Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

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Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by bo_sox48 » Sat Aug 18, 2018 4:18 am

Economic left/right: -8.13
Social Libertarian/authoritarian: -5.01

Apparently I'm Gandhi.

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by Kingdroid » Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:03 pm

nesdunk14 wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 19, 2018 7:01 am
 @kingdroid looks like we think pretty similarly:
https://8values.github.io/results.html? ... 8.5&s=88.2
really late reply here, but glad to see another proper libertarian socialist around here :)

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by StevenC. » Mon Aug 06, 2018 9:55 pm

Economic Left/Right: 0.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.92

I'm kinda shocked that the dot is just slightly to the right.

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by ssorenn » Sat Aug 04, 2018 12:18 am

Economic Left/Right: 4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.03

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by civwarbuff » Fri Aug 03, 2018 7:38 pm

There is a much better version of this test available called The Political Matrix.

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by MajorMitchell » Fri May 04, 2018 10:18 am

So I asked Her Imperiousness, the Fire Breathing MemSahib where on the political spectrum she would place me & her response was "In the dunces' corner." Then she lovingly berated me for wasting her time and commanded me to go forth and prune the roses. What a wonderful woman.

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by shigzeo » Fri Apr 20, 2018 1:57 pm

Well, I guess I'm not familiar with that quiz, but theoretically it is the same as 'libertarianism' or any other typical 'ism' that people gather behind or deride as ideologically fraught.

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by Octavious » Fri Apr 20, 2018 1:55 pm

Libertarian only means you live in a country where the word "liberal" has had a bad press :p

Socialism does mean different things to different people, but the advantage of the one question quiz is that it gives you an answer aligned with the user's definition of Socialism rather than whatever the definition of Socialism the quiz makers use.

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by shigzeo » Fri Apr 20, 2018 1:08 pm

That's an interesting question, Octavious. But 'socialist' means so many different things, not only to different people, but even among adherents to 'socialism'. The same goes for libertarianism, as left/right hemispheres of the ideal believe - if not practice - very different things depending on the issue at hand.

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by Octavious » Fri Apr 20, 2018 12:54 pm

Has anyone ever been surprised by their results? There are times when I think the test could be carried out just as effectively with a single question asking how much you agree with the idea that you're a Socialist

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by Jamiet99uk » Fri Apr 20, 2018 12:26 pm

https://8values.github.io/results.html? ... 9.2&s=81.5

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by shigzeo » Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:34 am

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 19, 2018 5:38 pm
 I mean seriously who holds the honest opinion "as a human, I think the interests of the Coca Cola Corporation are much more important than the interests of humanity"....? Who?
That's the problem with the wording of the thing. But the secondary concern is: 'what are the interests of humanity'? Who defines what they are? How do we serve those interests? Are the answers political (policy)? Personal? The problems with questions like those ruin the test. I have no idea where I'd stand if the questions weren't so poorly worded. Perhaps more left, perhaps more right. Whatever the case, the test hasn't understood its own problems and biases.

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by shigzeo » Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:31 am

TrPrado wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 19, 2018 4:17 pm
Tom Bombadil wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:09 pm
 Economic Left/Right: 3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.97

https://8values.github.io/results.html? ... 0.8&s=73.4
Oh I was worried I'd be the only one in that quadrant for a second :lol:

https://www.politicalcompass.org/analys ... &soc=-5.03
Evidently I'm barely in there.

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by damian » Fri Apr 20, 2018 4:10 am

I've answer the compass too many times. And don't feel up to it again.

The 8 value one seemed fun though.
https://8values.github.io/results.html? ... 0.8&s=67.0

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by GarlMargs » Fri Apr 20, 2018 4:07 am

Jamiet99uk wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 19, 2018 5:38 pm
 I mean seriously who holds the honest opinion "as a human, I think the interests of the Coca Cola Corporation are much more important than the interests of humanity"....? Who?
That one guy in Dr. Strangelove

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by leon1122 » Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:11 pm

Well, since everyone else is doing it, I filled out the Political Compass again for the sake of it. I also responded "Strongly Disagree" to the first question just to spite Jamiet.

Economic Left/Right: 4.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.33

https://www.politicalcompass.org/analys ... 3&soc=3.33

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by Jamiet99uk » Thu Apr 19, 2018 5:38 pm

I mean seriously who holds the honest opinion "as a human, I think the interests of the Coca Cola Corporation are much more important than the interests of humanity"....? Who?

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by Jamiet99uk » Thu Apr 19, 2018 5:31 pm

I'm not a huge fan of this test and I don't think it's very well constructed.

Some of the questions seem quite loaded one way or the other.

The very first one, for example:

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

What kind of halfway normal person is going to "STRONGLY DISAGREE" with that statement? Are there really many people who take the view that the interests of private businesses should *strongly* outweigh the interests of _humanity_, really?

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by Tom Bombadil » Thu Apr 19, 2018 4:56 pm

TrPrado wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 19, 2018 4:17 pm
Tom Bombadil wrote: ↑
Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:09 pm
 Economic Left/Right: 3.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.97

https://8values.github.io/results.html? ... 0.8&s=73.4
Oh I was worried I'd be the only one in that quadrant for a second :lol:

https://www.politicalcompass.org/analys ... &soc=-5.03

Christ. This shook me to the core. I need to look at myself in the mirror =P

Re: Casual webdip poll Left/right authoritarian/libertarian

by TrPrado » Thu Apr 19, 2018 4:49 pm

https://8values.github.io/results.html? ... 1.5&s=67.8

I also did one of these

https://bit.ly/2HurEDh

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