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Topic Started: Feb 16 2018, 12:02 PM (641 Views)
Jinfengopteryx
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This is a place to discuss the various tests you can find online and where you would assign yourself to on the political spectrum.

This is my political compass:
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My 8values test:
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My spekr.org test:
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While the 8values test could be exaggerated, these tests very consistently portray me as a social liberal which is exactly the way I see myself. I personally think the political compass is the closest match.
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Soopairik
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I can’t see the latter two images.
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Jinfengopteryx
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Happens often, here are the links:
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/HyUt_lRK5p9MmIkWwYkCF0W7Si1C_kjRYuFbY00VtZsEgLefEz4N9x2YEw0UPTMT9-HYktrrnfNmYLAKgptLB9LGwmktvhg_tQfRyQBKrU6J0ECWOn8fstzudZwzYaIlUojnJPQq4aZ2JZ_78qKW0wW7EV4eQxi5tbOy7jrQOXdONah161VJssv_dVy17PyQ2MFG-nPDryPTrB8gOkWgVUiR0cXPQKPt-4Z2ky7QB9kxXNb6PJzJxvMM2poVWJjoSK5Z-YPY91gfvaYewXKg-D51c2eV7p3IMm_xzFrldCgoI1JMF6gPXfZm63JwUHxjk3DI3z81gfxyNl-MexGnE0dX6_vtN1f6xOg4vRQ7s2pFPVMieHpP-RAbV_dhufExIjyRoTDFBUwM4AcnMc4aLO246SZKm_QHz15WlOKukMOQkl8u-_fpK4zmT-HhCSQGWtmlnUBeXj1R_4FFiN2j29QtgDSBGpMmSX8ouDMH3aIlslskr8Oj7xHTdHFV2Z6N28K_G77iP_zvDdUdR0Mol65wfTHIzUMOHdcLLH7McCOe0CYTNlRw-nuUwamCdUvdv3AcWUW8EuJcdNOyU6vQ80aK_VLaNu1xMidQPiRllQ=w2099-h1148-no
http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/buFoNmD_B5BwxCFhUYF4nyalSJGihEEZZnEaxkOLOXgEbze1aPATNuzflGCNG-kp_G5udgSSIMdEAMQ11CMmQN4d1dkCX8-ZoXp4B__63yZP4ozyYV23NWC0ekOU_u7beFZxTCSOhuR_EVuLilkzarmV0ED6kNMEJNDvXQs4QG-iXmjKPj_N33E8HlpH3fyg0bOk2v42RbTa7j5yUaNO2zVz0u-GC3n5XEmJfk_0-jtchRBqyqAiljGzZ6b1wRUa-QS1PRo26BuZiAZY4S5g9AQAiybKQZT8UKA69sajrUX5WamiYmiB5FuyFQHBYUcptnYPEj3Lu9Rlpx6s-_XD7IluezCp-5Kn7Sce79TjmuSp4zz1e0xBrCMN74cZmZpaKuyGg8vK05-pptKDaXjBuJiar3Ye4-se2ZajugYEuYkGpmTBGV3-DkzxyNnaN8qxeisYHt2I5jnv1-rN-hnpg8WiDoZXEXyQsR8mNG6p4GUjTF5uZgvNoBHzL0fo3gE8P753KwEoK01D1OLQb0atdzVZaaGGu_bTNG87os1HjoYXaGmEJMcLfK-LLpdU6WkWVOle85KLcUw3SvXsQsIxo6B0iqmG-Do3Gf-6uyoKnA=w2091-h1047-no
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Soopairik
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Still can’t see. Try Imgur.
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Jinfengopteryx
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Do you have an account on Google+?
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Soopairik
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Jinfengopteryx
Feb 16 2018, 12:22 PM
Do you have an account on Google+?
Yes.
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Jinfengopteryx
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I have yet to understand the problem then.
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Soopairik
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I will post my images later. My political compass test I took in 2017’s results are different from my 2018 one I took exactly one year later.
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Jinfengopteryx
Feb 16 2018, 12:37 PM
I have yet to understand the problem then.
Download Gyazo, screenshot with it, and wait for it to upload the screenshot to be uploaded to their servers. Takes a couple of seconds.

Anyway, here are my results:
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Eagle
Feb 16 2018, 12:59 PM
Jinfengopteryx
Feb 16 2018, 12:37 PM
I have yet to understand the problem then.
Download Gyazo, screenshot with it, and wait for it to upload the screenshot to be uploaded to their servers. Takes a couple of seconds.

Anyway, here are my results:
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You’re an AnCom?

My results, February of 2017
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My results, February of 2018
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Edited by Soopairik, Feb 16 2018, 03:59 PM.
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My position should be very high and not be detoriated
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Soopairik
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Ferreomus
Feb 16 2018, 05:25 PM
My position should be very high and not be detoriated
What do you mean?
Take the actual test here and post your results.
https://www.politicalcompass.org
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You’re an AnCom?
Not really.
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Soopairik
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Libertarian Leftist?
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My IQ should be high
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Ferreomus
Feb 17 2018, 03:18 AM
My IQ should be high
The compass doesn’t measure your IQ. It measures your political ideology.
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Since I have no patience to upload anything, here are the results of the tests you cannot see.
8values test:
Economic Axis: 71.3% Social -- 28.7% Markets
Diplomatic Axis: 68.1% World -- 31.9% Nation
Civil Axis: 71.5% Liberty -- 28.5% Authority
Societal Axis: 81.1% Progress -- 18.9% Tradition
Closest Match: Libertarian Socialism
spekr.org:
-27 (that means left) on the economic axis
-60 (below) on the cultural axis
Yet another test:
http://www.politiscales.net/
My result (in German):
http://www.politiscales.net/de_DE/results/?e1=43&e0=43&vega=100&p1=45&p0=21&t0=14&t1=33&j1=21&j0=40&c1=43&c0=33&femi=10&prag=67&b1=12&b0=62&m1=10&m0=60&s0=67&s1=10
Here's how it all works:
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Constructivism / Essentialism
Why are the people how they are? This axis allows you to situate yourself between two opposite poles which answer this question.

The constructivists consider that people build themselves from their environment (notably social) and that the caracteristics that make them who they are, are acquired.

On the contrary, the essentialists consider that an individual is by nature how he/she is and that his/her caracteristics which make this person who she/he is, are innate.
I am 43% essentialist and 33% constructivist (the remaining 24% are apparently neutral). I'd see myself rather as 50/50
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Rehabilitative justice / Punitive justice
The ones in favor of the rehabilitative justice consider that the role of justice is to put the condemned on the “right path” again by making them understand why they should not do what they did and why they were condemned and by accompanying them all along the process.

Converesly the ones infavor of the punitive justice consider that the role of justice is dissuasive, both for the condemned (to avoid recidivism) and for the rest of the society (by making them examples not to follow).
40% rehabilitative and 21% punitive which is a fair representation of my views.
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Progressism / Conservatism
The progressists try to build social progress, make a better society without caring about traditions. They often consider the present as better than the past and that it is necessary to keep on this path.

On the contrary the conservatives want to keep the status quo and even to reinsert some values already considered as disapeared or disapearing. Traditions, among those the religious heritage, are put forward as a source of wisdom.
67% progressive and 10% conservative. Again, I agree.
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Internationalism / Nationalism
internationalism is a set of different ides which have for common point to stop making a hierarchy between contries and their inhabitants and to promote as much as possible their cooperation. Pushed to its maximum the final objective is the abolitions of borders.

On the other hand, nationalism is a set of heterogeneous ideas which, when applied, favour one country and its citizens over foreigners, it also justifies the idea that each people has a nation
62% internationalist, 12% nationalist. I also agree.
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Communism / Capitalism
Communism is a vast political doctrine. In this test a majority for communism silmply signifies that you are for a public property of the means of production.

Capitalism is as well an ambivalent concept. In this test a majority for capitalism silmply signifies that you are for a private property of the means of production.
45% capitalist, 21% communist. Not sure about this one.
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Regulationnism / Laissez-faire
This axis represents the attitude that a government needs to have concerning the market economy in which an important part of the means of production are private. Liberals and kenesiens are opposed to the method that needs to be adopted without putting into question capitalism. If you are more capitalist, this axis represents your goal in terms of economy. If you are more communist, this axis represents the least bad that you can expect of the current system.

Regulationnism or interventionism is an idea in which the economical activity should be regulated for the commun interst. It can be through legislation, planification, subventions, a variable taxation...

On the contrary, the laissez-faire is the ideas in which the economical activity should not be regulated because it would in itself correspond to the commun interest. It can be through a weak legislation, few or no subventions, a fixed taxation and often weak or even the complete suppression of the role of the state in the economy.
60% regulationnist, 10% laissez faire. I won't view myself as that socialist, tbh.
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Ecology / Productivism
Ecologie in politics privileges the protection of the environment by limiting as much as possible the impact of human activities on the biodiversity even if it implies to limit the these human activities by modifying more or less radically our current way of life.

Productivism privileges human needs notably by supporting the increase of the production or the use of methods that have an incertain impact on the environment.
43 productivist, 43% ecologist. I agree.
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Revolution / Reformism
Revolutionaries have a tendency to privilege direct action, often in the margin of legality, to reach their goal: replace the current political organisation for totally different one.

Reformists have a tendency to privilege legal action to reach their goal: reform the political organisation step by step. This can be done through the institutions, via elections, authorized demonstrations, petitions...
33% reformist, 14% revolutionist…

I see myself as far more reformist than what test shows.
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I got Libertarian Socialist for Spekr but cannot remember exact numbers.

As for 8 values, I got this. This was a test I took in December.
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And now here's the same 8 values test I took today.
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lol, you seem to be even more of a bleeding heart librul than I am, though it's close.
Edited by Jinfengopteryx, Feb 17 2018, 12:49 PM.
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Feb 17 2018, 12:49 PM
lol, you seem to be even more of a bleeding heart librul than I am, though it's close.
You do value liberty more than I do, however. That is about it though.
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His Lordship
https://8values.github.io/results.html?e=27.4&d=19.1&g=34.6&s=41.9

Came up as "Neo-Conservative." Which fits, really.
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P.S. -- a random wallaby wanted me to add my political alignment, so just as a note I'm Neoconservative.
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Soopairik
Feb 17 2018, 12:58 PM
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Feb 17 2018, 12:49 PM
lol, you seem to be even more of a bleeding heart librul than I am, though it's close.
You do value liberty more than I do, however. That is about it though.
Yeah, but the difference between us in terms of liberty is smaller than the difference between your two tests (which I define as the "standard deviation" here), so we can be seen as pretty much identical in this regard.
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I can't be bothered re-taking all these quizzes, so I'll just post my old results:

Political Compass (September 2015):
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8 Values (September 2017):
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I Side With (March 2016):
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So, basically, fiscally moderate and socially libertarian (although, as Soopairik pointed out in another thread, I'd probably still come across as a leftist in the USA because the 'political centre' is so far over to the right at the moment)
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Feb 18 2018, 10:24 AM
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Wow! Even more left wing than me. Slightly less authoritarian though.
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Feb 18 2018, 10:29 AM
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Feb 18 2018, 10:24 AM
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Wow! Even more left wing than me. Slightly less authoritarian though.
Cop and Labor Leader.
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Xanny and Alph have not posted their results here. But Alph has shown me his test results before elsewhere and based on my conversations with Xanny in the past, he is probably alongside Eagle.

As for Spino 75, he is most likely a right libertarian.
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Congrats you got me spot on, I'll post my 8values n other stuff later.
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If we were to combine all of our results together, the average result would be half a square to the left and above of Jin.
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lol
Looks like I'm the most "average" member then. That might change if Spino posts his result though.
Just found this on Twitter:
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