Political alignment analysis

[JR-]

i would have said i was strongly libertarian/right, but i guess it's the way the questions are phrased:

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 0.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.56

[Sigurd]

I did the test and I find myself dead center.

Economic Left/Right: -0.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.15

[Geoffrey S]

Hmm, this seems to tell us that is the Europeans who have a off kilter sense of left and right politics, not the Americans.

CR

Louis had a good point there, in that it's not necessarily the Europeans as a whole but that a rather different group of European people is represented on these forums than Americans (ie. young, liberal student types). Voting patterns in the EU definitely don't show an innate leftist bias.

[Haudegen]

Economic Left/Right: -3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.05

[Productivity]

Update time!







Furunculu5, Haudegen and Ichigo I'm not sure where to put you (EU/US/Other) so that's why you don't come up on the regional map. Evil_Maniac From Mars I only saw your signature after I'd set these up (I have them turned off) so you'll turn up on the regional map next time.

KukriKhan I put you in as your sober result mostly because that quarter was looking a bit lonely. If you'd prefer me to move it I will.

The Europeans move a little to the right in this update but hte average position moves slightly to the left. Sigurd gets the reward to closests to 0,0 and SFTS is still closest to the average.

[Csargo]

I am teh Americana.

[Banquo's Ghost]

KukriKhan I put you in as your sober result mostly because that quarter was looking a bit lonely. If you'd prefer me to move it I will.

I, for one, welcome our KukriKhan overlord and stand ready to provide our glorious leader with my daughters/sons/hamsters for whatever purpose he deems fit - should he deign to notice a meaningless worm such as myself beneath his awesome feet.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Psst! Someone get the boss some beer.

[JR-]

UK (i.e. residing somewhat to the west of the continental landmass of eurasia). ;)

[Pannonian]

KukriKhan I put you in as your sober result mostly because that quarter was looking a bit lonely. If you'd prefer me to move it I will.

Judging by his posts, I very, very much doubt his views belong in that area of the graph. If you can get Panzerjager to take the test, he might end up there, or perhaps Navaros. But I'd expect Kukri to be somewhere in the centre of the graph.

[naut]

So Kukri what's on the agenda? Got any small nations to annex?

That's a huge disparity there though, seems like this is a board of Commies. Red revolution!

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

I'd like to point out that on most tests I'm more right/authoritarian, or at least centrist. Some of the questions could have used a "sometimes" option.

[KukriKhan]

So Kukri what's on the agenda? Got any small nations to annex?

Glad you asked: If Kukri is in charge, I offer statehood to Afghanistan, Kurdistan, Shiastan (western Iraq), Sunnistan (eastern Iraq), Diego Garcia, Liberia, and Poland, with all the benefits and responsibilities that US statehood would entail.

As to that internet survey we took, many here have decried (rightfully, I think) the underlying assumptions made or implied by the questions. After seeing the "slant" to those questions, in self-defense I felt I needed to shun my actual position in the world (public servant, lower-middle class income, little to no influence on public policy beyond my neighborhood), and adopt the mindset of ruler - if I were Big Boss, how would I answer the questions?

The honest answers were "strongly" in favor of whatever measure insured my continued control. Hence the high, rightist score.

Frankly, I believe many of us would have answered the same way, except that we let our perceptions of ourselves, and our perceived positions in our societies, pre-dispose us to answering as somewhat-oppressed cogs in the wheels of a governmental machine of which we are only dimly aware.

I hope that made sense to somebody. :)

[Kagemusha]

Here is Kage:

Economic Left/Right: -2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.36


Left leaning moderate. Nothing new under the stars.

[King Henry V]

Time to show the Yanks that not everyone's a eurowiener:

Economic Left/Right: -1.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 4.26

What can I say, I read Hobbes' and Machiavelli when I was thirteen.

[Conradus]

Apparently I'm close to Ghandi and Mandela

Economic Left/Right: -4.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.15

[Haudegen]

I live in Germany

[Crazed Rabbit]

Did you check out the EU political compass? And the US primaries compass?

But sure, you're correct, how else would the Europeian goverments be in that square while the people in the opposite one?

I think they screwed up, at least in regards to the US primaries - the dems should be at center or probably left of center. Look at Ice and SFTS - I'm not going to believe they are that much to the left of the dem candidates.

CR

[Sasaki Kojiro]

oops

[Ice]

Look at Ice and SFTS - I'm not going to believe they are that much to the left of the dem candidates.

CR

I'd sincerely hope not.

I have a hard enough time rationalizing to vote for any Democrat, but with the people the Republicans are fielding, I may actually.

Although I may just vote for Ron Paul just because I think the man is actually the most trust worthy of them all.

[GeneralHankerchief]

(US)

Wow, the only person more authoritarian than me is *gasp* Kukri!

Economic Left/Right: 4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.10

[KukriKhan]

(US)

Wow, the only person more authoritarian than me is *gasp* Kukri!

Economic Left/Right: 4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.10

Ha! Another member in touch with his inner dictator!

[Geoffrey S]

Watch it, not enough room here for more than one (potential) dictator!

[HoreTore]

Ha! Another member in touch with his inner dictator!

My inner dictator only tells me to go do the dishes...

[Ironside]

I think they screwed up, at least in regards to the US primaries - the dems should be at center or probably left of center. Look at Ice and SFTS - I'm not going to believe they are that much to the left of the dem candidates.

CR

Kukri might already have answered on that, being in charge (or wanting to become in charge) probably pulls people towards the upper right corner in this test.

[Kralizec]

Good job on those charts, Productivity.

Seems I'm the most right-wing European on this board
(until Fragony is back, anyway)

[GeneralHankerchief]

Watch it, not enough room here for more than one (potential) dictator!

Hmm... you're right. Time to go order the flunkies to arrest him on some kind of treason charge, preferably an assassination attempt.

I can just see my authoritarian rating raised 2 points.

-edit- Frankly, I'm surprised that most people are libertarian rather than authoritarian, coming from a war-gaming forum in which we play characters with (mostly) absolute power.

[Geoffrey S]

Good job on those charts, Productivity.

Seems I'm the most right-wing European on this board
(until Fragony is back, anyway)

Ja, glad you took over that honour from me!

[Ice]

Interesting, i took the test again and got this:

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 0.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.46

Same on social aspects, but i changed about 1 point to the right on economic. Probably depends on my mood, but being barely right or barely left can't really make that much of a difference.

[Boyar Son]

What the hell is the upper left corner about?

Boring moderate?

[GeneralHankerchief]

That's Stalin's Corner, mate. Careful what you say about it, unless you fancy a trip to Siberia.