Politcal Leanings test

[quote name='Mr.Answer']Lots of libertarian leaning folks here. I suppose that isn't surprising amongst a group of gamers.[/QUOTE]

No, it's just that the quiz is skewed so most people end up libertarian.
 
[quote name='MaxBiaggi2']Economic Left/Right: -3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.03

I'm not too far off the center myself, but I'm frankly surprised at the extremes of the scale some people fall on. Too much of anything can be bad for you. :D[/QUOTE]


You're right..

Too much government interaction with/regulation of business, too many people thinking corporations are there for the people instead of producing a profit, too much regulation of free trade.

There's all sorts of things that can be terrible for you.
 
[quote name='Cornfedwb']There's all sorts of things that can be terrible for you.[/QUOTE]

I agree.

Too much tax payer money spent on wars overseas. Too many tax breaks given to the wealthiest among us. Too many freedoms taken away in the name of patriotism.

Plenty of things can be bad for us all. :D
 
[quote name='Cornfedwb']Economic Left/Right: 8.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.23

Lots of hippies we have here I see.

edit to add - As a Sponsor level member of the Ayn Rand Institute and a firm believer of the Objectivist Philosophy.. my score comes as no suprise to me.[/QUOTE]

Likewise, but substitute "Marxist" for "Objectivist" (and eliminate all that crap about Rand).

Economic Left/Right: -9.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.13

If you spend any amount of time on the Vs. Forum, you'd be shaking your head with no surprise whatsoever right now. On the other hand, I figured myself to be a far more authoritarian person than I suppose I am. Hmm.
 
[quote name='jmcc']No, it's just that the quiz is skewed so most people end up libertarian.[/QUOTE]

'taint methodologically sound, that's for certain. But, it is a fucking internet survey, so I don't think they can produce Cronbach's Alpha if I asked them.
 
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.90

almost even with tony blair
 
So many crazy anarchist commies!

Economic Left/Right: -4.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.26

Took this earlier in the year in AP American Govt & Economics. I think I've went more radically left since then... Cool.
 
Economic Left/Right: 0.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.05

Pretty much where I thought I'd be. There are a large amount of hippies here though...
 
[quote name='Rei no Otaku']Economic Left/Right: 0.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.05

Pretty much where I thought I'd be. There are a large amount of hippies here though...[/QUOTE]


Yeah I'd much rather be a Nazi than a hippie...
 
[quote name='camoor']You're moving in the right direction. Glad to see that most CAGs don't buy the upper-right corner of neocon BS.[/QUOTE]

Not glad to see that most CAGs buy into the upper-left corner of stupidity.
 
[quote name='ryanbph']Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.90

almost even with tony blair[/QUOTE]

Almost even with me, too. :)
 
Not glad to see that most CAGs buy into the upper-left corner of stupidity.
Click to expand...

Spoken like a true right-wing, "the facts don't matter", republican. Do some research next time.

Starting in the upper left quadrant I labeled the grid as such and tracked all responses so far:

A: 4 | B: 3
C: 30 | D: 4
 
[quote name='rabidmonkeys']Spoken like a true right-wing, "the facts don't matter", republican. Do some research next time.

Starting in the upper left quadrant I labeled the grid as such and tracked all responses so far:

A: 4 | B: 3
C: 30 | D: 4[/QUOTE]

Even worse. Lower left. (which is what I had meant in the beginning; symmetry of origin instead of y axis--i'm not sure why I said upper instead of lower.)

Good job you wasted your time to "prove" my obvious error in typing and thought.

...seriously, why would I bitch about the socially conservative, fiscally liberal.
 
[quote name='rabidmonkeys']Spoken like a true right-wing, "the facts don't matter", republican. Do some research next time.

Starting in the upper left quadrant I labeled the grid as such and tracked all responses so far:

A: 4 | B: 3
C: 30 | D: 4[/QUOTE]

I can only assume you're responding to some nugget of brilliance from Rich with numbers to refute his statement. :rofl:

Like fingernails on a chalkboard, man. Fingernails on a chalkboard.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']I can only assume you're responding to some nugget of brilliance from Rich with numbers to refute his statement. :rofl:

Like fingernails on a chalkboard, man. Fingernails on a chalkboard.[/QUOTE]

I can only assume you actually think I really did mean upper left instead of lower left.

Just fucking think for a moment; why would I bitch about upper left? It should've been pretty damn obvious I meant lower left. Do I ever even talk about fiscal politics on here?

Nope? Oh, that's right, you guys can't discern between a "typo" (I hesistate to call it that because it wasn't a typo persay, but just a lack of thought for a moment) and obvious meaning.
 
Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -4.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.38


Near Nelson Mandela, The Dalai Lama, and Ghandi.... Word?
 
After looking at everyone's scores, I realize I'm the only one in the upper right box...

I'm not as extreme as the people in the examples though.
 
[quote name='Over easy']After looking at everyone's scores, I realize I'm the only one in the upper right box...

I'm not as extreme as the people in the examples though.[/QUOTE]

You didn't look very hard...

Economic Left/Right: 8.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.23

I posted that earlier.
 
[quote name='Over easy']After looking at everyone's scores, I realize I'm the only one in the upper right box...

I'm not as extreme as the people in the examples though.[/QUOTE]

Yeah i'm up there too
 
[quote name='flizmo007']Economic Left/Right: -0.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.69[/QUOTE]

You know that score, combined with your signature, made me spit out my coffee.
 
Good grief lets cool it. This shows there is a very wide political spectrum on Cag (and in America) does it really help to view anyone who doesn't look at the world exactly like you as stupid? Right, left, Upper, Lower, nobody seems to be 'an extremist' on their chart but yet some here act like it.






Quote:
Originally Posted by camoor
You're moving in the right direction. Glad to see that most CAGs don't buy the upper-right corner of neocon BS.

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Not glad to see that most CAGs buy into the upper-left corner of stupidity.
 
Anyone else find it interesting that no world leaders are on the "Libertarian" side of the line?

[quote name='Rich']Noone ever wants to believe Rich when he says he's socially moderate, but:

Economic Left/Right: 4.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.51

:D

You know what makes me sad? I'm right by Kerry. :(

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Right by Paul Martin



Crazy?[/QUOTE]
 
[quote name='Mr.Answer']Anyone else find it interesting that no world leaders are on the "Libertarian" side of the line?[/QUOTE]

I'd think you'd have to support authority if you have it. :lol:
 
[quote name='sblymnlcrymnl']I'd think you'd have to support authority if you have it. :lol:[/QUOTE]


I bet Thomas Jefferson would be on the side of liberty and not of authority.
 
[quote name='Mr.Answer']I bet Thomas Jefferson would be on the side of liberty and not of authority.[/QUOTE]

I bet he wouldn't.
 
[quote name='Over easy']After looking at everyone's scores, I realize I'm the only one in the upper right box...

I'm not as extreme as the people in the examples though.[/QUOTE]


Oops, haha. I meant the upper left box.
 
[quote name='Rich']I bet he wouldn't.[/QUOTE]



"God forbid we should ever be twenty years without such a rebellion.
The people cannot be all, and always, well informed. The part which is
wrong will be discontented, in proportion to the importance of the facts
they misconceive. If they remain quiet under such misconceptions,
it is lethargy, the forerunner of death to the public liberty. ...
And what country can preserve its liberties, if it's rulers are not
warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of
resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as
to the facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost
in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from
time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
It is its natural manure."
 
[quote name='Mr.Answer']The people cannot be all, and always, well informed.[/QUOTE]

Yup. Which is why the whole liberty thing is bullshit.
 
[quote name='Mr.Answer']wow[/QUOTE]

Yeah, wow, that 90% of the country doesn't know what the fuck they're voting for and don't deserve the right to vote.

I remember a comment during the Jackson trial after the not-guilty verdict was read:

"What? Jurors in California should have to pass an IQ test before they're allowed to be jurors!"

or something to that effect.

Voters should need the same. They're all morons that just vote based on party lines, even though neither party even represents what the people are voting for because they expect the party line to represent what they don't.
 
The graph skews a little bit to the right, where the authors percieve the center is.

Plus a lot of the questions are more complex than a simple agree/disagree, and have no context.
 
[quote name='Rich']Yeah, wow, that 90% of the country doesn't know what the fuck they're voting for and don't deserve the right to vote.

I remember a comment during the Jackson trial after the not-guilty verdict was read:

"What? Jurors in California should have to pass an IQ test before they're allowed to be jurors!"

or something to that effect.

Voters should need the same. They're all morons that just vote based on party lines, even though neither party even represents what the people are voting for because they expect the party line to represent what they don't.[/QUOTE]

90% of the country should be excluded from voting?
 
[quote name='jmcc']90% of the country should be excluded from voting?[/QUOTE]

Yes, because 90% of the country has no idea what the fuck they're voting for.

Not that it matters anyway, since voting is as useful as use arguing on here, as long as the electoral college is around
 
Rich, Would you share how you teach your children or others around you, how one should not be fighting for liberties but instead for authority?

I'm very curious how you would teach an eight year old what it means to be an American.
 
[quote name='Mr.Answer']Rich, Would you share how you teach your children or others around you, how one should not be fighting for liberties but instead for authority?

I'm very curious how you would teach an eight year old what it means to be an American.[/QUOTE]

I would teach my children what the fuck they're voting for so they actually know what they're doing and aren't wasting their vote like so many worthless Americans do every four years.
 
[quote name='Rich']I would teach my children what the fuck they're voting for so they actually know what they're doing and aren't wasting their vote like so many worthless Americans do every four years.[/QUOTE]


That is a pretty generic response.

I'm very curious as to what liberty means to you. Is voting for liberty a 'worthless vote' or am I interpretting your posts incorrectly? Or is the Bill of Rights not worth teaching?
 
[quote name='Mr.Answer']That is a pretty generic response.

I'm very curious as to what liberty means to you. Is voting for liberty a 'worthless vote' or am I interpretting your posts incorrectly? Or is the Bill of Rights not worth teaching?[/QUOTE]

Liberty is the freedom to do what you please. Everyone should have the means to ascertain the (requirements I want to achieve the) right to vote, but if you don't meet said requirements, which will always be noone's fault but your own, you should not have the right.

Having the ability to vote means nothing when the mass is uneducated about what they're voting on, and they don't deserve the liberty unless they educate themselves.

Hell, the electoral college was created with this in mind, because the mass were too stupid to have all the power in their hands. Little has changed since then.
 
Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -8.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.08

graph

I consider myself a moderate, but oh well...
I would feel a bit more confident in the results if they had something between agree and disagree.
 
[quote name='Rich']Liberty is the freedom to do what you please. Everyone should have the means to ascertain the (requirements I want to achieve the) right to vote, but if you don't meet said requirements, which will always be noone's fault but your own, you should not have the right.

Having the ability to vote means nothing when the mass is uneducated about what they're voting on, and they don't deserve the liberty unless they educate themselves.

Hell, the electoral college was created with this in mind, because the mass were too stupid to have all the power in their hands. Little has changed since then.[/QUOTE]

If only there were some higher body that could decide stuff for us plebs. A "big brother" if you will.
 
-4.13/-4.62 btw... I think some of you guys are agreeing with the "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" question without thinking about it, its a Marxist slogan.
 
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