Political Compass

[Agathon]

A more detailed test.

http://www.orgburo.com/pofo.php

99% of test takers were less marxist than you.

[DRoseDARs]

With the second test:

(Scores out of 100)
Individual >-> 66 >-> Social
Theist <-< 32 <-< Materialist
Big Government <-< 34 <-< Small Government
National >-> 90 >-> International
Protection >-> 52 >-> Free Trade
Absolute >-> 68 >-> Non-Absolute
Controlled Market <-< 18 <-< Liberal Market
Marxist <-< 42 <-< Non-Marxist

[loinburger]

I was too bloody centrist on the second test -- I got a 70 in favor of Internationalism and an 83 in favor of Free Trade, but every other score was 50 +/- 5. Maybe I should've selected more "strongly (dis)agree" responses.

[Al'Kimiya]

Overall, the PoliticsForum quiz considers you a socially-orientated, theist, big-government, nationalist, non-absolutist, liberal-market kind of person, who doesn't sound like a Marxist.

These characteristics would put you in the overall category of borderline nationalist. Your natural home at PoliticsForum would be the Nationalism area.

[DRoseDARs]

Some of them bothered me. A good example is the "Guns don't kill people. People kill people." question. With only 2 choices given, I had to go with the pro-gun option as I'm not terribly opposed to the 2nd Amendment but I do think it needs to be revised to modern realities. I refuse to discuss this issue further in this thread, so don't bother.

[Geronimo]

Overall, the PoliticsForum quiz considers you a small-government, nationalist, free-trade, kind of person, who doesn't sound like a Marxist.

These characteristics would put you in the overall category of libertarian. Your natural home at PoliticsForum would be the Liberalism area.

I guess I don't have serious problems with this second test, although when I looked at my placement on each of the spectrums it seemed to want to place me near the middle on everything again. Maybe I need to completly avoid giving answers other than 'strongly' agree and 'strongly disagree'

[Spiffor]

Economic: - 8.00
Social: -6.15

Damn, I'm getting more authoritarian

[DinoDoc]

Economic: 4.13
Social: -1.95

[Imran Siddiqui]

Rawls is closer to the classical liberal ideal than people think. For example, he's really hung up on civic rights and limiting government intrusion.

That may be true, but his Theory of Justice turns me off. Remember, I'm still fiscally right (though not that far). His ideas that every policy must be considered on the basis of the lowest member of society is something I don't accept. He thinks if something benefits 99% of people a lot and 1% get a small bit worse, then it is a bad policy. I can't accept his Theory of Justice because of that position (that's not even getting into the flaws in his argument ).

[Drogue]

Economically centre, socially libertarian, as always

Economic: -0.53
Social: -5.15

[Agathon]

His ideas that every policy must be considered on the basis of the lowest member of society is something I don't accept.

That seems to me to ignore all his material on rights in favour of a simplistic utilitarian reading of Rawls.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Overall, the PoliticsForum quiz considers you an individually-orientated, small-government, free-trade, non-absolutist, kind of person, who doesn't sound like a Marxist.

These characteristics would put you in the overall category of libertarian. Your natural home at PoliticsForum would be the Liberalism area.

[Maniac]

Overall, the PoliticsForum quiz considers you a socially-orientated, materialist, big-government, protectionist, non-absolutist, controlled-market kind of person.

These characteristics would put you in the overall category of social conservative protectionist with a hint of socialism. Your natural home at PoliticsForum would be the Conservatism area.

Me a conservative and Imran a liberal? What is the world going to?

• 0% of test takers were more non-absolutist than you.

[Imran Siddiqui]

That seems to me to ignore all his material on rights in favour of a simplistic utilitarian reading of Rawls.

Not at all... it's totally anti-utilitarian! The focus is on the one worst off in society instead of a majority of people.

His basic idea of rights comes from his original position and veil of ignorance where no one knows their economic position when they make the agreements to form society. Therefore, Rawls proposes, that any rights are looking toward the least privileged member because in the original position any of them could be that.

He favors rights for the basic social liberty issues (freedom of speech, association). However, it seems in terms of distribution (economics) he focuses on his maximin - maximize the minimum.

Rights come out of the contractarian agreements while in that original position with the veil of ignorance. While he is a liberal, he just isn't one that I accept .

[Nubclear]

Overall, the PoliticsForum quiz considers you a socially-orientated, materialist, big-government, internationalist, protectionist, non-absolutist, controlled-market kind of person, who also seems quite Marxist.

These characteristics would put you in the overall category of Marxist. Your natural home at PoliticsForum would be the Communism area.