Kolya on 28/6/2007 at 07:34
Quote Posted by AR Master
For most internet users, anyway, they might as well just make a "how farther left of Che are you ('Lessin you a nazi)?"
Fortunately it ain't like that in the real world! :thumb:
Bloody fashionable internet commies. You'll never get a job hanging out in forums!
Thief13x on 28/6/2007 at 12:34
Economic left/rigth = 1.25
Social libertarian/authoritarian = .31
I think the questions were too full of words like "sometimes" and "always", it seemed quite slanted at times
trevor the sheep on 28/6/2007 at 12:42
AR Master is my hero
i came out right in economics and down the bottom at libertarian
anarcho capitalist yo
scumble on 28/6/2007 at 13:43
Quote Posted by Paz
It's bullshit for "discovering" any political depth to a person, and I think it's fundamentally flawed as a test - but it can be moderately intriguing in other ways.
What's missing is a more refined spread of political opinions. It may be possible to create a better test by ditching the either/or agree/disagree model and replacing it with a better researched challenge/response model. Assuming that makes much sense. For each part of political economy it should be possible to identify a wider range of beliefs that are more likely to be close to what someone actually holds, without making a rough test too cumbersome.
The question "What does the term
Social Justice mean to you?" might be a good one to play with for starters. Still, it's a big effort to avoid introducing bias into any question involving politics and economics.
Gorgonseye on 28/6/2007 at 14:56
Quote Posted by Thief13x
Economic left/rigth = 1.25
Social libertarian/authoritarian = .31
I think the questions were too full of words like "sometimes" and "always", it seemed quite slanted at times
Is there really something IN BETWEEN "something" and "always"? Should we have, "This once" or "For the next few times"? It seems to me you can only have one or the other, without having to be completley specific for a specific (and I'm assuming, isolated) incident so that it could never be "sometimes" or "always" from then on? If that's the case it likely wouldn't prove much of anything.
trevor the sheep on 28/6/2007 at 19:42
PERHAPS SOME SORT OF SLIDING SCALE SYSTEM COULD BE IMPLEMENTED FOR THE NEXT VERSION????? :confused: :confused: :confused:
D'Juhn Keep on 28/6/2007 at 19:47
Economic Left/Right: -8.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.05
I'm a bit surprised by this, put so baldly, but it probably is accurate, when I think about it
SD on 28/6/2007 at 23:39
I never realised there were so many libertarian socialists around... thank fuck the lazy bastards don't vote!
D'Juhn Keep on 29/6/2007 at 05:49
For who :o
Rogue Keeper on 29/6/2007 at 06:59
Quote Posted by Thief13x
I think the questions were too full of words like "sometimes" and "always", it seemed quite slanted at times
Quote:
Some of the questions are slanted.
Most of them are slanted ! Some right-wingers accuse us of a leftward slant. Some left-wingers accuse us of a rightward slant. But it's important to realise that this isn't a survey, and these aren't questions. They're propositions - an altogether different proposition. To question the logic of individual ones that irritate you is to miss the point. Some propositions are extreme, and some are more moderate. That's how we can show you whether you lean towards extremism or moderation on the Compass.
Some of the propositions are intentionally vague. Their purpose is to trigger buzzwords in the mind of the user, measuring feelings and prejudices rather than detailed opinions on policy.
Incidentally, our test is not another internet personality classification tool. The essence of our site is the model for political analysis. The test is simply a demonstration of it.
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http://www.politicalcompass.org/faq#faq1)
