http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/iconochasms.html

Fascinating stuff, Max, thank you!

On the test I came out as the kind of libertarian monkey you might expect:
Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.31

On the quiz I got lucky with a couple of WAGs about two of your ‘favourite’ people, but got a couple of real surprises too – altogether I got three wrong, (#7, .#9 and #15)

I knew it--you're a raving anarchist! (As in, "Rejection of all forms of coercive control and authority: “He was inclined to anarchism; he hated system and organization and uniformity” (Bertrand Russell))". (Gurunet) Mine was Economic Left/Right: -3.50
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.46.

I got nearly all the quotes wrong, apart from Condoleeza ( the only member of the US gov. to have an oil tanker named after her) and old crazy boy Phil. I did the political compass thing and I'm even more lefty than I was a year ago, when last I did it. I'm a touch more bleeding heart than Gandhi nowadays. Econ.L/R -7.50 Auth./Lib. -8.05

**edit**
check out this, AFAQ 22.
When are you guys gonna learn to spell ?
This grievance comes from those who aren't aware that British and American spellings sometimes differ.

We've been at the centre of some rancour, but we're not going to take offence or harbour any grievances. The catalogue of complaints won't colour this organisation's programme. It's a grey area anyway. And we don't want to labour the point.

Going by the results so far, I'm the jackboot wearer of the group:
Economic Left/Right: -4.88
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.59

Economic Left/Right: -3.12
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.36

These tests are fun (for some people), but I think they're as useful as udders on a bull. (That's only because I view economic and social extremism as religions.)

k

It's fascist libertarians like Gandhi that really make me sick.

Economic Left/Right: -7.25
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.51

Reminds me of a "quiz" I took when I started college many years ago. It was called a "learning styles inventory" and your results placed you on a cartesian grid just as the results of this test.

I recall only a few things:

1. The quadrants were: assimilator, accomodator, diverger, converger.

2. I was evaluated as an almost perfect assimilator.

3. After the test they gave a description of the main characteristics of each category and what kinds of jobs people with those characteristics typically enjoy doing and are good at.

4. I remember that every category had several good characteristics and one bad characteristic - every category except the one which included guidance counselors, which had no faults! (Hey, this is just the assimilator "re-examine the facts" talking.)

k

going by the results so far, I'm marching in lockstep with max: -5.12/-1.90.

Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.05


Did Gandhi actually take the test? How about Hitler?

More libertarian than the Dalai Lama? Hm. (Econ -9.12; Lib/Auth -4.77)

Ron.

I was evaluated as an almost perfect assimilator.
The Borg are coming, the borg are coming!

This could get to be a bit too political for this board, I think..

Left/right: -4.00
Lib/Auth: -6.05

Like many others, it seems as though I'm in the same quadrant as Gandhi, Mandela and the Dalai Lama. And me an atheist. It's enough to make you weep.

cheer

the sunshine warrior

ps. A similar scale was developed by the libertarians, in the States, and is on their website (last time I checked). Results seem to be the same, too: I came out a 'left-liberal', in their terminology.

I took this awhile ago, but if I remember correctly, I fell in with most of you down in that corner, too...

>a bit too political

Blame the Welshie! I deliberately didn't link to the test, I just posted that iconochasms link because I was amused and surprised by who said what. 'Twere my evil yin wot politickisized it.

Cherchez le maverique

Beware of dragons!

Flatlander and I sit nearest (I have the results here.... somewhere.... rustling papers).

I'll bet (nothing like a call to arms) that there ain't nobody here who'll fess up even if they did score on the *plus side of both.

I think I came here late, but spent so much time on that test that I had to post the scores. Same corner, here too
Economic -5.38
Lib/Auth -2.15