Political Compass Thread

[C0ckney]

This test makes me more left than C0ckney

to the barricades, comrade!

[Sava]

No, my complaint is from the opposite direction; I showed up more liberal than the example Republicans, which is ridiculous.

Okay. If that's the case, I completely agree with you.

[Sava]

Economic Left/Right: -7.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.31



This test is so dumb, it says I'm more of a leftie than Sava.

You seem afraid of your own beliefs. Stop being a coward just because whatever idiotic self-identifiers you associate with don't apply to the things you actually believe.

[Ben Kenobi]

have expressed surprise at the similarity between obama and romney, yet what substantive differences were there between them? (this was in fact one of the main criticisms directed at romney by right wing republicans) what would romney have done differently if he had won in 2012? obama's flagship policy, the ACA, was even modelled on one of romney's!

Haven't I been saying that for ages?

[Imran Siddiqui]

You seem afraid of your own beliefs. Stop being a coward just because whatever idiotic self-identifiers you associate with don't apply to the things you actually believe.

You do realize that I tend to be far more 'right wing' than you or C0ckney when it comes to day to day political issues, right?

Also its funny that this response comes after this response to reg:

Okay. If that's the case, I completely agree with you.

[Ben Kenobi]

You do realize that I tend to be far more 'right wing' than you or C0ckney when it comes to day to day political issues, right?

De Nile ain't a river in Egypt.

[kentonio]

Haven't I been saying that for ages?

To be fair, it's actually the one thing you've been right about in the last five years.

[Sava]

You do realize that I tend to be far more 'right wing' than you or C0ckney when it comes to day to day political issues, right?

The test doesn't lie. Only people do.

Also its funny that this response comes after this response to reg:

There's nothing funny about that.

[Lorizael]

The test doesn't lie. Only people do.

The question is not whether the test lies but whether it tracks something real.

[Sava]

The test is for fun and not indicative of anything.

It's hilarious that people take it seriously.

[The Mad Monk]

It's hilarious that you think we take it seriously.

[C0ckney]

You do realize that I tend to be far more 'right wing' than you or C0ckney when it comes to day to day political issues, right?

to be fair imran, we've always had reasonably similar political views; even our journeys, from right to left have happened over a similar timescale. what's different is the prism through which we view the world and the events that we have caused us to change our views. you seem to have moved left, at least partly, as a result of your christianity (feel free to correct me if i'm wrong), whereas my leftward move comes, partly at least, from my experiences in brazil.

i think there are also times when we agree on the end bit disagree on the means. for example, we both want a more equal distribution of resources, but you prefer a state directed 'distributionist' scheme, which maintains private property, to achieve this, while i prefer to abolish the state and establish popular control of resources. although i am more radical than you, the end we seek is more or less the same, and this perhaps explains why you can come out as more left-wing on a test like this.

[Sava]

It's hilarious that you think we take it seriously.

Directed at me?

[Imran Siddiqui]

i think there are also times when we agree on the end bit disagree on the means. for example, we both want a more equal distribution of resources, but you prefer a state directed 'distributionist' scheme, which maintains private property, to achieve this, while i prefer to abolish the state and establish popular control of resources. although i am more radical than you, the end we seek is more or less the same, and this perhaps explains why you can come out as more left-wing on a test like this.

Wouldn't that make it far more silly to have me be more left than you? A more equal distribution of resources involving the state, maintaining private property, is FAR more conservative than abolishing the state and establishing popular control of resources, by many orders of degrees. The end is not necessarily similar, I think, as the society and the distribution of resources would look very different.

[Sava]

You're confusing the style of change with the economics. State-intervention in the economy is the economic left. On that issue, you are definitely more of a lefty than both of us (cockney, me). Most of the stuff I complain about involves getting rid of government intervention... or is largely neutral (adjusting the top marginal income tax rates back to 39.6, etc)