Politics

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Politics are a passion, I was doing some research this morning when I came across a web page that goes further into left or right and tries to plot a realistic point on a compass for your political reflections.
I found it pretty damned amusing and thought I would it post it here in case anyone else cared to see it.

To save anyone from asking my results were:

Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.92

If you ever plotted numbers in math you can figure that one out, or you could go to the web page and find your own and understand what the hell the numbers mean once you plot them

I hate that test, its rubbish. It always tells me I'm authoritarian right-wing. I am infact as libertarian right-wing as you come. I think the problem comes is its questioned are geared too much to an American perspective.

I thought that as well when I was taking it, or atleast the parts about the Government control affecting civil liberties but the rest was pretty open to anyone and even that was open to anyone it just seemed more slanted to America under our current asshole and circumstances since 9/11. The developer however lives in England, born and raised.I never thought of mself as having the same views as Gandi or even in the same ballpark as Mandella but the results were pretty close to how I thought of myself before the test.

I went for all the libertarian options in that test i thought though so I am a little confused. Then again i believe it considers all the social questions to be in rgeard to libertarian/authortarian, which I do not. I guess I just have a different idea of what makes a libertarian.As it is it puts me in same place as Blair which is frnakly insane. Now Blair deffinately is an authoritarian (he keeps bannig things and such) wheras I have opposed all his new laws so dman that test!

Economic Left/Right: -1.25Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.10

what does the question "Good parents sometimes have to spank their children." Have to do with politics... as with "Astrology accurately explains many things." rolls eyesI'm Economic Left/Right: -4.13Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.05Right next to Ghandi and the Dalai Llama

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Politics are a passion

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What! Are you kidding. I'd never have guessed that about you. :grin:

Economic Right/Left: -0.88Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.10not sure what that means...

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.31

Your political compassEconomic Left/Right: -5.88Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.49 Being a fairly typical Canadian, that's probably quite accurate, although maybe a little left leaning.

It means your left of centre.
Actualy looks like I'm a right-winger in a den of leftyness here :blush:

Get that righty!

Economic Left/Right: -2.75Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.97Wow! I didn't know that I was left and I'm very close to Ghandi ! I love that!

I'm feeling lonelier by the minute :frowning:

j/k hehe its cool :smirk:

I think I'm kind of over there with you.

Wey! We're like brothers now, or something.

I never thought i was as left as it says i am. But its ok, if its good enough for ghandi and dalai llama, its good enough for me.

We few! We happy few! We band of brothers!

Even better yet, your aligned with me!Odd I always thought of myself as more right what with my views on guns and such. Maybe those are what keeps me from being even further left?

But ya see man thats where things get real blurry. I'm not any more right or left due to my beliefs on guns (I'm largely indifferent), but thats cos I'm British and I can barelytt be compared to Americans atall. I'm right-wing but I'm not one of your republicans, and your Left-Wing in the form of the Democrats are nothing like New Labour. Essentially I feel that test is useless for me and has failed to display my political views correctly. It just doesnt ask the right questions.