Political Compass
OK, so I admit I purloined this link from Josh's blog (sorry, Josh), but I couldn't resist posting it here.Similar to other personal political polarity tests (how's that for alliteration?), the Political Compass features a short quiz on economic, political, and social issues designed to suss out your political leanings. However, rather than just plot the results across one domain, i.e. Liberal/Conservative, this test provides a two dimensional score based on your Social (Libertarian/Authoritarian) and Economic (Liberal/Conservative) views.
If you've got about 10 minutes (or less), give it a try and then post your results here. It'd be interesting to see where we all lie. As a point of comparison, here's a chart of where some contemporary national/international leaders would score if they took the test.
posted by ze roberto @ 2/28/2006 06:57:00 PM
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My results:
Economic Left/Right, -5.0
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian, -6.92
Looks like me and the Dalai Lama have a bit in common.
Shouldn't it be "neo-conservatism" and not "neo-liberalism"??
My results:
Econ: -2.88
Soc.: -4.41
Who knew. Although some of those questions really were subject to much interpretation and qualification.
Check out the new post on the front page of Politics Schmolitics.
My results:
Economic Left/Right, -5.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian, -5.54
@Sean: no, neoliberalism is correct. It refers to the (largely disproven) economic "theory" prefered by Ronald Reagan, et al.
I had a long comment written up where I talked about all of this shit in great detail, but managed somehow to lose it before it got posted. Damn it!
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