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Title: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: superaielman on March 05, 2017, 01:10:42 PM
http://www.rpgdl.com/forums/index.php?topic=5245.msg114431#msg114431

I'm always interested to see how people move and change. I tend to stay in the same area on politicalcompass myself.


Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: 5.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.77

Closest (only?) person I'm next to on the chart is Milton Freedman which makes a lot of sense.
Title: Re: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: Sierra on March 05, 2017, 02:06:37 PM
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.82

Huge shock you guys, I'm still borderline anarchist.
Title: Re: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: Captain K on March 05, 2017, 06:09:17 PM
-4.75, -2.26

Same quadrant as before, but a bit more to the left than last time.  I'm right on top of Gandhi now.  ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Title: Re: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: OblivionKnight on March 05, 2017, 08:46:08 PM
Economic Left/Right: -3.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.05

Act surprised. 
Title: Re: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: Cotigo on March 05, 2017, 09:09:32 PM
Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.38

I'll proudly admit that the last year or so has just made me more of a radical anarchosocialist.
Title: Re: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: Fenrir on March 05, 2017, 10:39:21 PM
Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.36

Fuck you zenny / el cid, how did you get even better scores
Title: Re: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: The Duck on March 05, 2017, 11:19:58 PM
I've been leaning towards this as I grow older but recent events have shoved me here as well:

Economic Left/Right: -6.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.18
Title: Re: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: NotMiki on March 06, 2017, 12:09:29 AM
Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.54

Further left on both than 2010, which is a bit surprising.  Didn't think on the social side there was really any room for that.  Economically also surprising because I work in an industry that has given me some respect for lending institutions and movement of money generally.  I would have thought that might push me to the right, but the opposite happened.
Title: Re: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: Grefter on March 06, 2017, 12:42:39 AM
Economic Left/Right: -9.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.92

oh look the least surprising results.
Title: Re: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: Hunter Sopko on March 06, 2017, 01:17:32 AM
Your Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: -5.0
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.41

Pretty much unchanged. I hover around -4 and -5 on Economic depending, and pretty much -4.5 on Social.
Title: Re: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: Excal on March 06, 2017, 02:07:28 AM
Economic Left/Right: 2.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.49

Feels about right.
Title: Re: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: Ranmilia on March 06, 2017, 12:56:01 PM
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.0
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.85

The leftward shuffle on social issues continues apace.  Economics number is a little further right than 2010, but I'm not sure if that reflects a rightward movement as much as an increased caution on the test's less defined economic questions.  In the post-truth era, statements like "the freer the market, the freer the people" can mean totally different things depending on context and speaker: what exactly is a "freer" market?  So I found myself a lot less likely to pick the "strongly" options on those and often wished for a neutral/needs clarification option.
Title: Re: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: Dark Holy Elf on March 11, 2017, 05:36:12 AM
Economic Left/Right: -2.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.1

This is pretty much where I was 8 years ago (I've moved by like half a point from centre along both axes). That said I see less and less value in the right-wing parties of both Canada and the US though, which kinda proves the line that I'm not leaving them; they're leaving me.
Title: Re: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: Luther Lansfeld on March 11, 2017, 06:50:12 AM
Economic Left/Right: -7.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.0
Title: Re: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: Dhyerwolf on March 11, 2017, 10:25:48 AM
-8.38, -6.05

GIANT CAVAET: I find aspects of the test's design to be questionable. The lack of nuance is incredibly bad because you general know which choice aligns in which direction, but incredibly poor wording makes it hard to swallow some of the questions. I answered using their wording, not the way I would have if the question was precisely worded. As such, my actual place is definitely to the left of this.

"Are people born unlucky?" in the religion section- Very Vague. You could say someone born into an oppressive situation is unlucky, but it's not that they themselves are unlucky. Is this a disagree or agree?

The one regarding people who can work, should work- This question is framed with a viewpoint baked right in. The way the question is written makes it perfectly natural to agree, but the question also doesn't paint a remotely accurate picture of how the system actually works. I would also say that people with lots of money who get lower tax rates on capital gains are the actually the group that this question accurately describes.

There are a bunch of other questions that I thought were flat out sloppy due to the lack of nuance. Does anyone think that Charles Manson could have been rehabilitated (regarding the question about whether the worst offenders can be rehabilitated)? I can't imagine that there would be much variation in the answer, so what was the question actually trying to determine?
Title: Re: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: Ranmilia on March 11, 2017, 03:30:47 PM
Agreed on the poor wording, indeed.  I said strongly yes to rehabilitation, though.  I'm optimistic regarding improvements in psychology and treatment methods.  I'm not a psychologist, but "oh, sociopathy is untreatable" just doesn't seem to fit with what I know of all the current models of personality and consciousness.  Can it be done practically, especially once someone's in a punitive prison system?  Probably not.  Could it be done theoretically?  I think so, and again, that's what their specific wording asks...

Title: Re: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: Hunter Sopko on March 11, 2017, 06:09:51 PM
Yeah, a lot of us have been noting the poor quality of this test this time around.

I think specifically though the luck question works where it is. It's testing for a belief in a non-rational concept without directly asking something like "ARE YOU SPIRITUAL?" I suppose it does go along with part of the poor phrasing question- but if you don't believe in luck, you can't believe someone is/is born unlucky or lucky. 
Title: Re: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: dunie on March 11, 2017, 08:07:45 PM
Changes: ENTJ to ISFJ. I guess aging graduate school, previous relationships, work experiences does that to you. I admit I am more a homebody these days, but I really do enjoy traveling/sight-seeing/always eating outdoors with alcohol and people watching. Okay. I'm old. The coolest thing? Me and Brienne are ISFJ buds. Snatched butch lezzie! (I think she's not a lesbian though but lesbians love her because)--- Robin Roberts, too!

New:
Economic Left/Right: -6.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.28

The patriarchal language, religious questions, anything involving women or homosexual agency and opportunities pissed me off way more than I thought. But it makes sense.



Title: Re: Politicalcompass 2017
Post by: VySaika on April 03, 2017, 06:37:45 PM
Economic Left/Right: -5.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.85

I've moved even further left as well. Shock and surprise, etc.