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The Ñoldóran
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Looks like I'm still the far-out-lefty freak. That -10 didn't help any.
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Elf Lady
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*points and yells* LEFTY-FREAK!
... Okay, that wasn't funny... ... You think this indication has any validity?
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The Ñoldóran
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I think it has a bit of validity. I mean, I am far-left. It's right at least to that extent. Although I'd probably put myself a bit more authoritarian than it has me...
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Elf Lady
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Perhaps we should start a club: The L-Lefties... or something like that.
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![]() I wonder if it will change when you're no longer a student? It's been my experience that university tends to drive peoples' political bents a little further to the extreme than non-uni students (myself included).
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Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008
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Has anyone caught on to the idea that all four of those colors can be used to insult?
If you're in red: "You red-faced liberal!" If you're in blue: "You blue-faced conservative!" If you're in purple: "You purple-faced libertarian!" If your're in green: "You green-faced anarchist!"
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Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.44 Hm, if I look at their previous graph, I'm pretty close to where they've put Gandhi. I'm still confused about that astrology question, though. What on earth does that have to do with political leaning?
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My own reaction to the questions Another question that stumped me was this: controlling inflation is more important than controlling unemployment. The thing is, you can't make too many adjustments to the economy or the Bank of Canada's interest rate to influence either. Then you just have problems. You have to be subtle when trying to influence the economy. Similarly, I have a massive problem with this question: the rich are too highly taxed. In Canada, they aren't in my opinion. But what if there are obscene taxes on rich people in a different country? A person from that country who says the rich are too highly taxed is not necessarily more right-wing than I am. This question is as much influenced by the tax rate as political leaning. This one is obviously to weed out the nutjobs: all people have their rights, but it is better for all of us that different sorts of people should keep to their own kind. WHUT. As a supporter of the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), I clearly disagree with this: no broadcasting institution, however independent its content, should receive public funding. ![]() Okay, this test was written for Americans, wasn't it? Evidence: our civil liberties are being excessively curbed in the name of counter-terrorism. I wonder how culturally relevant this test actually is. ![]() For the record, though I picked the artists because I feel they are often a sign of a free and happy society, I think that none of these jobs are more important than the other: the businessperson and the manufacturer are more important than the writer and the artist. A huge problem with this test is it uses a Likert Scale, but without the neutral option. Now, that doesn't make the scale wrong or biased, but it really annoys me. I always choose neutral on subjects that I lack knowledge on, value both choices equally, or simply don't have an opinion. By forcing a choice to one direction or another, this is going to make my position more extreme, or possibly incorrect altogether. This is a proper Likert Scale, for those interested parties: __ Strongly agree __ Agree __ Neither agree nor disagree __ Disagree __ Strongly disagree And my last reflection, right before I get my answer, is, "If they lump me in with Augusto Pinochet I'm going to have to shoot myself." Economic Left/Right: -3.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.49 In the end, I'm more to the right economically and more libertarian than Gandhi. I feel like this describes me very well, though it reflect my rebellious nature more than my actual view of the role of government. Economically though that is more or less how I feel. Still, just because I think astrology is a load of crap doesn't mean I'm an anarchist or something. Fun test though, and great discussion! ![]()
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You're significantly more conservative than me!
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Actually, fascism sprung from leftist roots
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Gwai, I'm pretty centrist on some things, but not so centrist on others. F'r instance, I agree that a business' prime objective should be to make money for shareholders. However, and where this question doesn't cover my political inclinations, I think govts & local bodies should work to keep businesses in line with other factors such as ecology, etc.
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Of course not. And besides, you're one of the more centrist people in the thread so no one's going to say that.
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Elf Lord
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It seems that the test may have some sort of validity. If we plotted all of our scores on one sheet, it seems that they would be accurate relative to each other. It may be that the origin is in the wrong place. Also, I did this test about 5 years ago, then did it again about a year ago, and got the same results. That suggests it may have internal validity.
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Elf Lady
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Every test is measuring something...
Question is: is it measuring what you think it is measuring? ![]()
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But somehow in my mind I made some sort of connection to funding of abstract art museums but the astrology question failed to bring any link with politics to mind.
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