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There's abundant evidence for the need of it. The old one-dimensional categories of 'right' and 'left', established for the seating arrangement of the French National Assembly of 1789, are overly simplistic for today's complex political landscape. For example, who are the 'conservatives' in today's Russia? Are they the unreconstructed Stalinists, or the reformers who have adopted the right-wing views of conservatives like Margaret Thatcher ?
On the standard left-right scale, how do you distinguish leftists like Stalin and Gandhi? It's not sufficient to say that Stalin was simply more left than Gandhi. There are fundamental political differences between them that the old categories on their own can't explain. Similarly, we generally describe social reactionaries as 'right-wingers', yet that leaves left-wing reactionaries like Robert Mugabe and Pol Pot off the hook.
That's about as much as we should tell you for now. After you've responded to the following propositions during the next 3-5 minutes, all will be explained. In each instance, you're asked to choose the response that best describes your feeling: Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Agree or Strongly Agree. At the end of the test, you'll be given the compass, with your own special position on it.
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Seems I'm falling in-line with Gandhi. The fact I have no real knowledge of politics, and even less knowledge of Gandhi, means this hasn't helped me one bit.
Considering my right to vote helps choose the leader of a country I no longer live in, pay any taxes to, or have any possessions in - I don't really care too much.
Seems that site is down. A similar one is Moral Politics:
YOUR SCORE
Your scored -1.5 on Moral Order and -6 on Moral Rules.
The following categories best match your score:
System: Liberalism
Ideology: Progressive NeoLiberalism
Party: Libertarian Party
Presidents: Bill Clinton
04' Election: Michael Badnarik
08' Election: Ron Paul
Lines join in faint discord and the Stormwatch brews . . a concert of Kings as the white sea snaps . . at the heels of a soft prayer . . whispered
Political Compass wrote:Economic Left/Right: -8.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.87
Moral Politics wrote:Your scored -4 on Moral Order and 1.5 on Moral Rules.
The following categories best match your score (multiple responses are possible):
1. System: Socialism
2. Ideology: Social Democratism
3. Party: No match.
4. Presidents: Jimmy Carter
5. 04' Election: David Cobb
6. 08' Election: Barrack Obama
Of the 502,190 respondents (6,708 on Facebook):
1. 6% are close to you.
2. 59% are more conservative.
3. 6% are more liberal.
4. 10% are more socialist.
5. 18% are more authoritarian.
"You know, I have a great, wonderful, really original method of teaching antitrust law, and it kept 80 percent of the students awake. They learned things. It was fabulous." -- Justice Stephen Breyer
hm... I could have sworn I'd be an anarchist, but according to this test, it seems that there's no one out there that's more authoritarian than me... I'm Hitler and Stalin in one person!
Edit: I love how it says "Party: No match" for most of us! ....
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