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Reluctant Hero · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject: Political Compass

http://www.politicalcompass.org/index

This has been done before, but not for ages, so thought it would be interesting to see where everybody stood now.

I am -9.38 Left/Right, -7.64 Libertarian/Authortarian

Still an Anarchocommunist Wink

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Rinty · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 10:31 pm Post subject:

Economic Left/Right: -9.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.44

More left than Stalin eonomically and more liberal than Gandhi socially. I am way do3n in the bottom left dorner, nearly of the scale Smile

Seriously though, these tests are very limited and the questions could be answered in several ways depending on what we are talking about. Fun though.

macnumpty · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:41 am Post subject:

Economic Left/Right: -6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.85

Hmmm... would be good if more people took the test. Next to you guys I look like Thatcher... Confused

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Rinty · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:56 am Post subject:

I have been told before that you actually DO look like thatcher, not in comparison to other our-scotlanders, it's more your bandy legs, shrill voice, blonde wig and giant handbag. Laughing

azzuri · 'Our Scotland' Fossil Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 4291

Hmmmmm....

Your political compass:

Economic Left/Right: +6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.38

I'm somewhere right in the centre of the bottom right quarter, alongside, em.......nobody!
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macnumpty · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 12:24 pm Post subject:

A certain member of Solidarity would be on his way to getting a face full of handbag if I actually owned one... Laughing

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Rinty · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:15 pm Post subject:

you'e a real iron lady macnumpty Smile

macnumpty · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject:

Very droll... all I'll say is that I'm not for turning.

Sorry ladies! Razz

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Abieuan · Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:10 pm Post subject:

Economic L/R: -5.8

Social Libertarian/Authoritarian -1.8

I seem to have come out on the left, but not nearly as far as the other paticipants.
(Except azzuri's economic score!)

RadgeJougal · Our Scotland = 2nd Job! Joined: 15 May 2006 Posts: 978

Great, except that this diagram has nothing to do with our politics...

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Reluctant Hero · Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject:

Thought I would take this again since I had a little time on my hands.

The outcome was that I moved even more to the left, if that was at all possible and ever so slightly more liberal.

-9.88 Left/Right
-7.69 Libertarian/Authortarian
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azzuri · 'Our Scotland' Fossil Joined: 12 Sep 2005 Posts: 4291

Economic Left/Right: 4.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.44

Hmmm, my score seems to have changed slightly.
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"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury." - Alexander Tytler

"There are four ways to spend money. A) You can spend your money on yourself, in which case you will strive for a mix of the best bargain and the best quality. B) You can spend your money on someone else, in which case you are still interested in a bargain, but the quality of the product or service becomes secondary. C) You can spend other people's money on yourself, in which case price is no object but quality becomes a great concern. D) Finally, you can spend other people's money on other people, in which case neither price nor quality is of great concern."

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agentmancuso · Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2008 11:26 am Post subject:

I came out as:

Economic Left/Right: -1.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03

which is a bit weird.

I think I read too much into the exact wording of the questions.
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Alasdair · Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:17 am Post subject:

A bit late but:

Economic Left/Right: -4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.28
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Tartan Tory · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:45 pm Post subject:

Economic Left/Right: 4.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.10

I'd struggle to be more centrist on social policy but I do seem to be in the exact opposite quadrant to basically everyone here.
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Morph · Our Scotland = 2nd Job! Joined: 19 Jan 2006 Posts: 916

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -2.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.46

I'm down with Ghandi, in a directional sense

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