You did notice that Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Joe Biden and other Dems are "right wing authoritarians" according to this test? Unless that is some sort of mistake, that's where they are on the graph.Originally Posted by Lulu
(I'm not surprised about the authoritarian part, just that they're on the right and not left side)
And if you want it, come and get it... for crying out loud!
'cause this love that he has given you was never in doubt.
Let go of your heart, let go of your head and feel it now.
Let go of your heart, let go of your head, feel it now...
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.13
Looks like I fall right in amongst Mandela, Ghandi and the Dalai Lama - that feels appropriate.
Those associations mean far more to me than numbers on a left/right fascist, anarchy scale.
Last edited by Malcolm Wright; 10-04-2009 at 03:11 AM.
This is what a number of folks have been trying to explain for a good while: the people Americans consider leftists are actually center-right on the global political scale.You did notice that Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Joe Biden and other Dems are "right wing authoritarians" according to this test? Unless that is some sort of mistake, that's where they are on the graph.
(I'm not surprised about the authoritarian part, just that they're on the right and not left side)
Last edited by Malcolm Wright; 10-04-2009 at 03:09 AM.
Negative, I don't know who they are. Something messed up, big time.Who are they, 86?Are you in that pic?
It doesn't ring true to me that politicians who are "liberal" on social issues and are for typical left-wing ideas (welfare, more government, etc) would be on the "right" side of the graph. Unless I'm somehow reading it wrong?
And if you want it, come and get it... for crying out loud!
'cause this love that he has given you was never in doubt.
Let go of your heart, let go of your head and feel it now.
Let go of your heart, let go of your head, feel it now...
Ah, I thought we finally saw a photo of 86Dude.
And if you want it, come and get it... for crying out loud!
'cause this love that he has given you was never in doubt.
Let go of your heart, let go of your head and feel it now.
Let go of your heart, let go of your head, feel it now...
He has posted his image in that "picture of yourself right now" thread (or whatever it's called) and trust me, some things are simply best left a mystery.Ah, I thought we finally saw a photo of 86Dude.
I don't need a website survey to know where I am on that compass. I am a loony toons liberal commie, I get it.
To my knowledge I've never posted a picture of myself on this site.
No - you are reading it right.
The only reason I can imagine for you not finding it to ring true is because you are not expanding your viewpoint to the world stage.
I am assuming you grew up in the US, and that perhaps you have trouble conceiving that the American political spectrum is actually quite narrow compared to the world political spectrum. Those American leaders are part of an establishment that keeps the American political oscillations within a fairly tightly defined bracket.
That bracket, if viewed on an axis representing the spectrum of the planet, would probably span from the center of the axis to perhaps the end of the second third of the right hand of the axis.
You consider those leaders to be leftists because you are American and have not digested any other perspective on those leaders and their politics than the American one.
We landed pretty close to each other on that graph. Hi-five!Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.49
I have lived overseas a few times, growing up. But yes, i've lived more years in the US than overseas. I didn't see anywhere on that chart where it said, "international political scale."No - you are reading it right.
The only reason I can imagine for you not finding it to ring true is because you are not expanding your viewpoint to the world stage.
I am assuming you grew up in the US, and that perhaps you have trouble conceiving that the American political spectrum is actually quite narrow compared to the world political spectrum. Those American leaders are part of an establishment that keeps the American political oscillations within a fairly tightly defined bracket.
That bracket, if viewed on an axis representing the spectrum of the planet, would probably span from the center of the axis to perhaps the end of the second third of the right hand of the axis.
You consider those leaders to be leftists because you are American and have not digested any other perspective on those leaders and their politics than the American one.
But anyway, the rest of the world would have to be basically communist, for people like Obama and others to be considered "right-wing."
Maybe they ended up on that side for foreign policy reasons? I don't know, whatever.
And if you want it, come and get it... for crying out loud!
'cause this love that he has given you was never in doubt.
Let go of your heart, let go of your head and feel it now.
Let go of your heart, let go of your head, feel it now...
I haven't seen where Obama lands exactly - not sure where that graph is.I have lived overseas a few times, growing up. But yes, i've lived more years in the US than overseas. I didn't see anywhere on that chart where it said, "international political scale."
But anyway, the rest of the world would have to be basically communist, for people like Obama and others to be considered "right-wing."
Maybe they ended up on that side for foreign policy reasons? I don't know, whatever.
But I can tell you for instance that from a French perspective, Obama is center-right. Many American political analysts provide the same assessment of his policies.
I am guessing that his plans for health care are driving your comments, but when you really inspect them, they are not socialist. They are merely further towards socialism than you are comfortable with.
Oh, BTW, its best to assume a site is catering to the world, in the case of a lack of specific notice... Its a big planet, and a lot of it is on the net... The days where the web catered only to Americans are long gone.
Last edited by Malcolm Wright; 10-04-2009 at 03:38 AM.
Me too - I'm far more libertarian than them.It's interesting how some of the self-declared "libertarians" here are not showing up that way in this test... Indeed, I'm more of a Libertarian than FnL, Forthright, Damn Yankee and TrailHiker!
Anyway, me:
Economic Left/Right: -3.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.05
Oh lol. You won't believe this but I was confusing you for someone else (that I haven't seen post in a long time now)
EE.
The poll was set up to be inaccurate by the choices of questions and answers.
Use some common sense!
i couldnt anythng with whole url-that was just "default" wahtever that means
tired of your extremism
what do you mean by choice of answers?
strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree
what's wrong with that. you either agree or you don't agree
e. e. cummings is my hero.
I see your point. No doubt my main problem was with the questions.
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -4.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.10
It feels that all the people who want limited government, really just want government limited to Republicans.
- Jon Stewart
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