Left Wing or Right Wing? Take Pop Quiz in OP!
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mister dog
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Almost in the middle 
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DLR_Mysterion
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mister dog
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I'm just to the Left of you
DLR_Mysterion
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Interesting quiz, I landed pretty much where I expected to. From some of the political discussions I've had over Christmas lunches, I'm pretty sure a vast majority of my family members would sit somewhere deep in the blue section. I don't talk politics at that table anymore 
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My result:
This is where I was when I took the same test in 2005 - same zone but I'm now a bit closer to the centre than I used to be:
And this is the current UK political compass (2017) - I'm almost bang on Jeremy Corbyn's Labour
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I would have called myself a Lib Dem voter, but I'm quite far away from that esp. in terms of Left-Right...
This is where I was when I took the same test in 2005 - same zone but I'm now a bit closer to the centre than I used to be:
And this is the current UK political compass (2017) - I'm almost bang on Jeremy Corbyn's Labour
...I would have called myself a Lib Dem voter, but I'm quite far away from that esp. in terms of Left-Right...
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- Johnnypenso
I did this 4 years ago but now it's a red X. Still not enamoured with many of the questions but it is what it is.
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- Johnnypenso
I'm not really a political person nor I understand economy that much so 1/4 to 1/2 answers might not be correct.
So this is my results and to be honest, I don't understand what left, right wing or Authoritarian even is. (Never heard of right or left wing at all when i watch some arabic debates)
All I could tell is I'm a "bit liberal" based on this.
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: 0.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.26
Is it good? Is it bad?
So this is my results and to be honest, I don't understand what left, right wing or Authoritarian even is. (Never heard of right or left wing at all when i watch some arabic debates)
All I could tell is I'm a "bit liberal" based on this.
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: 0.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.26
Is it good? Is it bad?
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There's a couple questions in the test where I'm unsure what they'd be gleaning from the answers.
"People with serious inheritable disabilities should not be allowed to reproduce."
Would an agree answer be taken as anti parent rights, or pro would-be child rights?
At 100% chance of inheriting a terrible condition/disease, I'd call that a clear human rights abuse if a person chose to conceive. I'm not exactly sure where I'd draw the line, but I'd also consider extremely high risk of inheritance a human rights abuse.
It would seem to me that depending on how the topic was viewed by the author of the test, a same answer could be a tick in either of the authoritarian or libertarian columns.
"A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system."
Couldn't one think of it as a significant advantage, but an advantage outweighed by negatives inherent within the broader concept of a one party state? In that case the answer would be yes, but not necessarily representative of the views of the person, on the topic of one-party states.
"People with serious inheritable disabilities should not be allowed to reproduce."
Would an agree answer be taken as anti parent rights, or pro would-be child rights?
At 100% chance of inheriting a terrible condition/disease, I'd call that a clear human rights abuse if a person chose to conceive. I'm not exactly sure where I'd draw the line, but I'd also consider extremely high risk of inheritance a human rights abuse.
It would seem to me that depending on how the topic was viewed by the author of the test, a same answer could be a tick in either of the authoritarian or libertarian columns.
"A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system."
Couldn't one think of it as a significant advantage, but an advantage outweighed by negatives inherent within the broader concept of a one party state? In that case the answer would be yes, but not necessarily representative of the views of the person, on the topic of one-party states.
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Given that inheriting anything is not a 100% chance I can't support the idea of them being banned from having children, that is far too authoritarian for my liking, having a child shouldn't be up to anyone other then the parents of said future child.
I put disagree for the 2nd one, because what is classed as ''progress'' and why should it trump the democratic system?
I put disagree for the 2nd one, because what is classed as ''progress'' and why should it trump the democratic system?
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- Johnnypenso
But how normal I'm compared to other people?
I'm surprised that i'm even close to anybody else here, considering how much my views differents from everyone else.Does it frighten you that you and I are in almost the identical position on the scale?
Let alone you.
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In popular media, left-wing means communist and right-wing means racist.
That's a bit simple - what about people who have the same left-wing financial ideals as communists, but aren't huge fans of a police state that communism creates? What about people who just hate tax and not immigrants? But that's popular media for you.
The point of the compass is to create a 2D representation of views along two scales - fiscal (money) and social (people). Each scale goes from 'government must control everything' to 'government must control nothing'. Or 'total law' to 'no law'.
The left/right scale is fiscal (money). You have 'government must control everything' on the left, with no private ownership of property, total redistribution of all wealth and nationalised industry. This ebbs away until you reach 'government must control nothing' on the right, with no wealth redistribution (tax), no state-owned business or infrastructure and a free market economy.
The top/bottom scale is social (people). You have 'government must control everything' at the top, with a police state, total surveillance, huge criminal law code, and total control of behaviour. This ebbs away until you reach 'government must control nothing' at the bottom, with no law, no police, no recognised crime and anarchy.
Your position is fiscally centrist - you think that some industries should be owned by the government (this is usually healthcare, schooling, public transport, power generation, but you might think a few other things besides that too) and some taxation is necessary, but people should still be able to own things and earn. You're also socially liberal - you think that there should be some legal control on some behaviours and recognition of some crimes, but a little less than most. You're probably pro-legalisation of some narcotics, pro-choice and in favour of gay marriage/adoption.
No.
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Why would anyone believe they have the right to say anything AT ALL about who can and who cant have children? Thats a big problem with the world today. People thinking they have the right to tell others what they can do because of some stupid ass belief they have. YOU dont get to make choices for other people just because you feel your superior to them or they are somehow a lesser person than the rest of us so shouldnt be allowed to have children.
