Left Wing or Right Wing? Take Pop Quiz in OP!

[Joey D]

Left Libertarian is about where I feel like I should be.

Economic Left/Right: -2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.13

 

[Joel]

That is generally the idea to these types of tests, despite how awkward it makes answering at times. However, some of these aren't entirely clear in their implications, which makes it a bit too tricky at times.

That and some of the questions are a bit odd to have an agree or strongly agree. How do I decide if I agree or strongly agree with "the government has no place in the bedroom"?

 

[Crash]

Eh, I took this before a few years back, but it's shifted a bit to the right since. This is what I got. Can't say I'm too surprised by the results.

Economic Left/Right: 0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.97

 

[niky]

That is generally the idea to these types of tests, despite how awkward it makes answering at times. However, some of these aren't entirely clear in their implications, which makes it a bit too tricky at times.

Anyhow, for those of you wondering where it placed me...

Economic Left/Right: 2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.05

Actually expected you further right.

 

[phillgt2002]

Damn, I'm just about to get to bed. I'll definitely check this out tomorrow. I'd say I'm more of a centrist. Who knows till then.

 

[Slash]

That's exactly where I thought I'd be. Bottom left. Not really liking the fact that there was no neutral answer on some of the questions. Couple of them were worded terribly and there was a large gap of what could have been in some others.

 

[arora]

I'm pretty sure we charted ourselves on this deal once before, Keef posted it iirc but I don't know the thread. Might be interesting to look up where we were placed before and now to see if we've been persuaded over time.

 

[Liquid]

I'm pretty sure we charted ourselves on this deal once before, Keef posted it iirc but I don't know the thread. Might be interesting to look up where we were placed before and now to see if we've been persuaded over time.

Yes we did, in the Britain thread, as linked to in the first reply.

Also, these.

 

[arora]

Aha, I passed right by that

Thanks 👍

 

[PeterJB]

The accuracy of this test seems sketchy to me. I tried doing it from the perspective of my dad, who's a UKIP supporter, and it came out in basically the same place as me...

 

[Azuremen]

Actually expected you further right.

I'm moderate on some issues because I do feel, sadly, that too many exploit a fully free market. Not because they're evil (corporations) but rather it is just too easy to exploit the average Joe, as they don't educate themselves on products typically.

 

[Doog]

 

[Doodle]

 

[Nicksfix]

 

[Keef]

I've taken this quiz before and I've held an issue with its chart design. It looks similar to a Nolan Chart but it's not labelled completely and is orientated the wrong direction. It should be a diamond shape with axes labelled "greater economic freedom" pointing up diagonally to the right and "greater personal freedom" pointing up diagonally to the left. This places "libertarian" at the maximum of both economic and personal freedom, authoritarian at the minimum of economic and personal freedom, and displays how a "right-wing" ideology tends to favor economic freedom over personal freedom and "left-wing" tends to favor personal freedom over economic freedom. Thus you have American-style right-wingers who love corporations and despise internet porn, and left-wingers who want to keep you on government welfare your whole life but love smoking weed.

tl;dr: This is what it should look like, a Nolan Chart. These three examples show the proper layout, labelling and "scoring" method.

Here's one I just did:

As you lot know, I am a shining beacon of liberty in a sea of angry religious conservatives and misguided Europeans so if your chart isn't in the purple you're a commie sympathizer and/or European.

 

[Danoff]

As it should be...

 

[Luminis]

Economic Left/Right: 1.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.31


Can't post a picture of the chart now, but I'm obviously in the purple; not as far to the right as the guys above, but still. Nothing new, though. Could've told you before that I've got a slight tendency to the economic right wing (it's actually stronger than the chart would suggest, I feel, but the way the questions were worded, I couldn't pick a "righter" answer), but am otherwise libertarian.

 

[Johnnypenso]

I didn't expect to see so many of us purples

 

[niky]

As you lot know, I am a shining beacon of liberty in a sea of angry religious conservatives and misguided Europeans so if your chart isn't in the purple you're a commie sympathizer and/or European.

Have you ever had lunch with a Communist? It's great. Nobody pays.

 

[SagarisGTB]

So far I'm the second most liberal (behind Azureman) of those who have posted scores, which is right where I would expect to be. I expected to be closer to the center in my economic views, but the way the questions were worded perhaps skewed the results slightly, especially those that were either open-ended or too non-specific in nature.

 

[Omnis]

Took this again. I guess I come in around what you might call the Catholicbertarian locus.

I think the questions about multinationals and corporations are bogus though. There is so much more to it than agree or disagree. I should not be compared more closely with an authoritarian dictator for my disapproval of buttsex and hypersexualization of society.

 

[Keef]

Can't knock it til you've tried it bro!

 

[Joel]

Truly I think it's because most people think their feelings are so important that the government should be allowed to put people in jail for hurting them. The corporate social responsibility one for example, I believe corporations should make an effort to be socially responsible but that doesn't mean it should be the law. People who think gays and Miley Cyrus twerking make Jesus cry often think what they do should be illegal. When evaluating your political beliefs it's important to ask if you think it's OK for a cop with a high school education to hold someone at gunpoint for not obeying a law.

 

[Luminis]

People who think gays and Miley Cyrus twerking make Jesus cry often think what they do should be illegal.

Stupidity should be illegal. That'd solve so many issues - aside from the crowded jails. That would get worse.

 

[Beeblebrox237]

There's mine. Fairly predictable that I'm way over at the left. I'm more liberal than Ghandi, apparently. Growing up in America has made me fairly libertarian, I have to admit.

 

[SagarisGTB]

I should not be compared more closely with an authoritarian dictator for my disapproval of buttsex and hypersexualization of society.

If you move to deny your fellow citizens their personal freedoms, as an authoritarian dictator would, the comparison would be more than fair.

I'm more liberal than Ghandi, apparently.

Ghandi and the Dalai Lama are conservative prudes, so don't be surprised. ;p

I'm far more concerned with Steven Harper and prominent European leaders plotting far far closer to joining the communist party of China (ironically, but not surprisingly, far right wing) than they are to being in line with my views.

 

[Kent]

Fun but horribly misleading and far too many ultimatum questions that require specific situations to address the issue of right or wrong.

Situational Ethics is a deciding factor in many of my views. Nothing is black and white for all of time... For example, I believe it is wrong to lie (I think most of us agree on that) but if you have Jewish people hiding from Nazis hiding in your attic and the Nazis knock on your door asking if you have seen any Jewish people I believe it isn't wrong to lie and say no, you have seen no Jewish people.

That said...
My result was at the bottom right corner of the first purple mark from the middle. Being that close to perfectly balanced shows me just how silly this test is as I'm sure I am no where near that well balanced.

Then again, being that close to liberal or authoritarian doesn't exactly scream well balanced imho.

 

[photonrider]

As it should be...

As it should be . . . for you? Or for everyone?

Sounds a bit ambiguous.

I find it a little odd that none of the international community sampled in the OP are in the purple area. I guess they don't make good politicians.

 

[Famine]

For everyone. Also the people who are in the blue sector make superb politicians - because they pander to the majority mindset of "everyone else should be taxed and controlled for my benefit; I'm different and special so I shouldn't be" - just not good people.

Interesting to note how many parties in the red area representing socialism are also nationalist parties. Nationalist socialism... It'll never catch on.

 

[Grayfox]

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -2.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.87

For a non american what does it mean?