Find out what your political ideology is

[Cecelia]

So apparently.. Anachro Communist?  Doesn't sound like me at all.

[c172]

17. Social Democrat. Sounds about right, although I'm in a state of flux these days.
https://www.politicalcompass.org/yourpol...&soc=-2.77

[Minimalist]

I'll have to try this later when I'm on my computer. I know I'm conservative as hell. Sifting through the questions though, some are a smidgen loaded a bit with little middle ground.

Can't have that, can you?  Hard to goose step on the middle ground.

[Court Jester]

hmmmmmmm......

Your Political Compass

Economic Left/Right: 1.0
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.51

Damn near smack dab in the middle

[TheBeardedDude]

According to the map, I am a "Anarcho-Syndacalism/Collectivist Anarchism."

But I strongly suspect that this is highly inaccurate because my reasons for answering certain questions the way I did had more to do with common assumptions about people, and less to do with how I think the system should actually work. That would likely push me further up the "Authoritarian" axis into Democratic Socialism.

[The Grand Nudger]

Lelz, it gives me Anarcho-Syndicalism as well.....aaaaand that's how you know the test is flawed.

[Aegon]

Or the graphic I provided is the one that's flawed. Also maybe you guys like anarchy more than you think muhahaha

Like I said, look around the area you're in and check out the others.

[TheBeardedDude]

Or the graphic I provided is the one that's flawed. Also maybe you guys like anarchy more than you think muhahaha

Like I said, look around the area you're in and check out the others.

I think the questions are flawed. Some appear to be trying to discern our underlying philosophies on these respective issues, but the questions are too binary and oversimplify them. Meaning that the questions are more about our pragmatic views than our philosophy, but they don't necessarily still get at what we think the role of the government should be in a given scenario. 

For instance:
"Controlling inflation is more important than controlling unemployment."

I put "disagree" but only because I can't answer "both" or "neutral." Disagree doesn't mean that I think the government should or shouldn't do one or the other, nor does it mean I think it should actually concern itself with one more than the other. This question attempts to get at my pragmatic view of government, but oversimplifies it. 

"Because corporations cannot be trusted to voluntarily protect the environment, they require regulation."

I strongly agreed, but that is primarily because I see this as also being in the company's best interests in the long term too. So my "strong agree" in this case actually doesn't get at my underlying philosophy as much as it gets at my pragmatic view of the function of government. 

" 'from each according to his ability, to each according to his need' is a fundamentally good idea."

This might be the best one. I put "disagree," which would likely push me to the "left" and up the "Authoritarian" axis, but that is because I don't like the subjective idea around what a person is or isn't "able" to do. I think a lot of people believe that the able-bodied among us must work in order to be supported through government assistance. And while I don't disagree in principle, I disagree with how people may or may not define "able" with respect to "able-bodied." There are people out there, for example, who don't believe in mental health disorders. So if someone suffers from a mental health disorder that makes it difficult for them to work certain jobs, they wouldn't be "able-bodied" to do that job, but the person who doesn't believe in mental health disorders would probably disagree. So I actually agree with the statement as long as we use the government to negotiate agreement on what constitutes "able-bodied." And had I clicked "agree," it would have moved me in the opposite direction because it failed to understand both my underlying philosophy and my pragmatic view of how a government should or should not consider this principle.

[popeyespappy]

I think the questions are flawed.

Of course they are. You design a questionnaire that perfectly nails a person's political ideology every time, and I'll nominate you for a Nobel Prize.

If the AI you created to interpret the answers hasn't destroyed us all first...

[TheBeardedDude]

I think the questions are flawed.

Of course they are. You design a questionnaire that perfectly nails a person's political ideology every time, and I'll nominate you for a Nobel Prize.

If the AI you created to interpret the answers hasn't destroyed us all first...

I don't expect binary questions to sufficiently explain a person's political ideology. I don't like political "tests" because they can't get at a person's true political beliefs. That is why I was critical of my initial assessment, not because it is entirely wrong but because it isn't entirely correct and shouldn't be expected to be.