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« on: October 11, 2007, 11:54:22 PM » |
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So I was reading the "Tell about yourself" thread and noticed everyone referencing the political compass. I tracked it down, tried it, and I remembered doing it before. And I don't like it. Why? The questions are phrased badly. They don't produce an accurate answer, at least for me. The test told me I was slightly left leaning and had an authoritarian score of something like 3.85. This is completely incorrect. Why? Because I'm a conservative with slight libertarian leanings. However, the way the questions were phrased, my answers, while true, apparently mislead the test.
I think it's because the test asked how I thought things should be. I'm a realist. I don't typically deal in terms of how things should be. I think the world should be a happy place without war, crime, poverty, injustice, or immorality. However, I don't believe for a second that humanity will ever be free of one of these problems, let alone all of them. Therefore, I favor policies that I think will actually succeed in bettering society. To rephrase Simon Bolivar, I don't believe in doing what's best, I believe in doing what works.
The political compass is flawed because it asks your ideals, not what policies you actually support. Therefore, it doesn't give an accurate picture of what some people think. If someone is willing to be flexible and accept that maybe their ideals simply won't work, the compass doesn't account for this.
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Blahmicho
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« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2007, 01:39:53 AM » |
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ummm....maybe you're messed-up politically, not the compass.
I mean, being a conservative with liberal leanings is like being a vegetarian with a leaning towards meat.
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Black Joe
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« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2007, 02:33:27 AM » |
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ummm....maybe you're messed-up politically, not the compass.
I mean, being a conservative with liberal leanings is like being a vegetarian with a leaning towards meat.
Libertarian /= liberal. I have libertarian leanings. The COMPASS says I have liberal leanings.  |
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« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2007, 02:41:47 AM » |
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ummm....maybe you're messed-up politically, not the compass.
I mean, being a conservative with liberal leanings is like being a vegetarian with a leaning towards meat.
I believe that libertarian and liberal politics are distinct. Libertarians tend to be more capitalist and less interested in baning things or raising taxes. |
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Black Joe
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« Reply #4 on: October 12, 2007, 02:43:55 AM » |
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ummm....maybe you're messed-up politically, not the compass.
I mean, being a conservative with liberal leanings is like being a vegetarian with a leaning towards meat.
I believe that libertarian and liberal politics are distinct. Libertarians tend to be more capitalist and less interested in baning things or raising taxes. Correct. Libertarian |
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Mark D. Stroyer
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« Reply #5 on: October 12, 2007, 03:11:05 AM » |
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Yeah. I did that a while back, and I got nearly the same score. 3-point-something up, and just a smidgen to the left. But yeah, that's a pretty accurate description, there.
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Johan Crichton
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« Reply #6 on: October 12, 2007, 04:44:53 AM » |
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Libertarian /= liberal. I have libertarian leanings. The COMPASS says I have liberal leanings. Maybe you do? Sometimes we can't see the obvious truth about ourselves, since we've convinced ourselves of the opposite. |
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Johan CrichtonPlease read the forum rules before posting. "Simple suggestion -> complicated/confusing suggestion = never implemented." - FAD Life isn't fair. It's just fairer than death, that's all.
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Captain Jacobi
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« Reply #7 on: October 12, 2007, 04:52:48 AM » |
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Can I get a link to this?
Last time i took it I was mega liberal and stuff.
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Blahmicho
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« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2007, 05:12:26 AM » |
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Doh, foot in mouth
Yes hunny, I know libertarian doesn't mean liberal. I just had misread your post is all
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Rob Zombie
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« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2007, 06:46:38 AM » |
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www.politicalcompass.orgI seem to have started a trend  Nothing wrong with being a filthy left-winger, Joe. Come to the Dark Side! 
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Mill Wilkinson
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« Reply #10 on: October 12, 2007, 11:19:37 AM » |
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No, enter the "almost neutral" zone!
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Mill Wilkinson - Police and a hunter
Matt Wilkinson - Utility Banker in Durham
Cannibal Cook - Rakmogaki who loves outsider meat
The mastermind behind these three - a proud coffeejunkie
G3N: "Why is York always the hotspot for homoerotic drama?"
And then you wonder why I left...
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Marvin
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« Reply #11 on: October 12, 2007, 12:35:35 PM » |
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I'm not really going to talk about it... But you a see it yourself!  I'm not as right and economic as I like to be. |
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Blahmicho
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« Reply #13 on: October 12, 2007, 04:54:16 PM » |
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I didn't save the image, but I ended up in the bottom-left.
Actually almost exactly on top of the Dalai Lama
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Mark D. Stroyer
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« Reply #14 on: October 12, 2007, 06:18:48 PM » |
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 Yep. -0.50 left, +4.21 up. A bit more than I remembered. |
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