A Political Note

[Bocaj Claw]

Economic Left/Right: -5.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.69

Dear god, I'm an anarchic commie! Which makes Richard a Super Commie.

[Richard K Niner]

Economic Left/Right: -5.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.69

Dear god, I'm an anarchic commie! Which makes Richard a Super Commie.

Hmm, that sounds like a good idea for a superhero

*dons a red spandex suit* It's a fur, it's a train! It's Yellow Dog, spreading the Red Menace everywhere he goes! You better watch out, or he'll turn you into a pinko, and then you'll vote for him before you vote for the grande old party!

[Comrade K]

Wow, the poli compass really hijacked this thread.

But, since we're on the subject, I got:

Economic Left/Right: -6.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.56.

I found this to be a loaded question:

A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system.

I mean, that's not an opinion. One person or a bunch of like-minded people are going to do things faster than a bunch of different factions. It doesn't mean I'd support it.

[klimt]

what do you know, opinions change over time.

Got more conservative with age?[/quote]

more apathetic, really.

i'm close enough to center that i'm regarded as whatever the people i'm around arnt.

[Arloest]

I found this to be a loaded question:

A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system.

I mean, that's not an opinion. One person or a bunch of like-minded people are going to do things faster than a bunch of different factions. It doesn't mean I'd support it.

I think the thing being argued there are the words "A significant advantage". One might think the arguments that delay progress are essential to a political system, in that it creates better decision-making. So in that respect, its not a loaded question.

A lot of these questions would be really good debate topics.

[Richard K Niner]

I found this to be a loaded question

Most of them are supposed to be loaded like that; it's what they use to figure out how moderate/extreme you are.

[Bocaj Claw]

Well, better a Political Note than a Death Note anyway.

[Rasputin42x69]

Economic Left/Right: -4.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.69

Hmm, I'm pretty close to The Dalai Lama there...

[osprey]

Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.23

[KJ Fellie]

I'm seeing a trend. Wonder if anyone else sees it. (Hint: look at all our scores.) Does this say anything about us, or the forum, or Ozy and Millie, or am I just over-thinking things?

[Richard K Niner]

I'm seeing a trend. Wonder if anyone else sees it. (Hint: look at all our scores.) Does this say anything about us, or the forum, or Ozy and Millie, or am I just over-thinking things?

I think it says politics is skewed to the top right; that may be one reason the younger generation doesn't vote as much (or a consequence, depending on how you look at it).

[CodeCat]

Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.95

I belong right there with RKNiner.

[Muninn]

I'm surrounded by socialists/leftists!

I'm way more to the center, though still in the same quarter of the graph as most of you. Arloest's scores are very similar to mine.

I'm seeing a trend. Wonder if anyone else sees it. (Hint: look at all our scores.) Does this say anything about us, or the forum, or Ozy and Millie, or am I just over-thinking things?

I think it was fairly obvious before this that a lot of us here, and Ozy and Millie readers in general I'd guess, would have scores similar to these.

[KJ Fellie]

Thought this might be the case. Haven't seen anyone in any of the other quadrants yet. Wonder where Ozy and Millie themselves would end up...? Off the chart in one direction or another? Ozy seems likely to share this corner with us.

[Doc Sigma]

Economic Left/Right: 1.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.10

Uhh. *puts on tomato-proof overcoat*

(edited to add the following observation)

Thought this might be the case. Haven't seen anyone in any of the other quadrants yet.

I seem to be the only one in the *world* who's in the purple quadrant. Check out the International chart, and the US Primary 2008 chart. Nobody else is there. It's so lonely down here in Purpleville...