Scores:
Political Compass
Leftist Libertarian
Economic Left/Right: -1.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.15
Okay Cupid
Strong Democrat (28e/76s)
I’d have to disagree with both of them though. I don’t think I’m as liberal as it makes me. Maybe though.
This is a bullshit quiz. There should only be one axis starting at Freedom and going to Absolute Tyranny.
The distinction between Economic Left/Right is just a subset of the Libertarian/Authoritarian dichotomy.
I caved in and did the OKCupid test. My results:
[code]Your true political self:
You are a
Social Liberal
(88% permissive)
and an…
Economic Conservative
(91% permissive)
You are best described as a:
Anarchist (91e/88s)
You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.
loc: (143, 155)
modscore: (55, 53)
raw: (5451)[/code]Why do they have some of the stats hidden in white font???
Xunzian, do you have a source for the libertarian bias of political compass? The IIDB study you linked to a previous thread only polled internet forums, particularly religious. The bias might be in the selection, as people with strong religious convictions that deviate from the norm are likely to distrust government, but they may still agree on taxes. A better study would be to run the poll with a few dozen randomly generated answer sets, and see what the distribution looks like. I guess a comparison with another site is informative, too.
It is something I have observed. You can also sorta tell by the way the website sets itself up. What I am trying to do here is test my hypothesis. I am assuming that ILP will be politically all-over the map. I anticipate that the OK cupid test will show a wider distribution than the political compass test, and that the political compass test will be condensed in the libertarian section.
Here you go:
Your true political self:
You are a
Social Liberal
(83% permissive)
and an…
Economic Liberal
(30% permissive)
You are best described as a:
Strong Democrat (30e/83s)
You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.69
Abstract art always represents (or has the potential to represent) something, doesn’t it? If not to the general onlooker, then at least to the artist, no? Yet, in the event it literally does not represent anything, neither to any onlooker (highly unlikely, but inferred by the statement) nor the artist (very possible), then, indeed, it should not be considered art. Yet, flip-side: the word art is used in the statement; law of non-contradiction would insist that it is impossible for anything labeled “art” to be “not art.” I.e., I do not think there is room for opinion here: the facts are A) if something does not represent anything to anyone, it is not art; and B) if the concept in question is “art” (as it necessarily is by virtue of the terms involved), it is art. Given this I am supposed to agree or disagree?
It’s crap like this that makes me hate these sorts of tests; similar shit happens almost every other question: the more seriously you take it, and the less you allow your emotions to answer for you, the less the questions make any sense at all. Moreover, my reasons for answering the way that I do may or may not correspond with the way my answers are deciphered. Waste of time.
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 7.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.18
Your true political self:
You are a
Social Liberal
(76% permissive)
Economic Conservative
(86% permissive)
Libertarian (86e/76s)
-Imp
Oh, I should say my PC scores, too:
I predict that there will be a bias in both tests towards social libertarianism, due to the demographic that an internet discussion forum attracts. PC will be suspect even if the OK quiz shows a greater distribution only in the economic spectrum.
Economic Left/Right: 8.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.56
You are a
Social Moderate
(41% permissive)
and an…
Economic Conservative
(85% permissive)
You are best described as a:
Capitalist (85e/41s)
Well, I’m having a hard time posting the graphs I’ve made from this limited data set, but I can post the contribution of each quadrant to the whole.
Economic vs. Social, coupled with a rough description of that quad.
OK Cupid:
UL: 37.5% Libertarian Right
UR: 37.5% Libertarian Left
LL: 12.5% Authoritarian Right
LR: 12.5% Authoritarian Left
Political Compass:
UL: 0% Authoritarian Left
UR: 0% Authoritarian Right
LL: 67% Libertarian Left
LR: 33% Libertarian Right
At some point I may adjust the scores so the quads line up, but for now I’ll leave it.
I’ll need more data points before I can say anything, but figured I’d throw that out there right now.
p.c.
Economic Left/Right: -4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.77
q-pids
28.6% (4) Taxes
7.1% (1) The war in Iraq
35.7% (5) George Bush’s IQ
14.3% (2) Abortion
14.3% (2) The environment
Your true political self:
You are a
Social Liberal
(68% permissive)
and an…
Economic Liberal
(31% permissive)
You are best described as a:
Democrat (31e/68s)
You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness. loc: (68, -69)
modscore: (19, 41)
raw: (2338)
That was interesting, thanks.
I got
Social Liberal - 63%permissive
Economic Conservative - 61% permissive
I was labeled “Centrist”
Probably close, as I am not much for politics in the first place.
One scary thing is it looks like, on social issues, I scored to the “right” of Impenitent.
Economic Left/Right: 6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.08
Cupids
Social Liberal
(78% permissive)
and an…
Economic Conservative
(80% permissive)
You are best described as a:
(80e/78s)
You exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness.
I am in the Anarchist range? Well Never would have thought that.
I can’t do these quizzes. The question is often “should” and I have no opinion or feel “do what you like” for most. There is no N/A option. How can I answer OR questions when my thinking is EITHER. I do not agree or disagree, both are thinkable.
The second axis is still being worked out, we’ll have to wait for the third.
I have trouble with these kinds of quizzes too. My answer to one question is always dependent on the answers to other questions…
Then again maybe I just think too much. I’ve always had trouble with multiple choice tests.
Economic liberal -4.00
social liberal -3.90
Cupid - 26E/68S
ok cupid’s quiz is american-centrist and has a slight conservative slant
political compass
Economic Left/Right: -9.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.62
Compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.56
Cupid
Socialist (18e/75s)
Well, since it’s for research purposes…
Compass
Social libertarian 88%
Economic conservative 68%
Cupid
Economic left/right 0.12
Social lib/auth -7.08
Just so you know, socially liberally& economically conservative types are (were?) known as “Red Tories” here in canada. We seem to be a dying breed…