I took the test 'blind' as it were - I didn't read anything about it, just answered honestly. Hmm... if I were in a country where I could vote, which party would it be? Green socialists anywhere?

I'm British, therefore a foreigner and have no vote.

The US has no major liberal party. The closest thing would be the Green Party, but they don't even represent a sizable minority of the voting population. It's quite a shame, really... A lot of Democrats think they are voting liberally.

And that's a very good thing.

Second, the assumption is made that you want your personal preferences enforced.  I found that I could answer the questions in two distinct ways--in accordance with what I think (or feel), or in accordance with what I actually want government to do (as little as possible, as it happens).  In the latter case, I'm way off in the lower-right quadrant (7.88,-6.82), in the former, I'm a bit more centrist.

I did find it interesting (though not at all surprising) that the lower-right quadrant is completely devoid of political "leaders."

I agree. I have a few conservative views that I'm glad the government doesn't enforce.

Not sure what country you're from, East, but in the last Australian federal election there was only one political party in the lower right quadrant and they were wiped out.

In the U.S. it's the Libertarian party, which is pretty much a joke (I speak as a former card-carrying Libertarian who finally grew weary of their silliness).  It's hard to find "leaders" from among anarchists.

Im a bit closer!, so hmm he is more liberal then left,

Bollocks.

All one has to do to be a good person is have empathy for other individuals, have a thirst for knowledge, and have the courage to attack bigotry and hatred wherever they are found.

A person does not have to do much to be involved in politics either. All they have to do is stay informed and vote. People should also get involved with causes that interest them. Make a donation, sign a petition, send a letter to your representative, go to a rally, etc.

I agree - according to that test i'm a "right libertarian". I believe in strong economic freedom AND strong personal freedom.

Nice work there

I didn't make it on your graph - how many others are not represented?  Would adding the others on this forum who participated, but were not represented make a difference?

I use the term "limited" in a relative sense - of course libertarians of any kind are going to agree with stronger personal and economic freedom than other political worldviews. Compared to other libertarians, however, right-libertarians are generally more socially conservative than left- or centrist-libertarians (i.e., they may want to limit/prohibit things like drug use and abortion, or want to permit religion in public schools). On the other hand, left-libertarians are more likely to agree with some socialist ideals, like welfare, restricted capitalism, limited private ownership of land/natural resources, etc.

Students are already allowed to voluntarily pray and read whatever book they may wish to. Schools, however, are not allowed to endorse any religion.

Maybe none of them that you know...

Ditto to that one.
didnt appreciate my logic of "its not my god", either.

Exactly.

Although, I'd prefer if we did away with public "education" altogether.

Why are you against public education? It is public education that creates a suitable workforce for this technological age. If we were to remove it, there would certainly be problems with technological advancement.

I have to question this

i went to a public school. (if by public, you mean private...¬_¬)

it was great!
less students, and the school has more freedom to...dispose...of those who were not wanted there.

ATM: How sad, but true.  I'm one of the few NEA members to be in favor of home schooling.

Don't tell them!

All the best.

It's still infinitely better than the days when most people went without an education at all.

do you mean public as in....state..or as in....you pay a fee to attend?

Surely ones that you pay to attend are private, not public. A government-funded school is funded with public funds - i.e taxpayer money from the general public.

So was I

Oh, okay

you would think so, logically, but private schools are actually called public schools, as they are run by the public sector.
this has lead to great confusion, with a distinct lack of hilarity.

Let me confuse it even further.  In Scotland, schools you pay for are called private schools, and we refer to publicly funded schools as state schools to distinguish them from the English public schools which are the ones you have to pay for!

damnit, NOW you submit your scores

Just pencil me in falling off the southwestern corner of the chart...

Dang, beyond Tigger? I had no idea I was that dangerous!

In Australia the word's lost its meaning entirely, as the conservative party is actually named the "Liberal" party...

dont Think I've missed anyone. yes, I know about the typos.

anyway.

updated graph.

I reckon that you missed me. That's quite impressive BTW

That's the honest truth. That's why this survey uses the dichotomy of left/ right only in the context of economics. I'm sure that modes of economic and social thinking could be further categorised along a dimensioned array, but for ease of conceptualisation the author simply divided political types into quadrants. Alas, so many of us really are not well represented by the two party sytem as it stands.

I re-took it and now I am a little below mandels EXACTLY on top of the Dalai lama

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.54

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