What's your poison?

[Humodour]

An accurate Australian political test. Seems pretty country-independent, though (imagine the questions are about your own country). Give it a go. It will give you a political score, but also what Australian political parties correlate with your score, giving you an idea of what Australian parties do what.

 

None of the parties work for me according to the test (true), though the closest seems to be Greens, Democrats and One Nation. Far-left, centre-left, and far-right respectively. Hahaha.

 

Greens 53.6% (Voted for these guys in the 2007 election as a balancing move, only because I knew they wouldn't get any real power. I agree with them on a basic level, but consider them too far left for my liking.)

Australian Democrats 56.3% (You know, I actually identify with these guys. It's a shame they're failing so badly; bleeding voters to Labour and Greens)

Labor Party 50.7% (Current government... we'll see how it goes. I'm about as fond of them as I am of the liberals, but at least they actually care about the environment)

Family First 34.7% (A disgusting bunch of religious zealots)

Liberal Party 38.9% (John Howard's party - the government in power for 10 years. Did pretty well.)

National Party 37.9% (A coalition with the Liberal Party)

One Nation 68.6% (Considered right-wing, but sort of politically independent... has been accused in the past of xenophobia but it is more about control of illegal immigration - nobody really votes for them)

 

LOL. Love how it slowly decreases as we go down from left to right, until it hits One Nation and sky-rockets. It's not exactly a strong correlation to One Nation, though.

 

Political outlook

Your broad political orientation score is -1.7%, which equates to a

[Xard]

I'm communist

 

feel pain of my proletariate ass

[Kelverin]

Where is the I don't give a **** about politics option?

[Humodour]

Where is the I don't give a **** about politics option?

 

"Too hard to define"?

 

But seriously, everybody feels a bias towards SOMETHING... even if it is the centre.

[Deadly_Nightshade]

I was a lot more leftist than I would have thought according to this test, as I have always considered myself more of a centrist when it comes to economic issues - although the left-leaning social score was no surprise.

[thepixiesrock]

My political/economic/social alignment is apathetic.

 

Too apathetic to even take the tests!

 

But not apathetic enough to abstain from this thread.

[Xard]

I was one point to right from Mahadma Gandhi in that, yay

[Gfted1]

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -1.38

Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.03

[samm]

What some of these questions in the "compass" have to to with "right" or "left" (of the poll above) is beyond me. There's liberal* and conservative too, and it's not necessarily tied to "left" and "right". And even these categories change in time, so it's just natural to be rated differently if one takes the test again at a later date

 

I seem to be south-east of Gandhi, closer to the Dalai Lama but still a bit more east *gg*

 

 

*: Do they use the term "liberal" different in the US? On the compass it's called "libertarian".

Edited March 13, 2008 by samm

[Gorgon]

The term 'right' and 'left' in political context means something slightly different in each continent. A conservative European could easily be considered a Democrat for instance.

 

Also, many of the questions are too loaded and hypothetical to be answerable

 

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

Thats not a conclusion now is it, You can be proud if you happen to live in a country with founding values that you consider worthy, but automatic pride, as in the sense of patriotism, which we find everywhere from Dictatorship to beacon of democracy....

 

military action that defies international law is sometimes justified.

It depends doesn't it, show me an example and I'll tell you whether it's justified, answering 'yes' should not automatically move me anywhere in the matrix, the devil is in the details.

 

controlling inflation is more important than controlling unemployment.

I don't feel that is an 'either - or' proposition, fiscal and monetary policy are tools used to reach an end goal of 5% unemployment, which is generally considered full employment, any less would create unsustainable wage increases and hurt the economy, but I can accept that my end goal is perhaps not the same as everyone else's. I would lean toward the controlling unemployment option.

 

the prime function of schooling should be to equip the future generation to find jobs.

What kind of schooling, elementary school, kindergarten ?. While I don't think it should be the prime goal of education, that doesn't mean that I don't think public education could and should do a lot better in that area.

 

a significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system

Well yes, thats all true, but is that doesn't mean it's a good thing.

 

astrology accurately explains many things

Yes, like how gullible some people are.

 

some people are naturally unlucky

Is this philosophy or more an option for people who refuse to believe in social Darwinism. Where is the 'how the hell should I know' option.

 

And here we go :

 

Economic Left/Right: -3.38

Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.10.

 

I guess I can live with that.

 

*: Do they use the term "liberal" different in the US? On the compass it's called "libertarian".

It's my understanding that Liberal in the US is mostly used by Republicans to describe everything that is wrong with Democrats. It's certainly not the same as economic liberalism (free trade), or 'traditional' liberalism (individual rights)

Edited March 13, 2008 by Gorgon

[Enoch]

Gorgon's observations about some of the questions have some truth to them.

 

It's been a while since I've taken that test, but I usually end up somewhere within spitting distance of -1 economic and -4 social (depending on when and if I use the "strongly" agree/disagree).

[Walsingham]

I am regularly accused of being a nazi and a hippie in the same evening.

[SteveThaiBinh]

I am regularly accused of being a nazi and a hippie in the same evening.

Does that make you a hizzi or a nappie?

 

Whenever I do tests like this that focus on broad, sweeping statements of opinion, I come out on the economic scale as quite far to the left, but if the test looks at more specific questions related to initiatives actually under discussion in the UK, I come out as centre or centre-right.

 

Socially, I'm always way to the left, though.

[Walsingham]

I am regularly accused of being a nazi and a hippie in the same evening.

Does that make you a hizzi or a nappie?

 

Sadly, a nappie.

[Humodour]

I tend to agree with you guys.

 

I think that the test has a left-leaning bias due to the questions. They often frame the right-wing response as either illogical or heartless.

 

I think in general I am between centre right and centre left on political issues, but the political compass test claims I am far left.

 

The Australian political test I linked to seems far more accurate.

[Walsingham]

It just occurred to me that I could be both a nazi and a hippie at once. To create a thousand year reich, by using negative waves!

[Gorgon]

A true hippie would never use negative vibes, man.

[Sand]

Me.

 

Economic Left/Right: -3.75

Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.38

 

[Moatilliatta]

I think that the test has a left-leaning bias due to the questions. They often frame the right-wing response as either illogical or heartless.

If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations.

I usually answer yes to questions like these, even if I don't believe that trans-national coorporations are neccesarily out to enslave humanity. It also helps that I in general belive that globalization will help humanity in general.

 

Also:

it's a sad reflection on our society that something as basic as drinking water is now a bottled, branded consumer product.

I do agree, but I'm guessing that the test will take it as me wanting to regulate people up their bottoms, which I'm not interested in. My main gripe with it is mostly that people should stop doing stuff that I dislike.

 

I could find even more but it would take up too much space.

 

@Gorgon

a significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system

Well yes, thats all true, but is that doesn't mean it's a good thing.

The test doesn't ask whether it is correct but whether you agree.

 

My result:

Anyway you people are horribly leftist.

[Tale]

This test generally put me as an anarchist with communist tendencies. Sometimes I'm closer to Ghandi, sometimes I'm closer to to down the middle and at the bottom anarchism. It's bunk either way. You ask me these completely out of context general idea questions and I'm going to answer out of ideals, not my real world stance.

 

I'm with Gorgon on thinking that many of the questions are stupid.

 

Edit: And when the heck did Astrology start to apply to political persuasion?

Edited March 14, 2008 by Tale

[Gorgon]

@Gorgon

QUOTE

a significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system

Well yes, thats all true, but is that doesn't mean it's a good thing.

 

The test doesn't ask whether it is correct but whether you agree.

Dictatorships can get things done quicker, while that is an advantage of sorts, there are much greater disadvantages for the populace. The test only asks me if I agree with one side of the issue, which is misleading, since the answer is yes, but that should certainly not suggest that I believe dictatorships are a preferable form of government.

Edited March 15, 2008 by Gorgon

[Deadly_Nightshade]

Wow, I was much more of an anarchist this time round...

 

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: -5.25

Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.31

[Dark_Raven]

Strong central leadership that wear nice looking military uniforms.