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take the political compass test
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:35 am
by null0010
Some of the questions sound a little ... less than neutral, but in general I think this is a pretty fair test.
http://www.politicalcompass.org/
Save the results, rehost them, and post them here.
Here's mine:
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 11:40 am
by Foil
Null,
Do a little searching (try Google with \"site:descentbb.net\", the one here is broken).
Nearly everyone here has posted their results from that test at one time or another.
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:14 pm
by null0010
I've been searching Google with various keywords since just after you made that post and I've yet to find a thread with a single result. I'll keep looking, though. If I find it, I'll just bump that thread.
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 12:21 pm
by Foil
Hmm... I know I've seen at least two threads full of politicalcompass results. I can't seem to find them, either.
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 1:16 pm
by Heretic
Since the last clean out a lot of things have gone missing.
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Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 3:00 pm
by Will Robinson
Heretic wrote:Since the last clean out a lot of things have gone missing.
Can we hire whoever did that cleaning to do a little job in Washington DC, there are some 'things' that need to go missing up there....
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 4:04 pm
by phx13 [POC]
I had to take this test for AP Government last year.
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 4:32 pm
by null0010
Well, I still can't find it, so... maybe this is the new thread now.
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 4:42 pm
by Cuda68
Ya know who ever did the clean up was a Republican -
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Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 5:06 pm
by null0010
Cuda68 wrote:Ya know who ever did the clean up was a Republican -
Soo... it was done without oversight, without notification, and in a fiscally responsible manner?
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 1:09 am
by Neo
85 to 90% of these questions there shouldn't even be multiple options. I am appalled at them. The fact that they would even be asked is laughable. =P Also, several questions that were related to what was asked were omitted.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 4:04 am
by null0010
Neo wrote:85 to 90% of these questions there shouldn't even be multiple options. I am appalled at them. The fact that they would even be asked is laughable. =P Also, several questions that were related to what was asked were omitted.
Like?
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 8:43 pm
by Neo
Are you kidding me?
Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 9:05 pm
by AlphaDoG
I took the test and discovered I'm Hitler incarnate.
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Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2010 10:00 pm
by null0010
Neo wrote:Are you kidding me?
I just want to see some examples, because I'm curious.
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:17 am
by Xamindar
While everyones busy arguing over where the previous post is, I decided to take the test.
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:24 am
by Spidey
Hey look…another liberaltarian.
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 1:01 am
by null0010
Spidey wrote:Hey look…another liberaltarian.
Xam is just about as liberal as he is libertarian, which is less than half as allowed by this scale. I'm more libertarian than I am liberal.
Technically I would be called a "
libertarian socialist" in the ideal case, though within the realities of the United States political system I'm closer to a
minarchist (except when it comes to education and corporate regulation).
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 10:12 am
by Neo
null0010 wrote:Neo wrote:Are you kidding me? :)
I just want to see some examples, because I'm curious.
oh dear :P
If economic globalization is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations.
Why should this be questioned? x_x
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 11:58 am
by Stroodles
I'd agree the questions do seem rather slanted, ecspecially the buisness ones, towards the upper left.
Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 12:00 pm
by CUDA
this is my results from the last time this was posted. it shows I'm dead center
and there is NO WAY Obama is to the right of me on ANY topic. so I call BS on who ever posted those Politicians results
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Posted: Fri Aug 06, 2010 2:04 pm
by AlphaDoG
AlphaDoG wrote:I took the test and discovered I'm Hitler incarnate.
Just kidding
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 12:52 am
by Ferno
there were quite a few catch-22 questions on there, and still no option for 'undecided'. Much as I'd like to post my results, I would have to say it's fairly inaccurate for where I stand.
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 9:43 am
by Neo
It would be nice if they provided the exact coordinates for each of those celebrities they have on that page. :/
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 4:39 pm
by null0010
Ferno wrote:there were quite a few catch-22 questions on there, and still no option for 'undecided'. Much as I'd like to post my results, I would have to say it's fairly inaccurate for where I stand.
It lacks an "undecided" option by design. You're
supposed to have an opinion for them to measure.
Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 10:26 pm
by Firewheel
Mine was very similar to Stroodles - lower right, libertarian-conservative. Socially, I'm a mix of old-school Christian Humanism and Enlightenment values, and tend to affirm things like free markets and traditional gender roles, counterbalanced by my emphasis on things like personal freedom, artistic creativity, and the like that liberals tend to advocate.
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 6:42 am
by CUDA
Ferno wrote:Much as I'd like to post my results, I would have to say it's fairly inaccurate for where I stand.
dont be afraid, unless your embarrassed by the results.
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Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 9:28 am
by Isaac
CUDA wrote:Ferno wrote:Much as I'd like to post my results, I would have to say it's fairly inaccurate for where I stand.
dont be afraid, unless your embarrassed by the results.
He had multiple dots drawing a swastika.
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 11:28 am
by Lothar
Score:
Economic Left/Right: 4.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.79
Just about 3 squares below Stroodles. I'm a libertarian-capitalist, or capitalist-libertarian if you prefer.
Thoughts:
There were a few questions that needed an \"I don't know enough to answer this\" button, like whether multinational corporations are unethically exploiting the genetic plant resources of other countries. I don't follow the genetic plant resource related activities of multinational corporations close enough to have a clue.
Some questions need an \"I agree in some ways and disagree in others\" button, like \"the businessman and manufacturer are more important than the writer and the artist\" (true in some ways, false in others.)
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 11:37 am
by Will Robinson
That test is more like Which stereotype of ours do you fit into best?.
I was near center but just down into the lower left box for whatever that's worth.
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Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2010 2:24 am
by Ferno
null0010 wrote:Ferno wrote:there were quite a few catch-22 questions on there, and still no option for 'undecided'. Much as I'd like to post my results, I would have to say it's fairly inaccurate for where I stand.
It lacks an "undecided" option by design. You're
supposed to have an opinion for them to measure.
well that's the problem. I do have an opinion of them, but it doesn't line up with 'agree' or 'disagree'
Embarrased cuda? dude, have you been drinking or something?