Sensible Erection | Political Compass, 2006 Edition

Wednesday, 31 May 2006

Political Compass, 2006 Edition

quote [ Remember that there's no right, wrong or ideal response. It's simply a measure of attitudes and inevitable human contradictions to provide a more integrated definition of where people and parties are really at. ]

I know it has been posted before. However, the population of SE has changed in 3 years, and inquiring minds want to know- Where do people stand now?

I highly doubt SE has given up its significant libertarian lean. Maybe even the righties have moved left...or the lefties aren't as left as they think.

The past surveys
2002 Feb 20 http://www.sensibleerection.com/entry.php/601
2003 Mar 31 http://www.sensibleerection.com/entry.php/14819
2003 Nov 9 http://www.sensibleerection.com/entry.php/26885

I can hardly make a post like this without giving my scores. Thus:
Authoritarian/Libertarian: .83
Economic Right/Left: .17

[politics] [by v0idmagus@1:20pmGMT] [+10 Interesting]

Comments

kylemcBitch said @ 1:33pm GMT on 31st May
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: +0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.69

name_withheld said @ 1:35pm GMT on 31st May
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 3.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.18

Mori said @ 1:37pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -4.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.13

jonboynemo said @ 1:38pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -6.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.10

i'm almost nelson mandela!

absterjo said @ 2:30pm GMT on 31st May
now you just need the strength of character, conviction and moral fibre and you'll be there!

jonboynemo said @ 2:37pm GMT on 31st May
i can only promise to attempt the first two.

Superchibisan said @ 1:43pm GMT on 31st May
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.08

im right next to ghandi and the dali llama

lokialmighty said @ 1:45pm GMT on 31st May
HA! that's a larf, let's justify our opinions by classifying them instead of through rational debate!

name_withheld said @ 1:50pm GMT on 31st May [Score:2 Underrated]
umm... that has been tried. This is SE, most of us are well aware of each others political standing, and quite frankly pretty tired of arguing our differences.... but maybe that's just me.

prototypical said @ 1:48pm GMT on 31st May
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.23

I think my economics got slanted further left than they are, but that's okay.

childsizedhands said @ 1:49pm GMT on 31st May
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.74

nanos said @ 1:51pm GMT on 31st May
Economic R/L: -5.75
Social lib. auth: -6.75

No shit. I thought I was more hardline than that...but revealed to be irredeemable pinko. It's the religion thing...why is it assumed that religious=rightwing? Note the position of the dalai lama...or Gandhi.

Nice post, sure I'm one of many who hadn't seen it before.

Fu Man Chu said @ 2:32pm GMT on 31st May
I don't think it's religion in general but one specific group of religions that are viewed as right wing, particularly those originating in the Middle East (Judeo-Christianism).

Buddhists and Taoists are drippy hippy types for the most part.

conception said @ 2:33pm GMT on 31st May
Well, there is a difference between being religious and pushing your religion on others. That's probably where the right/left actions lies more so than just having it. That and in general, religion is a conservative force.

Nostrildamus said @ 1:54pm GMT on 31st May
Seems like a nice way to get people to identify their political camp online. /dons tinfoil hat

I'll pass.

headlessfriar said @ 1:58pm GMT on 31st May
So you opinions about public subjects are a private matter? Then why get into discussions on SE, a public forum?

Nostrildamus said @ 2:09pm GMT on 31st May
A person's specific political stance cannot be gotten from random things they've said anywhere online, unless it's something like this. YOu could say for example, Joe Bloggs takes such & such a stance in a left-leaning direction on some things, conservative on others, but nobody is gonna be able to figure out exactly where he stands over all, what party he will vote for, if he has a party, etc. This is just like making the job easier for people later on, if there's any reason for somene to go snooping for your info online.

garrockas said @ 2:12pm GMT on 31st May
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.44

Hrm. No surprise there. Left of left

Shirobake said @ 2:14pm GMT on 31st May
Authoritarian Left, but down next to the center. So I am like Ghandi (yea!) and Robert Mugabe (boo!) huh...

foobar said @ 2:24pm GMT on 31st May [Score:2]
It should be pointed out that this site uses a very different definition of "libertarian" than is conventionally used. The word they want is Libertinism.

IIRC, this site is run by a libertarian group, who want people to look fondly on libertarian philosophy. So, if you support equal rights, liberal drug laws and such, they label you a libertarian, and they hide away the "eat the poor" side of libertarianism.

jonboynemo said @ 2:36pm GMT on 31st May
funny, the second paragraph in the linked essay states "libertinism has been associated with Libertarianism (inaccurately)." and the discription in the first paragraph is nothing like libertarians (at least in the u.s.).

technically, libertarians would support no drug laws

foobar said @ 6:29pm GMT on 31st May
Yes, exactly. This site is trying to (innacurately) show libertarianism as kind and gentle, which it certainly is not.

jonboynemo said @ 6:48pm GMT on 31st May
where i live the people who call themselves "libertarian" are the small farmers and mountain men that keep to themselves. they don't really like the government, but they would never refuse to offer a helping hand to someone who needed it. that's pretty kind and gentle, in my opinion.

foobar said @ 6:59pm GMT on 31st May
Opposition to government in general is anarchism, not libertarianism.

jonboynemo said @ 7:13pm GMT on 31st May
did i say otherwise?

foobar said @ 5:38pm GMT on 1st Jun
Yes. People who just "don't like" government are anarchists. Libertarians dislike government, but concede that it's necessary for some things. Libertarians are not willing to help out people who need it, as a rule.

Naruki said @ 6:11pm GMT on 1st Jun
A few points:

jonboynemo said they call themselves libertarians. By adding "that's pretty kind and gentle, in my opinion" he implied that he agreed, but he never definitely stated they were.

He also said they didn't like government. You interpreted that as "they oppose the government". That would seem to be a bad interpretation of their actions given only that they keep to themselves. Opposing is an active stance to disrupt or counter, not a passive stance to avoid.

Nowhere did he say that anarchists are libertarians.

jonboynemo said @ 7:59pm GMT on 1st Jun
first of all, libertarians don't oppose government in general, they would just like to see it be a lot less powerful. and what i said was that those who identify with libertarianism "keep to themselves. they don't really like the government". by phrasing it as "the government" rather than "any government" or just "government", i meant to indicate that they were not impressed with the current governmental system the way it is now. it would be hard to be simultaneously anarchist and wanting a restructuring of government. you said libertarians dislike government. an accurate statement would be that libertarians dislike large, overbearing, wasteful and intrusive governments that want to control peoples' every decision.

although i am sometimes skeptical about wikipedia, you seem to consider it as authoritative, so here you go:

"Libertarianism is a political philosophy[1] advocating that individuals should be free to do whatever they wish with their person or property, as long as they do not infringe on the same liberty of others. Libertarians hold as a fundamental maxim that all human interaction should be voluntary and consensual. They maintain that the initiation of physical force against another person or his property, the threat of initiating it, or the commission of fraud against any person, is a violation of that principle."

if libertarians were to make rules concerning whether or not they could help people, they wouldn't be very good libertarians, would they?

Fu Man Chu said @ 2:30pm GMT on 31st May
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.15

snowfox said @ 2:34pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -7.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.10

Wow... I can see Ghandi from here!

taiga said @ 2:36pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.00

donnie said @ 2:40pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -7.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.41

hrm... another mandella. Right bunch of enlightened chaps we are, hey?

I'll take bets on maryyugo landing somewhere around maggie thatcher, any takers?

strangeffect said @ 4:25pm GMT on 31st May
I've got my money on "you're all idiots"

structured_spirits said @ 2:40pm GMT on 31st May [Score:1 Insightful]
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.54

In other words, I think the goverment should be in charge of equally distributing wealth and then get out of everyone's personal life. For what its worth I like the basic idea of moving from a 1-Dimensional catagorization system to a 2-D system, but adding more dimensions can only make results more meaningful.

I do have a problem with the fact that nearly everyone here scored over halfway toward one extreme or another. There SHOULD be a bell-curve type distribution. Can everyone be be above average? By definition no. I like the concept, but it isn't scientific enough to accurately quantify these types of complex ideas.

Finally, Most people here fall in the third quadrant, while most of our leaders fall in the first quadrant. Its a great democracy that is run exactly opposite to the wishes of the people. (Yes I know we are supposedly very unaverage, although I'm not sure I agree with that assumption).

donnie said @ 2:43pm GMT on 31st May
It is always said that those who should be in power are the ones who never seek it...

spazm said @ 4:23pm GMT on 31st May
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.

I love you Douglas Adams!

jonboynemo said @ 3:06pm GMT on 31st May
In the world I see -- you're stalking
elk through the damp canyon forests
around the ruins of Rockefeller
Center. You will wear leather
clothes that last you the rest of
your life. You will climb the wrist-
thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears
Tower. You will see tiny figures
pounding corn and laying-strips of
venison on the empty car pool lane of
the ruins of a superhighway.

concerning your final observation-- i think you're right in questioning whether SE is representative of those whose majority votes put such people in power. i wish that they were.

HoZay said @ 6:54pm GMT on 31st May
God-damned kudzu.

-_- said @ 10:25pm GMT on 31st May
You best not be steppin to my spirit plant dawg!

kylemcBitch said @ 10:30pm GMT on 31st May
Kudzu hate you, and would like nothing more than to become carnivorous and devour you. Kudzu covered 6 million square miles of America, choking the life out of anything foolish enough to get into it's way.

Fear the Kudzu

HoZay said @ 4:28am GMT on 1st Jun
Kudzu covers the American South like bad religion, and it's spreading north.

-_- said @ 7:50am GMT on 1st Jun
now you know why it's my "spirit plant".

Nihil said @ 9:03am GMT on 1st Jun [Score:1 Insightful]

jennifurret said @ 10:42pm GMT on 31st May
Maybe the problem is that SE'ers are too busy looking at porn and making witty comments to actually go out and vote for their leaders.

kylemcBitch said @ 10:44pm GMT on 31st May
Considering all of 3 people are on the plus side of the authoritarian/anarchist scale, I would think most SE'ers find the concept of needing a leader to be anethma.

ComposerNate said @ 10:53pm GMT on 31st May
definition: anathema

kylemcBitch said @ 11:06pm GMT on 31st May
Right, ...as in the concept being shunned, or disgraceful.

Which is why...I said...the...concept would seem anathema (thanks for fixing the spelling, by the way).

English is fun.

matt said @ 1:12am GMT on 1st Jun
In other words, they're ignorantly self destructive fools. And people wonder why I'm such a nasty shit around here.

-_- said @ 9:16am GMT on 1st Jun [Score:1 Interesting]
are you equating " most SE'ers find the concept of needing a leader to be anethma. " with " they're ignorantly self destructive fools."?

If so .. then I , and perhaps many others, would be VERY interested in reading your reasoning on this subject .... got any?

ProfessorJ said @ 2:42pm GMT on 31st May
is it just me or are a number of these questions poorly worded. The very first one, "If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations." strikes a cord with me.

Only a CEO or the coldest hearted neo-con would say it should serve corporations, but if the wording was instead "If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve everyone equally not matter how much they invest or work at to better it."

As such, you change the question from "are corporations bad" to "should everyone get things equally"

You'd probably get different results that are more apt to actually showing politcally leanings. Though that could just be the fact that I don't know too many people that seek to serve corps everyone i know hates them, as such it seems like a silly question to me.

structured_spirits said @ 2:46pm GMT on 31st May
Yeah, the questions are generally biased in such a way that people know how to answer in order to get a score that coinsides with their pre-existing philosophies.

cympltun said @ 6:31pm GMT on 31st May
Not to mention the flawed premise of the question. Anything a corporation does is in fact done by a group of people. Skynet isn't running things yet.

-_- said @ 10:29pm GMT on 31st May [Score:1 Informative]
there have been some really good studies done on "deteched responsibillity" (or something like that) that you might find interesting , which show the destructive potential of organised groups when they believe that someone (something) else will take responsibillity for their actions.

Nostrildamus said @ 10:38pm GMT on 31st May
If something like Skynet were running things, what makes you think you'd know about it?

cympltun said @ 12:08am GMT on 1st Jun
I've travelled back in time to make sure it can't happen. I'll need a partner next time I go. You could come, but you have to bring your own weapons. Keep in mind I've only done this once before.

John Titor said @ 3:04am GMT on 1st Jun
Been there, done that.

YHVH said @ 12:36pm GMT on 1st Jun
Fighting Urge...To embed...Entire YTMND...PAGE As Background........Must Resist
Must Resist....Must RESIST

cympltun said @ 1:31pm GMT on 1st Jun
Resistance is Futile

jennifurret said @ 10:45pm GMT on 31st May
Some of the questions use a lot of negatives too, which is never good.

"Wait...so I don't not like not kicking puppies...wait..huh?"

DrowJones said @ 2:42pm GMT on 31st May
L/R -3
L/A -4

scabble said @ 2:46pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.36

tyruah said @ 2:53pm GMT on 31st May
I have to say that a few of the questions really had me thinking hard about my beliefs, but most of them were, to me, common sense. I forget my numbers, but I had to look up and to the right to see Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama.

scabble said @ 4:45pm GMT on 31st May
But that's why nobody's answers are exactly alike. "Common sense" is relative.

Trapdoor Alligator said @ 2:53pm GMT on 31st May
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.00

harrisonicus said @ 2:55pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.85

Phaedrine said @ 2:58pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -0.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.38

Hmmm... I moved a bit since last time. I used to be one point to the left of dead center before, but now I am one point below dead center...

assbastard said @ 2:58pm GMT on 31st May
-5.38, -5.03. Honestly, I didn't think I'd be that low on the left side graph, but here we are...

assbastard said @ 3:36am GMT on 1st Jun
for further datamining, 26, M

monkeytooth said @ 3:05pm GMT on 31st May
I AM THE DALAI LAMA

ROX0RZ!!!!!!1!

-5
-4.87

strangeffect said @ 3:13pm GMT on 31st May
-4.88
-5.90

YHVH said @ 3:20pm GMT on 31st May
Some of the questions seemed retarded, and I didn't understand some of the others

theRed said @ 3:22pm GMT on 31st May
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -8.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.97

I think it would be cool if someone took the time to compile all the SE scores onto one graph. *looks around*

kylemcBitch said @ 3:31pm GMT on 31st May
Hmm, if I had photoshop I would.

But a good idea.

Redox said @ 3:52pm GMT on 31st May
Give me a couple of hours, I'll try it.

Redox said @ 4:22pm GMT on 31st May
See Above YHVH beat me to it. I should get back to work anyway.

todde said @ 3:24pm GMT on 31st May
-6.5/-5.5

Hardly Surprising said @ 3:34pm GMT on 31st May
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.90

Gandhi was a fuckin fascist. ;-)

adam_rh said @ 3:36pm GMT on 31st May
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.97

Redox said @ 3:51pm GMT on 31st May
I think the survey includes a few leading questions and is slighlty biased but...

My political compass
Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.62

YHVH said @ 3:53pm GMT on 31st May [Score:3 Informative]
As of 31 May (this Thread) 12 Midnight GMT

patella yank said @ 4:24pm GMT on 31st May [Score:1 Funny]
Who's the nigger homo up on the top right? WHO?!

kylemcBitch said @ 4:25pm GMT on 31st May
God forbit someone break from the pack and represent the wide range of human diversity and beliefs.

kylemcBitch said @ 4:26pm GMT on 31st May
And God forbid I use correct spelling.

God said @ 6:33pm GMT on 31st May [Score:1 Funny]
Bossy twat.

strangeffect said @ 4:27pm GMT on 31st May
*sigh* the joke is in the name.

kylemcBitch said @ 4:29pm GMT on 31st May
You are talking to someone named Kyle McBitch.

I am just saying, maybe you shouldn't be all that surprised when I act like a bitch?

revchoppy said @ 12:49pm GMT on 1st Jun
Damn you're dense... the name "Patella Yank".

It wasn't a funny joke, but it *was* a joke.

gough said @ 7:07pm GMT on 31st May [Score:5 Informative]
SENSIBLE ERECTION POLITICAL UPDATE

gough said @ 7:08pm GMT on 31st May
spot madpride?

kylemcBitch said @ 7:22pm GMT on 31st May
You are missing the main poster.

gough said @ 7:25pm GMT on 31st May [Score:1 Insightful]
shit

name_withheld said @ 7:49am GMT on 1st Jun
already did.

scabble said @ 7:32pm GMT on 31st May [Score:4 Funny]
If we colonize and fortify the distant planet, it will make a hell of a defense against the Ur-Quan invaders.

Hito said @ 9:41pm GMT on 31st May [Score:1 Funny]
+1 "Launch Fighters!"

mrcookieface said @ 11:49pm GMT on 31st May [Score:2 Funny]
I'll volunteer to coordinate the Syreen's attack.

Mori said @ 12:16am GMT on 1st Jun [Score:2 Funny]
Bush disturbs the Juffo-Wup and I grow turgid.

Nihil said @ 4:06pm GMT on 31st May
Holy shit, I look like a fascist bastard compared to you guys:

Economic Left/Right: 1.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.15

So far only me, v0idmagus, namewithheld and kylemcbitch have a positive Economic score. Interesting.

strangeffect said @ 4:25pm GMT on 31st May
roflmywofl your test came back positive

ebrawer said @ 4:13pm GMT on 31st May
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 1.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.13

ebrawer said @ 4:15pm GMT on 31st May
If I remember correctly I was closer to hitler a year or two ago... What has SE done to me!? 'o'

Shirobake said @ 4:19pm GMT on 31st May
How far you've fallen! o o
n

thermal said @ 4:19pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -6.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.49

spazm said @ 4:20pm GMT on 31st May
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -3.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.31

Sounds about right.

spazm said @ 4:33pm GMT on 31st May
I mean... left.

kylemcBitch said @ 4:35pm GMT on 31st May
Damn, I feel like a Nazi compared to how far left and anarchist most everyone else here is.

Naruki said @ 6:01pm GMT on 1st Jun
Anarchist? Jesus, I didn't see any questions that pegged me as anarchist. I am anything but.

kylemcBitch said @ 6:06pm GMT on 1st Jun
On old political compasses it was Authoritarian/Anarchist axis. I thought anarchist fit more than Libertarian.

-_- said @ 6:09pm GMT on 1st Jun [Score:1 Informative]
And it was originally developed by Jerry Pournelle.

Naruki said @ 6:17pm GMT on 1st Jun
Weird. Well, it's inherently flawed, then. I'm not anarchist by any stretch of the imagination. I don't think people (at least 99.9%) can govern themselves properly.

Sadly, they can't govern others very well, either, but at least they've got some accountability to their peers.

Any test that puts me so close to anarchist is very flawed. But I guess trying to reduce complex stances to a 2 dimensional graph is not really optimal, and at least they kept the list of questions short.

madpride said @ 4:42pm GMT on 31st May [Score:1]
Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: 4.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 8.62

SWEET JESUS!

kylemcBitch said @ 4:44pm GMT on 31st May [Score:1 Funny]
I didn't know Jesus had a funny Hitler mustashe.

madprude said @ 4:55pm GMT on 31st May [Score:2 Funny]

gough said @ 4:49pm GMT on 31st May
weee, I'm left/right neutral! I don't feel that's totally accurate. but what the hey!
Economic Left/Right: -0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.05
OR

Aidentas said @ 5:03pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -0.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.18

I'm... Different?

gough said @ 5:06pm GMT on 31st May
Something about you, it's not the same...

-_- said @ 5:55pm GMT on 31st May
I think you're my closest neighbor.
Economic Left/Right: -0.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.28

Aidentas said @ 6:09pm GMT on 31st May
Walks over and river and through the woods, past the cornfields and by a the briarpatch.

Hey, neighbor. Do you have any butter?

-_- said @ 3:29pm GMT on 1st Jun
why yes of course .. and I will willingly share some with you.
But first , might you assist me in getting my head out of this honey jar?

pshaw said @ 5:09pm GMT on 31st May
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.00

owleyes said @ 5:23pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -7.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.62

carrotboi said @ 5:49pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.03

captainstubing said @ 6:13pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: 0.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.18

I'm a little surprised. I have to say there were quite a few questions where I would really have liked a "I don't know' or a 'I'm not really qualified to say', or a 'I can't know' option. I think my economics is probably a shade to the right of this.

DirtyBirdy said @ 6:45pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -2.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.51

HoZay said @ 7:22pm GMT on 31st May
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.51

Looks like it's a cluster fuck at 8:00

jhvh1 said @ 7:26pm GMT on 31st May
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.41

mimeflayer said @ 7:29pm GMT on 31st May

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -4.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.31

Gandhi was a facist.

On some questions the survey seemed too US-oriented in its social (and to a lesser extent political) institutional assumptions, which makes the numbers not reflect my true position. Also, several of the questions I was really wavering between agree and disagree since neither really expressed my opinion.

I think my economic is really a bit more central but the libertarian isn't far off.

dead_bob said @ 7:49pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -7.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.10

well humm
interesting

TheFurnace said @ 8:06pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -4.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.59

I actually thought I'd be a little more moderate than that, but I can live with it.

mrcookieface said @ 8:10pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -6.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.21

mtang2 said @ 8:24pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -6.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.18

Don't think that's quite right in terms of economic left/right (I've always considered myself a Red Tory - socially liberal, fiscally conservative - but then again I'm a mixed up Canadian). I think working for a big corporation may have influenced me over the last few years though...

donnie said @ 12:26am GMT on 1st Jun
yeah, but canada's idea of "right" is still leftish compared to most.

ComposerNate said @ 9:24pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.03

http://www.okcupid.com/politics

ComposerNate said @ 9:30pm GMT on 31st May
Don't fear the table break.

ComposerNate said @ 11:10pm GMT on 31st May

It lines up better economically/socially on its side. Where does your little peg squeeze in?

HoZay said @ 4:34am GMT on 1st Jun [Score:1 Funny]
(bend over joke)

structured_spirits said @ 9:43pm GMT on 31st May
I like how Darth Vader is mixed in with all the political leaders.

gough said @ 10:06pm GMT on 31st May
and the unibomber?

Nostrildamus said @ 10:34pm GMT on 31st May
Stylish aviator shades. Puts him over the top.

Cloudvii said @ 8:31am GMT on 1st Jun

You are a
Social Liberal
(86% permissive)

and an...
Economic Conservative
(76% permissive)

You are best described as a:

Libertarian

Link: The Politics Test on OkCupid Free Online Dating
Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

felix said @ 9:35pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -5.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.46

cympltun said @ 10:11pm GMT on 31st May [Score:1 Funny]
If the Dalai Lama doesn't have anything better to do than take that test he doesn't deserve his country back.

BergZ said @ 10:12pm GMT on 31st May
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -2.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.67

jennifurret said @ 10:34pm GMT on 31st May
Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.44

I think it would be more interesting if we looked at the age and gender of these scores too, but that would just make too much sense, so oh well.

And for anyone curious, I'm eighteen and female. Yes, a girl is posting.

Nostrildamus said @ 10:40pm GMT on 31st May
Well, technically a 44 yr-old truckdriver from Wisconsin is posting as an 18 yr old girl.

Oh! You meant you!

hehe

Okay

spazm said @ 12:10am GMT on 1st Jun
[insert pixpls-joke]

ComposerNate said @ 12:13am GMT on 1st Jun
[extract pixpls-joke]

Sgt Harry 'Snapper' Organs.. said @ 3:13am GMT on 1st Jun
[leaves pixpls-sponge in cavity]

kylemcBitch said @ 3:21am GMT on 1st Jun
[Watches pixpls-necrotising faciitis develop]

Sgt Harry 'Snapper' Organs.. said @ 5:29am GMT on 1st Jun
Pixpls!

assbastard said @ 3:37am GMT on 1st Jun
You've been a member for 2 years and only posted 13 other comments?

matt said @ 3:43am GMT on 1st Jun [Score:1 Insightful]
I think the male sexual enthusiasm around here tends to keep most of the girls from wanting to stand out too prominently. The Bukakke Fear Syndrome, perhaps?

Nihil said @ 4:16am GMT on 1st Jun
Either that, or it's hard to write comments with your hands and face all sticky.

strangeffect said @ 5:11am GMT on 1st Jun
Picture the ambulance drivers in Return of the Living Dead, and you've got girls on SE

jennifurret said @ 10:42am GMT on 1st Jun
You're actually quite right. Any other time (this time being no different) I've pointed out I'm a girl, guys swarm around in wonder.

Naruki said @ 6:19pm GMT on 1st Jun
A/S/L! A/S/L!

You know, perhaps your suggestive name could be a factor, too. Not nearly as prominent as a site teeming with horny male geeks, to be sure. But a factor. :-)

jennifurret said @ 10:40am GMT on 1st Jun
I'm a notorious lurker; I've been coming to SE a good year or two before I became a member. Most of my comments have probably been within the last couple of weeks. Before I turned 18 I was a little scared to post comments - I didn't know if I wasn't supposed to be here, or if someone would be able to sniff out a stupid teen girl in their midst.

Or maybe the overabundancy of men is just kind of scary. *shiver*

sensibleb said @ 10:57am GMT on 1st Jun
Option (b) = win

jonboynemo said @ 12:40pm GMT on 1st Jun
it occurs to me that it would be next to impossible to distinguish by comments alone between a "stupid teen girl" and most SErs.

jennifurret said @ 1:37pm GMT on 1st Jun
Hmm, good point.

strangeffect said @ 3:08pm GMT on 1st Jun
You don't dot your "I"s with smiley faces, so the first big indicator is out the window.

Naruki said @ 6:24pm GMT on 1st Jun
You know, that is a bit of an oxymoron. Notorious means having fame (negative though it be), and lurker implies not having fame.

Unless you mean your real life friends all know that you lurk online or something.

jonboynemo said @ 7:47pm GMT on 1st Jun
but she'll be known as a notorious lurker from now on!

the9thcircle said @ 10:40pm GMT on 31st May
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -4.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.82

I thought i would have been in the authoritarian category. But apparently all my great ideas can work without sending everyone to jail.

the9thcircle said @ 10:42pm GMT on 31st May
so most of the people responding are leftists. now what would be interesting to know is how many of use have completed a higher education degree.

spazm said @ 1:05am GMT on 1st Jun
what does education mean?

cardinal said @ 12:54am GMT on 1st Jun
Everyone else is doing it mom.

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -2.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.92

fforw said @ 1:03am GMT on 1st Jun
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -7.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.33

gunthar said @ 1:29am GMT on 1st Jun
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.82

lol & i'm an econ major

matt said @ 1:34am GMT on 1st Jun
Economic Left/Right: -4.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.64

And at least a few nongs here like to try and say that I'm an authoritarian or fascist. Pfeh.

Oh, and I agree that they're mischaracterising "Libertarian". What they mean by Libertarian isn't the Libertarian political ideology. They simply mean socially liberal. So really the vertical axis should be labelled something like "Socially Liberal/Conservative" rather than Libertarian/Authoritarian, which have meanings outside of the social sphere.

2002:
Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.26

2003:
Economic Left/Right: -4.12
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -6.00

Naruki said @ 4:00am GMT on 1st Jun
Since you always like to attack your opponent's spelling/grammar rather than their logic, I'll just point out that it's "try to say", not "try and say".

And for the logic portion of your correction, it wasn't trying, it was actually accomplishing.

What you were trying to articulate was that you think it was an inaccurate assessment, not that we failed to express it.

But that's what I'd expect from a fascist. ;-)

Nihil said @ 4:24am GMT on 1st Jun
"Try and" is a perfectly legitimated phrasing in colloquial/informal English. I think I once read it was used by writers like Melville and Twain as well.

Nice attempt, next time try and flame better ;)

Naruki said @ 4:37am GMT on 1st Jun
It's correct because someone else fucked up? Dude, do you even listen to yourself?

Nihil said @ 6:18am GMT on 1st Jun [Score:1 Interesting]
Found.

Naruki said @ 7:00am GMT on 1st Jun [Score:1 Interesting]
I said, "do you even listen to yourself?"

It's not correct just because a lot of people did it. That kind of logic would mean Bush is a good president.

"And" is a conjunction. If you mean to try and to do something else, then it's okay (e.g., "try and fail"). But that's not what was meant.

-_- said @ 9:21am GMT on 1st Jun
that really is interesting.

DrowJones said @ 11:19am GMT on 1st Jun
So you cannot try and succeed?

-_- said @ 3:31pm GMT on 1st Jun
And now a word from the dark elf of wall street.

LOL ... love it.... been meaning to tell you so for a long time.

Naruki said @ 5:59pm GMT on 1st Jun [Score:1 Insightful]
You certainly can, as that is the complement to the example I gave. You could even try and get bored and quit.

But "to try and fail" has a completely different meaning than "to try to fail".

Sgt Harry 'Snapper' Organs.. said @ 3:05am GMT on 1st Jun
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -9.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.62

Chinky said @ 5:31am GMT on 1st Jun
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -4.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.03

Chinky said @ 5:36am GMT on 1st Jun
I do worry about the format of the way this test was delievered. There are definitely questions who's answers could really be ambiguous and there's is no "neutral" selection or "no opinion" selection. Everyone's answers maybe off a bit from their actual beliefs.

ArthurPhilipDent said @ 5:40am GMT on 1st Jun
Economic Left/Right: -0.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.77

Nihil said @ 6:29am GMT on 1st Jun
For the record, I took the test two more times, trying the first time to sound like a conservative imperialist fundie and the second like a Communist tree-huggin' hippie. I always picked "Strongly Disagree" or "Strongly Agree" options. It plays like a quiz when you take it that way.

Results:

1st time: Economic Left/Right: 10.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 8.15

2nd time: Economic Left/Right: -10.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -9.08

It seems it's really easy to tell the left/right answers in the economic law parts, but apparently the authors and I sometime disagree on what are authoritarian/libertine policies in social law. Interesting.

ninjateg said @ 6:31am GMT on 1st Jun
Economic Left/Right: -6.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.49

gizmodizmo said @ 6:49am GMT on 1st Jun [Score:1 Insightful]
problem is, some of the statements are true, whatever your opinions are.

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

Yes, that is a significant advantage. Is it a good idea? No. Does it have some obvious disadvantages? Yes. So Why the fuck is it a question?

Auricom said @ 5:52pm GMT on 1st Jun [Score:1 Insightful]
Yeah, I had a problem with that question as well. I kept looking at it and wondering where the opinion within it was, but I kept concluding that it had to be a strongly agree answer because there is no other way around the wording. Instead of "A significant advantage of ..." it should have been something like, "Do you feel that ... is the best option in a political system?" so that it asks your opinion instead of stating a fact.

Cloudvii said @ 8:20am GMT on 1st Jun
Ohhh just Great... the site goes down half way through my test... typ-i-bloody-cal.

Meh, I'll do it when it goes live again.

Cloudvii said @ 3:03pm GMT on 1st Jun
Economic Left/Right: -1.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.28

Meh.

iamajohnson said @ 3:20pm GMT on 1st Jun
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: 2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.64

dagfari said @ 5:50pm GMT on 1st Jun
Mine:

Economic Left/Right: -3.54
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.64