Political Compass

[The Mad Monk]

Overall, the PoliticsForum quiz considers you an individually-orientated, theist, free-trade, kind of person.

These characteristics would put you in the overall category of uncategorisable theist. Your natural home at PoliticsForum would be the Morals & Ethics area.

You scored 36 out of 100 on a scale of Individual vs Social. This means that politically you are less likely to value the need for group actions and group benefit over individual enterprise and benefit.

11% of test takers were more individual than you.
88% of test takers were more social than you.

You scored 38 out of 100 on a scale of Theist vs Materialist. This means that politically you are less likely to believe that religion and spirituality are superstitions that should not inform political debate.

16% of test takers were more theist than you.
83% of test takers were more materialist than you.

You scored 56 out of 100 on a scale of Big Government vs Small Government. This means that politically you are neither more nor less likely to believe that government should keep out of legislating social policies, leaving such decisions to individuals.

43% of test takers were more big government than you.
54% of test takers were more small government than you.

You scored 47 out of 100 on a scale of Nationalist vs Internationalist. This means that politically you are neither more nor less likely to favour international bodies over national ones.

23% of test takers were more nationalist than you.
76% of test takers were more internationalist than you.

You scored 91 out of 100 on a scale of Protectionist vs Free Trader. This means that politically you are more likely to favour free trade over protectionist policies.

95% of test takers were more protectionist than you.
4% of test takers were more pro free trade than you.

You scored 56 out of 100 on a scale of Absolutist vs Non Absolutist. This means that politically you are neither more nor less likely to believe that there is an absolute truth that may guide your ideological beliefs.

43% of test takers were more absolutist than you.
54% of test takers were more non-absolutist than you.

You scored 50 out of 100 on a scale of Controlled Market vs Liberal Market. This means that politically you are neither more nor less likely to believe that there is need for government regulation of industry.

76% of test takers were more controlled market thinkers than you.
23% of test takers were more liberal market thinkers than you.

You scored 58 out of 100 on a scale of Marxist vs Non-Marxist. This means that politically you are neither more nor less likely to follow the philosophies of Marx.

80% of test takers were more Marxist than you.
18% of test takers were more non-Marxist than you.

[Agathon]

Which I believe many capitalists would not necessarily agree with.

Why not? Surely most people on the right think that our rights cannot be bargained away for the sake of efficiency.

If a rising tide lifts all boats (even if in the long run), then what is the problem? It isn't only the poor now who matter, but those who are likely to be poor in the future.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
you keep saying you are poor and as far as I know that's not in style! So there!

Shows how much you know. All the girls at my school wear pants that don't even cover their whole ass.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
"The second principle of justice is lexically prior to the principle of efficiency and to that of maximizing the sum of advantages"

Which I believe many capitalists would not necessarily agree with.

Ah, but you're forgeting that they aren't suppose to know they are capitalists. Efficiency would not be taken into consideration as much because it wouldn't affect their probable condition except at extremes. Also diminishing utility would come into play. I think that's a major part of it.

But you don't agree the the veil of ignorance concept as you led me to believe when you arsed me into this discussion.

[Robert]

Economic Left/Right: 1.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.51

I'm still quiet a centric person, apparantly.

[kronic]

Originally posted by Ecthelion
he's right wing authoritarian on that comparison thing

According to them, the Pope is more left wing than Schröder. I'd rather put Schröder slightly left and libertarian.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Surely most people on the right think that our rights cannot be bargained away for the sake of efficiency.

Not talking about rights, but about distribution and allocation of resources. IIRC, that isn't covered under the rights, but under the maximin. Capitalists would say for greater efficiency, the maximin can be violated.

It isn't only the poor now who matter, but those who are likely to be poor in the future.

But Rawls says you can't put too much of a burden on the poor of today. Of course what is too much of a burden is never explained .

All the girls at my school wear pants that don't even cover their whole ass.

And those two inches of cloth probably cost like $50 .

But you don't agree the the veil of ignorance concept as you led me to believe when you arsed me into this discussion.

I'm such a tease

No, I don't agree with the veil of ignorance concept. It seems entirely too contrived.

[Ben Kenobi]

Economically the pope is left wing.

[Kidlicious]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui

But you don't agree the the veil of ignorance concept as you led me to believe when you arsed me into this discussion.

I'm such a tease

No, I don't agree with the veil of ignorance concept. It seems entirely too contrived.

I already knew that you didn't agree with it, but you claimed that you just don't agree with the maximin concept, when you actually think that people always make fair judgements without bias to their personal situation. As absurd as that is, that's what you believe.

[Kidlicious]

BTW, your economic theory and ethical theories contradict each other. You assume self-interest in one and the opposite in the other.

[Agathon]

Not talking about rights, but about distribution and allocation of resources. IIRC, that isn't covered under the rights, but under the maximin. Capitalists would say for greater efficiency, the maximin can be violated.

But efficiency at what? Rising tide theorists would say efficiency at improving the condition of everyone.

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Kidicious
You FAIL. Don't sell your textbook. You need it next semester.

I'm not taking econ

I just don't know what you mean by your question.

At what price does Snickers have to sell their candy bars to sell 50 times as many? How about 100 times? ... 1000 times?

What's the point?

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Kidicious
Oops. Forgot the Sorry

I you too

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Natalinasmpf
Remove socio-economic hierarchy, and crime will be eliminated.

[Fake Boris]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker

He's right. Super-egalitarian societies like the Amerindian ones had virtually no crime.