally Posted by Marilyn Manson
He was crowned in York Cathedral as 'Expert in the West' by Pope Urban III in 1186.
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6 May 2003, 00:10
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Twang Twang
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Where I live
Posts: 837
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Economic Left/Right: -6.25
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -1.38
\o/
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6 May 2003, 01:34
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Gubbish
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: #FoW
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Quote:
Originally posted by Dante Hicks
I answered the question I thought they were asking. As I say, it's all built on preconceptions of things. So I answered that I didn't think the rich were overtaxed, although I don't actually agree with individual taxation.
If I had answered the questions literally my score would have probably been 0,0 and I would have been told I hold the same beliefs as Tony Blair or somesuch.
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That question is simply wrong whether you take it literally or intepret some. How does the test know whether you live in a country where the rich have 90% income tax, or where everyone has 10% tax (which you still might think is too much for the rich)
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