Political Compass

eddie wrote:Here’s mine!

eddie wrote:

Maddog wrote:

No, The folks that designed this test, took their political positions and charted them. They have what you call a "body of work" to analyse.

Right. Guesswork then. Someone else’s opinion, not the opinion of the person taking the test.

So nothing to see.

Would you like someone to “plot” you in a chart based on what they thought?  

It’s just a nothing. Come on. You’re scraping the barrel.

Eilzel wrote:

'Wolfie wrote:

It's only a few months since I las tried it...

I'm still in that bottom left quadrant too, maybe three squares to the right of you..

Can't imagine anyone being to the Left of that tbf

I was pretty sure I'd moved a little to the Right tbh, but guess not!

^Maddog, would love to see the answers that swung it that far

phildidge wrote:

gelico wrote:

lol we are fairly close politically then Gelico based on this....

Eilzel wrote:A lot of the questions can be answered based on actual statements made by public figures, or policies introduced by them.

If a politician voted against gay marriage or censoring internet pornography for instance, you can pretty easily work out their answer to related questions.

I dispute that chart for countries though. No chance are all those countries authoritarian Right. I feel whoever answered on their behalf was being somewhat dishonest lol

Maddog wrote:

Ben Reilly wrote:

Maddog wrote:

I already told you to do it. Where do you think I belong?

Well, I already had a pretty good guess as to where you'd end up on that graph. And I was right.

But is it fair? Was I being fair to you by guessing, educated as my guess might have been, as to what your core values and beliefs really are?

Of course not, and you know it.

I lumped you into my brain's "Ron Paul Guy" category when I guessed that you'd be in that bottom-right square. And you know what that is? Prejudice.

So no. Using guesswork to plot someone on a political compass isn't fair, and it shouldn't be considered any better than guesswork, either. And you know that.

How did you know where Ron Paul would be?

Eilzel wrote:A lot of the questions can be answered based on actual statements made by public figures, or policies introduced by them.

If a politician voted against gay marriage or censoring internet pornography for instance, you can pretty easily work out their answer to related questions.

I dispute that chart for countries though. No chance are all those countries authoritarian Right. I feel whoever answered on their behalf was being somewhat dishonest lol

Maddog wrote:I think a lot of folks score more libertarian than authoritarian in principle, but in practice, they will accept more authoritarian ideas when things get rough, under the pretense of helping people.

Phil touches on the lack of economic questions with a heavier weight going towards social issues. "Social" libertarians are different than economic libertarians. Take the NHS. I doubt anyone on here besides me would want to get rid of it, but it's an authoritarian not a libertarian concept, as participation is forced upon people.    

Ben Reilly wrote:

Maddog wrote:

How did you know where Ron Paul would be?

Guesswork, which is my entire point.

phildidge wrote:

Maddog wrote:I think a lot of folks score more libertarian than authoritarian in principle, but in practice, they will accept more authoritarian ideas when things get rough, under the pretense of helping people.

Phil touches on the lack of economic questions with a heavier weight going towards social issues. "Social" libertarians are different than economic libertarians. Take the NHS. I doubt anyone on here besides me would want to get rid of it, but it's an authoritarian not a libertarian concept, as participation is forced upon people.    

Which means if you agree its not really a true political compass. Your own pitcographs holw no real political reality either buddy?

Like i say, the questions were based more ethically litterally on every question and had litlle relevance on political stand points

I have to say Eilzel picked the ethical political compass, not the true political compass

Maddog wrote:

phildidge wrote:

Which means if you agree its not really a true political compass. Your own pitcographs holw no real political reality either buddy?

Like i say, the questions were based more ethically litterally on every question and had litlle relevance on political stand points

I have to say Eilzel picked the ethical political compass, not the true political compass

It's subjective to a degree. But it placed me in the same area as people I respect and admire.

phildidge wrote:

Maddog wrote:


It's subjective to a degree. But it placed me in the same area as people I respect and admire.

It is subjective which people will poorly see you and be misguided by your views

Failing to see how your Libertarian views, fail to see you would more than most here. Stop and look after someone in your home town. People would call for you to help the world, but what matters more is more close to home. I get that. That does not make you a bad person. In fact it makes you a better person. As its not based on media ethnicity. As if you were born elsewhere, you would still help your neighbour and that is what people fail to understand about you. Your view to help people is not actually based on geography but those cfloset and near to you

You have more ethical valuse than any Democrat poster on here.

phildidge wrote:

Maddog wrote:I think a lot of folks score more libertarian than authoritarian in principle, but in practice, they will accept more authoritarian ideas when things get rough, under the pretense of helping people.

Phil touches on the lack of economic questions with a heavier weight going towards social issues. "Social" libertarians are different than economic libertarians. Take the NHS. I doubt anyone on here besides me would want to get rid of it, but it's an authoritarian not a libertarian concept, as participation is forced upon people.    

Which means if you agree its not really a true political compass. Your own pitcographs holw no real political reality either buddy?

Like i say, the questions were based more ethically litterally on every question and had litlle relevance on political stand points

I have to say Eilzel picked the ethical political compass, not the true political compass

Eilzel wrote:

phildidge wrote:

Which means if you agree its not really a true political compass. Your own pitcographs holw no real political reality either buddy?

Like i say, the questions were based more ethically litterally on every question and had litlle relevance on political stand points

I have to say Eilzel picked the ethical political compass, not the true political compass

Is there another test? Be happy to try it.

phildidge wrote:

Eilzel wrote:

Is there another test? Be happy to try it.

I have no idea, but the fact is this is not really a true political tes.

It is more an empathy/ethical test politically

Maddog wrote:

phildidge wrote:

I have no idea, but the fact is this is not really a true political tes.

It is more an empathy/ethical test politically

I have taken the test in the past, with different questions.  I dont know if the test was designed by another group, or that the questions get changed.

I do know that the 4 or 5 times I've taken it, it puts me in roughly the same spot. I have slipped slightly down more towards the libertarian end because I'm basically indifferent on abortion now and against the death penalty. These two positions have changed for me since I first took the test over 10 years ago.