authoritarian/libertarian-left/right spectrum test

[Dystopia]

Yes, except that 'our' left wing leaning would actually be considered right wing in europe. Another reason this quiz isn't very accurate. In the USA I would be considered a hardcore liberal, here socialists hate me with passion.

I suppose that depends on where you are on the spectrum, yes? *I* would not consider you a hardcore liberal (despite being in the USA), nor would I consider myself to be a hardcore liberal either (despite being significantly more left of you).

I expect that the socialists in your country think you are on the right because you are to the right of them. Or perhaps it's due to your positions on specific issues. Or perhaps your leftists are as looney as our conservatives?

It's all relative.

For example, the rabid republicans here sometimes refer to Obama as a liberal, a socialist, or what have you. He's slightly to the left of Mitt fucking Romney, for fucks sake. From my perspective, the man is an authoritarian goon practically indistinguishable from his predecessors, and is no liberal at all (despite how he portrayed himself during his first election campaign).

The Liberals V Conservatives reference is not used in europe, since there are more than 2 parties in most countries. It's mostly 'left wingers' vs 'right wingers', and in any of those sides there are several parties. For instance, left wing parties are usually a center left (AKA socialist party, even though they are not pure socialists so the label is incorrect), a more lefty and a far left (communist party), and between the same side there are arguments and divergences, socialists dislike commies because they take it to the extreme, commies dislike socialists (center left) because they seem them as 'communists without balls'. In the right there's usually a center right (more or less the same as the democratic party of the USA), social democrats and stuff, and then a people's party, usually the conservatives (not only Christian democrats as we call them here, but also right wing conservatives who are not religious). In some countries there are far right parties, the nationalist ones, everyone knows they have a fascist agenda. Unlike the US conservative party they want to increase government invervention to leave everything submitted to the nation (where did we hear that in history books?)