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Boom The CatBoom The Cat Posts: 482
edited September 2006 in A Moving Train
http://www.politicalcompass.org/questionnaire

Yeah share results..but first, I have a problem.

I got dead in the middle of the horizontal line to the left this says (Collectivism Communism) I didnt think I was a commie, or even a lefty for that matter. (I was told I was an activist) Where does that make me stand?
no matter where you go,
there you are.

- brain of c
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  • sourdoughsourdough Posts: 579
    I got:
    Economic Left/Right: -6.75
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.74
  • rebornFixerrebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    Economic left/right = -5.63
    Social libertarian/authoritarian= -2.41
  • OutOfBreathOutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    Done this a few times before. I always end up deeply Libertarian Left. Or an anarchic communist, depending on labels on the site.

    Economic Left/Right: -7.75
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.10

    But I guess that shouldn't hold any surprises for anyone. :)

    Peace
    Dan
    "YOU [humans] NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?" - Death

    "Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
  • CollinCollin Posts: 4,931
    Economic Left/Right: -6.63
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.85
    THANK YOU, LOSTDAWG!


    naděje umírá poslední
  • farfromglorifiedfarfromglorified Posts: 5,696
    Economic Left/Right: 5.63
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.56
  • MrBrianMrBrian Posts: 2,672
    Economic Left/Right: -4.50
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.26
  • farfromglorifiedfarfromglorified Posts: 5,696
    I found of a lot of these questions to be troublesome. For example:

    "No one chooses his or her country of birth, so it's foolish to be proud of it."

    Is this asking me if it's foolish to be proud of my country or my birth in that country? For example I answered this "Strongly Disagree" because I feel someone can certainly be proud of their country for good reason.
  • Boom The CatBoom The Cat Posts: 482
    Yeah, some of them are kinda weird, I despise the country I was born in and I will do everything I can to antagonise and oppose it. You should only really be proud of a country if you are proud of its actions/history etc.

    I only posted it because I wasn't sure what my co-ordinates made me. Can anyone tell me?
    no matter where you go,
    there you are.

    - brain of c
  • even flow?even flow? Posts: 8,066
    Economic Left/Right: -6.00
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.69
    You've changed your place in this world!
  • 1970RR1970RR Posts: 281
    Economic Left/Right: 6.88
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.82
  • surferdudesurferdude Posts: 2,057
    Economic Left/Right: -0.75
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.21
    “One good thing about music,
    when it hits you, you feel to pain.
    So brutalize me with music.”
    ~ Bob Marley
  • farfromglorifiedfarfromglorified Posts: 5,696
    Boom The Cat wrote:
    Yeah, some of them are kinda weird, I despise the country I was born in and I will do everything I can to antagonise and oppose it. You should only really be proud of a country if you are proud of its actions/history etc.

    I only posted it because I wasn't sure what my co-ordinates made me. Can anyone tell me?

    What were your numbers? A negative number on the "Economic" Axis means you favor oversight over the market whereas a positive one means you favor a laissez faire market approach. A negative number in the "Social Libertarian/Authoritarian" axis means you're socially permissive whereas a positive number means your more strict in a social viewpoint.

    I read your first post and you seem to mean that you're on the Y axis on the left side of the X axis like this?


    --X--|

    That would mean you're socially permissive on some issues while strict on others and you favor oversight in the market. It doesn't make you a "collective communist". It just means you're economically liberal and socially middle of the road.
  • farfromglorifiedfarfromglorified Posts: 5,696
    1970RR wrote:
    Economic Left/Right: 6.88
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.82

    Can't believe someone posted a larger Economic score on this than I did ;)

    I must have fucked up a question!
  • EricastradaEricastrada Posts: 70
    Economic Left/Right: -6.25
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.05
    Show me potato salald!!!
  • 1970RR1970RR Posts: 281
    farfromglorified wrote:
    Can't believe someone posted a larger Economic score on this than I did ;)

    I must have fucked up a question!
    I dont know how accurate it is. I agree with you that some of the questions were poorly worded
  • Boom The CatBoom The Cat Posts: 482
    farfromglorified wrote:
    What were your numbers? A negative number on the "Economic" Axis means you favor oversight over the market whereas a positive one means you favor a laissez faire market approach. A negative number in the "Social Libertarian/Authoritarian" axis means you're socially permissive whereas a positive number means your more strict in a social viewpoint.

    I read your first post and you seem to mean that you're on the Y axis on the left side of the X axis like this?


    --X--|

    That would mean you're socially permissive on some issues while strict on others and you favor oversight in the market. It doesn't make you a "collective communist". It just means you're economically liberal and socially middle of the road.

    Thats kind of strange because, socially I am very middle of the road, and as far as busness and corperate america goes, I'd like to blow them all up.
    no matter where you go,
    there you are.

    - brain of c
  • farfromglorifiedfarfromglorified Posts: 5,696
    Boom The Cat wrote:
    Thats kind of strange because, socially I am very middle of the road, and as far as busness and corperate america goes, I'd like to blow them all up.

    Then it makes perfect sense. Socially you're on the middle of the scale (Y axis). Economically you're on the left (X axis).

    You sound like a "communist" to me, except communists typically blow up businesses in secret ;)
  • Boom The CatBoom The Cat Posts: 482
    I'm totally against communism, except on countries that are in a REAL mess.
    no matter where you go,
    there you are.

    - brain of c
  • sweet adelinesweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    Economic Left/Right: -5.38
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.85

    according to this, i'd get along great with ghandi. but then again, who wouldn't!
  • farfromglorifiedfarfromglorified Posts: 5,696
    Boom The Cat wrote:
    I'm totally against communism, except on countries that are in a REAL mess.

    What do you mean by "REAL mess"? And how will communism help that "REAL mess"?

    You suggested that businesses and corporate American should be "blown up". After that happens, what will you put in place of those businesses and corporations?
  • Boom The CatBoom The Cat Posts: 482
    farfromglorified wrote:
    What do you mean by "REAL mess"? And how will communism help that "REAL mess"?

    You suggested that businesses and corporate American should be "blown up". After that happens, what will you put in place of those businesses and corporations?

    Obviously I was overreacting at that, The communism thing can help up and coming countries in a mess get some collectiveness until they are firm on their feet. As for the buissiness thing, obviously all bussiness destroyed would be a catastrophy, but I hate the way the world is so heavily money minded, if you look at the back of pretty much anything there is always money behind it. There is always someone (who usually has enough money as it is) trying to earn that extra buck. They'd sell their own grandmothers.
    no matter where you go,
    there you are.

    - brain of c
  • hippiemomhippiemom Posts: 3,326
    I found many of the questions poorly worded too.

    "Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races" - I believe that, but I also believe that other races have qualities superior to ours, so I'm not sure how to answer (and I'm taking "race" here to mean the human race, as opposed to other species, although I'm not sure why they didn't use the word "species" in the first place).

    "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" - Sure, if the enemy of my enemy is a basically decent person. If he's Saddam, then no.

    "Abstract art that doesn't represent anything shouldn't be considered art at all" - Why isn't there a "Who gives a rat's ass?" option? It's a matter of personal taste, what do I care what anyone else considers art?

    "The businessperson and the manufacturer are more important than the writer and the artist" - The world needs both, why can't I say "equally important"? I answered "strongly disagree," but my answer would have been the same if the question had been worded the other way around.

    Anyway, my score:
    Economic Left/Right: -7.13
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.03
    "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ MLK, 1963
  • farfromglorifiedfarfromglorified Posts: 5,696
    Boom The Cat wrote:
    Obviously I was overreacting at that,

    Ok.
    The communism thing can help up and coming countries in a mess get some collectiveness until they are firm on their feet.

    How will "collectiveness" get them firm on their feet?
    As for the buissiness thing, obviously all bussiness destroyed would be a catastrophy, but I hate the way the world is so heavily money minded, if you look at the back of pretty much anything there is always money behind it. There is always someone (who usually has enough money as it is) trying to earn that extra buck.

    So you think it would be better if say, sacrifice, were behind it instead of money?
    They'd sell their own grandmothers.

    Who's "they"?
  • farfromglorifiedfarfromglorified Posts: 5,696
    hippiemom wrote:
    "Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races" - I believe that, but I also believe that other races have qualities superior to ours, so I'm not sure how to answer (and I'm taking "race" here to mean the human race, as opposed to other species, although I'm not sure why they didn't use the word "species" in the first place).

    I think they mean your race as in white/black/etc.
    "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" - Sure, if the enemy of my enemy is a basically decent person. If he's Saddam, then no.

    Another troubling one. I had to "STRONGLY DISAGREE" here based on the lack of any qualification of my "enemy".
    "Abstract art that doesn't represent anything shouldn't be considered art at all" - Why isn't there a "Who gives a rat's ass?" option? It's a matter of personal taste, what do I care what anyone else considers art?

    I think they're asking your opinion. For example I "STRONGLY AGREE" here because my personal definition of art requires a representation of something. But I completely understand someone who would disagree with the statement.
    "The businessperson and the manufacturer are more important than the writer and the artist" - The world needs both, why can't I say "equally important"? I answered "strongly disagree," but my answer would have been the same if the question had been worded the other way around.

    I thought the exact same thing here.
  • Boom The CatBoom The Cat Posts: 482
    farfromglorified wrote:
    Ok.



    How will "collectiveness" get them firm on their feet?



    So you think it would be better if say, sacrifice, were behind it instead of money?



    Who's "they"?

    1. Well I always kinda thought that (simply put) communism is where everyone gets equal pay has their own equal property etc. so its kinda obvious to see why I think it could help worse off countries to their feet.

    2. I'm not sure what you mean by sacrifice, I just think money should always have to be the root of everything, whether there is too much of it or not isn't the case, I just think its bad that money is behind EVERYTHING.

    3. They? 'They' are the people who care too much about money.
    no matter where you go,
    there you are.

    - brain of c
  • farfromglorifiedfarfromglorified Posts: 5,696
    Boom The Cat wrote:
    1. Well I always kinda thought that (simply put) communism is where everyone gets equal pay has their own equal property etc. so its kinda obvious to see why I think it could help worse off countries to their feet.

    And in such a situation where would that property and pay come from?
    2. I'm not sure what you mean by sacrifice, I just think money should always have to be the root of everything, whether there is too much of it or not isn't the case, I just think its bad that money is behind EVERYTHING.

    Is it? How much are we making posting here?
    3. They? 'They' are the people who care too much about money.

    The only person here talking about money is you.
  • nfanelnfanel Posts: 2,558
    sweet adeline wrote:
    according to this, i'd get along great with ghandi. but then again, who wouldn't!

    Economic Left/Right: -3.38
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.38

    i, too, would get along with ghandi and the dalai lama. :)
  • Boom The CatBoom The Cat Posts: 482
    farfromglorified wrote:
    And in such a situation where would that property and pay come from?



    Is it? How much are we making posting here?



    The only person here talking about money is you.

    1. I admit myself I am not 'up' on communism so I honestly dont know

    2. I mean, right at the back of things, this forum was probably paid for, has to be paid for every month or so, and if it wasnt for us all buying internet connections, we wouldnt be here.

    3. I didn't mean anyone here, I meant the outrageously rich, who want to get richer.
    no matter where you go,
    there you are.

    - brain of c
  • OutOfBreathOutOfBreath Posts: 1,804
    hippiemom wrote:
    Anyway, my score:
    Economic Left/Right: -7.13
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.03

    Finally someone as down and out on the scale as myself. :) Although I guess I'm not surprised. ;) Hail, fellow anarcho-commy!

    Peace
    Dan
    "YOU [humans] NEED TO BELIEVE IN THINGS THAT AREN'T TRUE. HOW ELSE CAN THEY BECOME?" - Death

    "Every judgment teeters on the brink of error. To claim absolute knowledge is to become monstrous. Knowledge is an unending adventure at the edge of uncertainty." - Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965
  • farfromglorifiedfarfromglorified Posts: 5,696
    OutOfBreath wrote:
    Finally someone as down and out on the scale as myself. :) Although I guess I'm not surprised. ;) Hail, fellow anarcho-commy!

    Peace
    Dan

    You guys are so conflicted ;)
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