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Your Political Leanings - QueElEs - 04-19-2016
Hi everyone!
I've discovered a political compass test recently, which shows me as thoroughly leftist and libertarian. This makes sense, the label anarchist is a pretty fair one for me. Rather in the tradition of folks such as Leo Tolstoy and Gandhi, I suppose.
Where do you guys land? If you take the test, I can compile your results onto one chart for easy comparisons!
Here's the chart with myself on it.
RE: Your Political Leanings - Rynn - 04-19-2016
I've done a few of these before, I generally get a similar result to you though I think the tests are often quite biased. The first question here for instance which presents an, arguably, false dichotomy between globalisation serving "humanity" or "corporations". It could be possible to do both and it may be true that in some cases corporations trading in a free market is the most effective way to help people.
Putting my cards on the table I'd describe myself as a socialist. However there isn't one school of socialism I particularly identify with (and I worry that a lot of socialist schools of thought are too stuck in the past). My ideal (utopian) society would be full "techno"-communist. A stateless, classless, moneyless society bought about by common ownership of automated means of production. My ideal (practical) society is a social democracy supported by a fair voting system (e.g multi-member STV) with a private market for non-essentials dominated by worker-owned firms
RE: Your Political Leanings - QueElEs - 04-20-2016
(04-19-2016, 11:57 PM)Rynn Wrote: I've done a few of these before, I generally get a similar result to you though I think the tests are often quite biased. The first question here for instance which presents an, arguably, false dichotomy between globalisation serving "humanity" or "corporations". It could be possible to do both and it may be true that in some cases corporations trading in a free market is the most effective way to help people.
These guys are pretty legit, it seems. A lot of research has gone into their model.
I agree some of the questions are problematic - but their idea was that you basically answer as your impulse tells you, not think over it too much. Easier said than done!
If you do it, do put your numbers up - you can go on the chart with other OA people. So far, myself.
(04-19-2016, 11:57 PM)Rynn Wrote: Putting my cards on the table I'd describe myself as a socialist. However there isn't one school of socialism I particularly identify with (and I worry that a lot of socialist schools of thought are too stuck in the past). My ideal (utopian) society would be full "techno"-communist. A stateless, classless, moneyless society bought about by common ownership of automated means of production. My ideal (practical) society is a social democracy supported by a fair voting system (e.g multi-member STV) with a private market for non-essentials dominated by worker-owned firms
Our practical societies (I'd prefer to call it "near-term"!) are pretty damn similar.
About a year ago I'd likely have said "OK, yeah, socialist". Now I've come to feel it's fairer to say "Anarchist, I guess." A kind of complex of anarcho-syndicalism and anarcho-pacifism, that kind of area.
That's a kind-of-anarchist stance you're putting forward there, although thoroughly within anarcho-communism rather than the weird kinds of anarchism like me
RE: Your Political Leanings - stevebowers - 04-20-2016
We have a three-dimensional cube on the site, of my own devising
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-topic/45c7ef907eef1
I'm somewhere in the middle of the top-right-hand edge.
RE: Your Political Leanings - QueElEs - 04-20-2016
(04-20-2016, 01:02 AM)stevebowers Wrote: We have a three-dimensional cube on the site, of my own devising
http://www.orionsarm.com/eg-topic/45c7ef907eef1
I'm somewhere in the middle of the top-right-hand edge.
Hmm. I'd probably be either at or slightly above the middle of the back right corner. Not really corner, what do you call it where two edges meet but in a 3D structure?
RE: Your Political Leanings - stevebowers - 04-20-2016
The technical term for such a corner is a vertex. Plural vertices. A cube has 12 edges, 6 faces and 8 vertices.
RE: Your Political Leanings - QueElEs - 04-20-2016
Cool! Thanks Steve!
Well, I'm there, anyway.
RE: Your Political Leanings - combi2 - 05-09-2016
here`s mine: https://www.politicalcompass.org/analysis2?ec=-0.75&soc=-2.67
RE: Your Political Leanings - QueElEs - 05-09-2016
(05-09-2016, 02:39 AM)combi2 Wrote: here`s mine: https://www.politicalcompass.org/analysis2?ec=-0.75&soc=-2.67
Well, you're slightly left-wing - by Romanian standards, probably very left wing!
RE: Your Political Leanings - combi2 - 05-09-2016
(05-09-2016, 03:12 AM)QueElEs Wrote:yay,i am a communist!(05-09-2016, 02:39 AM)combi2 Wrote: here`s mine: https://www.politicalcompass.org/analysis2?ec=-0.75&soc=-2.67
Well, you're slightly left-wing - by Romanian standards, probably very left wing!