Jonny5 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I think it's American and so their centre ground is right of what we regard centre ground, so anyone in the UK taking this will be shifted leftward.Ah, that would explain why so many of the questions were black and white. Some of them might as well have been phrased as "are you a psychopathic nutcase?", to which many right wing Americans would answer yes. And gladly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiseOwl182 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Hitler was a socialist wasn't he?.. The scales on this spectrum are economic (left < > right) and social (libertarian < > authoritarian). The test has Margaret Thatcher economically right of Hitler, but more libertarian on the social scale. Based on the website diagram, Hitler wasn't a pure socialist or capitalist, as he was pretty much in the middle economically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgewalk Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I'm extremely left wing and libertarian. Disappointing as I'd like to see myself as on the authoritarian left. I'd be extremely illiberal with class enemies given the right environment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I1L2T3 Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 https://www.politicalcompass.org/analysis2?ec=-7.75&soc=-6.87 Loony leftie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biotechpete Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 I got libertarian as expected, but UK wise i'm more right of centre economically, even though this test says I'm on the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*_ash_* Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 These are always fun although the questions on this one aren't as loaded as they sometimes are. https://www.politicalcompass.org/analysis2?ec=-4.88&soc=-8.31 I think some of them are. I've done this one before, and pretty much the same IIRC https://www.politicalcompass.org/yourpoliticalcompass?ec=-1.63&soc=-3.33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flanker7 Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 (edited) I guess almost everyone comes out as more libertarian than they really are. Sat at home in a cosy calm enviroment, imo, we think we are considrate, compassionate and caring but in the cold light of reality, practacality and time limits - our real attitude emerges. I guess there are others that answer as 'well hard' and uncompromising to fit in with their image of themselves. Nevertheless, I find these tests interesting and would love to see the effect individual answers have on the whole. For instance when asked if 'X' is the most important aspect of 'Y', I usually answer 'No' because a 'Yes' answer seems to eliminate a whole bunch of other factors or 'X' is only one of a range of equally rated aspects. For many of the subjects discussed here we are only armchair critics. As Theodore Roosevelt said "It's not the critic who counts . . . . . " http://istanabagus.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/theodore-roosevelt-quotes-5.jpg Edited November 14, 2015 by Flanker7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzijlstra Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Libertarian Right, where I belong. Quite a rare position, but an interesting one that I fully identify with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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