Political Compass Test
Jun. 23rd, 2004 01:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
Plots your political position on a dual-axis grid taking into account both economic and social values: a more sophisticated system than the old standard of left/right, liberal/conservative. And it does a rather good job, too, at least in figuring out where I stand - I came out just where I ought to be, way down in the lower left corner.
Economic Left/Right: -9.38
(i.e., communism/capitalism)
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.21
(i.e., anarchism/fascism)
The authors analyse a number of well-known political figures as well, and indicate where those individuals would likely fall on the grid. I feel just fine being in the same quadrant as Gandhi, Mandela, and the Dalai Lama.
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Take the test at http://www.politicalcompass.org/
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Date: 2004-06-23 11:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-07-17 04:30 pm (UTC)Economic Left/Right: -8.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.31
I have trouble with some of their terms, though: anarchism is the same thing as liberal socialism?
If they're right about the positions of the US primary candidates, though, we should be happy that Kerry won the primary and not most of the others -- he's closer to the left and the libertarian (well, less right and authoritarian) than any of the others except Sharpton and Kucinich (sp?), who were probably fringe candidates, i.e. not having much chance against Bush.
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