Political Compass

[jollygreen]

Anyone done this before?

http://www.politicalcompass.org/index

Be interesting to see where PH'ers fall.

Here's me:



I'm as right wing as big Maggie! But more Libertarian apparently...

Edited by jollygreen on Monday 29th September 11:33

[BOR]

It's been done a few times, but the problem is, that the "younger" PHers distort/exaggerate their answers in a bid to try and win the "who is most right-wing" award.

[Lordbenny]

Strange, I would consider myself a bit more to the right but it seems I'm more of a Ghandi than a Thatcher! Some of the questions, however, were a bit dubious.

[hugoagogo]

slightly left, very libertarian

[V8mate]

More libertarian than authoritarian - not far from the great Milton Friedman

[Heskey]

Great.

So what does that mean then?

[speedy_thrills]

[bob1179]

I'm a quarter way to the right and very slightly into the purple.

Am I a right wing hippy?

[speedy_thrills]

bob1179 said:

Am I a right wing hippy?

Break out your stash, then we'll go appreciate the beauty of nature by doing some doughnuts and handbrake turns in a rural field .

Edited by speedy_thrills on Monday 29th September 12:06

[Justayellowbadge]

V8mate said:

More libertarian than authoritarian - not far from the great Milton Friedman

I'm not going to bother hosting mine, coz it's basically that.

[o.versteer]

I appear to be a hippy with flowers in my hair.....

Is it me, or does this have a very strong US bias? I get the distinct feeling that what they'd call "right wing auhoritarian" is what we would call "f*cking scary nutcase". Or what?

[merc_man]

Mine broke so I just use my watch and the position of the sun now.





At night/on cloudy days I'm apolitical.

[Bee_Jay]

Wow, to my surprise I landed slap-bang in the middle.



I always thought I was quite right-wing, but have been proven wrong...

Who should I vote for then?

Edited by Bee_Jay on Monday 29th September 12:13

Edited by Bee_Jay on Monday 29th September 12:16

[HundredthIdiot]

Lots of stupid questions which you can't answer properly, e.g.

Survey said:

"from each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is a fundamentally good idea.

What does "fundamentally good idea" mean? I could answer either "strongly agree" or "strongly disagree" depending on interpretation of the question.

Probably better just to ask people where they are on the chart.

[Asterix]

I was absolutley bang in the middle!

I didn't expect that.

[Morningside]

Oh, I seem almost neutral.

[bob1179]

speedy_thrills said:

bob1179 said:

Am I a right wing hippy?

Break out your stash, then we'll go appreciate the beauty of nature by doing some doughnuts and handbrake turns in a rural field .

Edited by speedy_thrills on Monday 29th September 12:06

I've already got our dooby's ready man and my motor is primed to tear up some mud.

Groovy.

[ettore]

Authoritarian left! I share my square with Stalin but am closer to Ghandi.

(I vote tory..)

[Justayellowbadge]

HundredthIdiot said:

Lots of stupid questions which you can't answer properly, e.g.

Survey said:

"from each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is a fundamentally good idea.

What does "fundamentally good idea" mean? I could answer either "strongly agree" or "strongly disagree" depending on interpretation of the question.

Probably better just to ask people where they are on the chart.

The one that got me was:

"A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system."


Well, yes. Of course. It's probably the only advantage though. Does agreeing that it is an advantage indicate I am in favour of a one party state?

[Surfr]

Heskey said:

Great.

So what does that mean then?

That's exactly where I was when I last took the test.