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political compass
« on: October 13, 2008, 06:55:05 PM »
With the U S elections coming up here is a good site to show exactly where your political allegiances are http://www.politicalcompass.org/test

hmmm i am slightly right of gandhi  :)
its a far better thing i do than i have ever done


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Re: political compass
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2008, 07:12:09 PM »
As left as the Dalai Lama, and much more libertarian.


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Re: political compass
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2008, 07:28:21 PM »
Hahaha...I couldn't get past the first question:

"If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations."

You realize the very question, and certainly the way the question is framed, betrays a viewpoint that is so far to the left a good capitalist can't even work out how to answer it? It doesn't scan. Try this one from the opposite point of view:

"If free markets are ultimately the only path to prosperity, does perpetual free food aid from the West to the poorest nations serve a genuine humanitarian purpose, or does it stunt their growth by undercutting their own small farmers?"


Re: political compass
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2008, 07:59:26 PM »
Just below & to the left of Pope Benedict XVI


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Re: political compass
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2008, 08:33:23 PM »
Economic Left/Right: -6.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.18

Lefter and lower than Ghandi   :)
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Re: political compass
« Reply #5 on: October 14, 2008, 08:49:18 PM »
Economic Left/Right: -5.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.62
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Re: political compass
« Reply #6 on: October 21, 2008, 05:07:53 PM »
Economic right/left: -0.88

Social Authoritarian/Libertarian: -1.38

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-0.88&soc=-1.38

Comfortably in the middle  :)
We are a nation that has a government -- not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the earth. Our government has no power except that granted to it by the people. It is time to check and reverse the growth of government, which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed.
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Re: political compass
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2008, 05:20:08 PM »
Economic right/left: -0.88
Social Authoritarian/Libertarian: -1.38
Comfortably in the middle  :)

Economic: -1.88
Social: -3.28

After all our disagreements, JW, how is it that we're relatively closely related when it comes to our political compasses?   ;D


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Re: political compass
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2008, 05:36:41 PM »
Economic: -1.88
Social: -3.28

After all our disagreements, JW, how is it that we're relatively closely related when it comes to our political compasses?   ;D

Carl, I think we may want the same things :o, but we just believe it's the other guy who can get us there ;D
We are a nation that has a government -- not the other way around. And this makes us special among the nations of the earth. Our government has no power except that granted to it by the people. It is time to check and reverse the growth of government, which shows signs of having grown beyond the consent of the governed.
Ronald Reagan

�In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.� - Thomas Jefferson


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Re: political compass
« Reply #9 on: October 22, 2008, 03:32:36 AM »
Economic Left/Right: -4.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.77

I didn't understand how to interpret it, so I'll not even try.


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