Howard Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 I found a test positioning oneself's political view on a cartesian map. I found it neat. https://www.politicalcompass.org/test I expected to be slightly to the left of the center, but I am surprised to have scored as high on the libertarian side. Link to post Share on other sites
SithLord Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Seems about right for me. Not big on authority, though I'm more on the side of government needing to stop coorporations from fucking up the world than a free market. Link to post Share on other sites
weird elf Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 No surprises there ... Link to post Share on other sites
Blizzard Avis Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 Did this a while ago, I think it's pretty accurate for me. Link to post Share on other sites
njosnavelin Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 I never agreed with the way we design the political spectrum with a left right up down directions. I always felt a circle was better represented: absolute freedom should be at the top and full authority should be at the bottom. Politically there is a convergence where the outcome(s) are the same. They only differentiate by implementation. Link to post Share on other sites
SithLord Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 13 hours ago, njosnavelin said: I never agreed with the way we design the political spectrum with a left right up down directions. I always felt a circle was better represented: absolute freedom should be at the top and full authority should be at the bottom. Politically there is a convergence where the outcome(s) are the same. They only differentiate by implementation. I don't understand how your model is significantly different from the square. A square offers 2 clear dimensions that we can judge by. While I may not agree what they consider to be "opposites", a circle is just rounding off the edges. Unless you meant "circle" as in a 3D model where the extremes of left and right meet. While I can agree somewhat, I have to point out that you then have a confusing way to measure where one is on the circluar part of the cylinder I am picturing. What makes someone Upper Right on the circle? What two factors are you using for those measures? Since the "top" and "bottom" you reference I assume apply to the long part of the cylinder. Or maybe you're picturing something else entirely. But "circle" is not a good word for what I think you mean, as I don't see how it's different from the square other than not allowing for someone to be far into the corners. Link to post Share on other sites
gisiebob Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 "more freedom" is kinda a funny idea, don't know if straight lines do it justice Link to post Share on other sites
Zyph Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 My results are pretty accurate in my case. Link to post Share on other sites
Ortac Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 I remember the political compass test has been shared and discussed on AVEN before on at least one previous occasion. I didn't take part on that occasion so it's nice to have another opportunity. Wow, I'm really close to the middle. I expected my result to be quite a bit further to the right, and also I also thought I would be slightly authoritarian rather than slightly libertarian. Anyway, I guess this is good. Hopefully it means I am centrist and well balanced. Link to post Share on other sites
HikaruBG Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 Interesting. I was wondering were I would fall under the U.S.A.'s political compass. Based on the things I saw on YouTube and such, I suspected that I would fall somewhere near the center but... I'm actually surprised. I suspected that I would be a lot closer to the center than this. Also, now I understand why am I nowhere to be seen on my country's political compass. All parties here are athoritarian but either on the left or right (edit:) but in USA, they would be on the far right (nationalism). Link to post Share on other sites
Roundabout Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 I went from being center-right to far-left within the span of two years. Link to post Share on other sites
Zagadka Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 I've taken that test numerous times, and I'm solidly in the extreme side of the lower left quadrant, which isn't terribly surprising. It isn't a terribly detailed test, though. Link to post Share on other sites
Ella Joy Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I can't get the image in here, but: Economic Left/Right: -5.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.21 Link to post Share on other sites
charlessailor Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Economic Left/Right: -5.13; Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.92. Not surprised by my quadrant at all. A little surprised by the exact positioning--would have expected to be a little to the center economically and a little more liberal socially. If the people on this thread enjoy this sort of thing, I'll link to https://8values.github.io/ . Similar concept, but uses eight different values and adds some nuance. Personally I am a big fan. There is also https://9axes.github.io/ which is an iteration with more detail. Personally not sure that the detail adds any value, but I still find it fun. Link to post Share on other sites
Howard Posted March 31, 2020 Author Share Posted March 31, 2020 I enjoyed the 8-axis test. https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=65.4&d=67.8&g=62.7&s=71.7 Link to post Share on other sites
Gloomy Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 I’ve never taken the 9 axes test before, was interesting. I’m not a fan of local or national governments, but I have slightly less animosity towards local governments. The only reason I scored 46% on authority in the second axis is because often times democracy is just authority imposed by the majority, and I’m not a fan of either authority by one person or many people, hence why I scored neutral on that axis. My pacifist, freedom, market, secular, progressive, and multi-cultural scores were definitely accurate though. Also I love how “The internet should be illegal” was one of the questions. It would be pretty ironic if someone who thought the internet should be illegal was taking a test on the fucking internet. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Not surprised by the result, as I knew I stood quite close to the middle when it came down to my political opinions. I tend to clash heavily with anyone far right thinking, and far left as a result, so makes sense to me. Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 I have to say I prefer the 8Values test. Economic Axis: Centrist 52.6% 47.4% Diplomatic Axis: Balanced 41.1% 58.9% Civil Axis: Moderate 53.6% 46.4% Societal Axis: Progressive 27.9% 72.1% Closest Match: Liberalism Link to post Share on other sites
HikaruBG Posted April 3, 2020 Share Posted April 3, 2020 8Value is very long for my liking but I did it anyway. https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=69.2&d=78.9&g=70.6&s=74.7 Link to post Share on other sites
Ms. Carolynne Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 I recently took a few of these just for fun (I ran into a subreddit for this sort of thing); Anyway, the one in the OP gave me this. The 8 Values test, I personally liked the approach on this one. Here's a similar one to the OP, but social issues got put on their own spectrum; this one considered me a lot more moderate, except on social issues. Seems pretty accurate towards how I would describe myself, more or less. I don't remember which one this was (dichotomytests or something), it's a similar idea to the 8 values thing, focusing on various dichotomies. And finally the LeftValues test, which is more in the context of socialism and leftist positions. I also took the Nolan Chart test a while back when there was a thread on that, I ended up down the middle left / right wise, and moderately libertarian. That one kind of made me laugh because a shitposter compared AVEN to the CCP with a picture of a Chinese farmer, then a lot of people got results towards the libertarian side of things and they edited their post to a picture of Voltaire. Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy Alien Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 Economic Left/Right: -7.0 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.9 8values Results Economic Axis: Socialist 80.1% 19.9% Diplomatic Axis: Cosmopolitan 90.6% Civil Axis: Liberal 72.6% 27.4% Societal Axis: Revolutionary 94.7% Closest Match: Libertarian Socialism Link to post Share on other sites
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