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Maximus Rex
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I took the political compass test at http://www.politicalcompass.org/test. Mine was a little right of center in the libertarian catergory.
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I got a little left in the libertarian catergory.
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About what I expected, though I think the religious questions don't belong there. Believing that religion is ? is only a liberal view in our ? up culture. -
It says I'm a social libertarian.
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I aint a big political person, so someone explain to me what this means lol. -
ThaChozenWun wrote: »
I aint a big political person, so someone explain to me what this means lol.
It means you're pretty moderate and lean slightly to the left, but the American media would call you a fringe extremist Communist. -
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http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-7.75&soc=-7.95
fairly accurate. considering how I'm a libertarian socialist. but some of the questions do seem vague and open-ended. like "a genuine free market requires restrictions on the ability of predator multinationals to create monopolies". while i wont quibble with that statement because a free market genuinely wouldnt have restrictions on multinationals, that doesnt mean that i support or am in favor of a free market. or "a significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system". again i wont dispute the fact that its easier to avoid a number of arguments by going past all of them in favor of what King Kukoo ultimately decides on, but that also doesnt mean that i support a one party system over democracies.
or questions involving government. what if i wanted to do away with the state altogether? aside from those minor complaints, i find it pretty useful in gauging ones political views. -
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http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-7.75&soc=-7.95
fairly accurate. considering how I'm a libertarian socialist. but some of the questions do seem vague and open-ended. like "a genuine free market requires restrictions on the ability of predator multinationals to create monopolies". while i wont quibble with that statement because a free market genuinely wouldnt have restrictions on multinationals, that doesnt mean that i support or am in favor of a free market. or "a significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system". again i wont dispute the fact that its easier to avoid a number of arguments by going past all of them in favor of what King Kukoo ultimately decides on, but that also doesnt mean that i support a one party system over democracies.
or questions involving government. what if i wanted to do away with the state altogether? aside from those minor complaints, i find it pretty useful in gauging ones political views.
I agree with your criticism, and let me also say that I have seen about 10 different quizzes like this that supposedly tell you where you rank in terms of political ideology, and all of them are flawed like this. The bottom line is that we're talking about very serious principles and issues here, and it's far too complex to get a truly accurate reading on where a person stands by asking "agree or disagree" questions about handpicked statements. -
super communist
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ThaChozenWun wrote: »
I aint a big political person, so someone explain to me what this means lol.
it means you probably voted for obama, would rather ? yourself than serve in the military, and think that everybody (except your own) else's money should be spent to help the lazy stay unemployed and the jobless get healthcare. and of course you probably think marijuana should be legalized. -
BethlehemBill wrote: »it means you probably voted for obama, would rather ? yourself than serve in the military, and think that everybody (except your own) else's money should be spent to help the lazy stay unemployed and the jobless get healthcare. and of course you probably think marijuana should be legalized.
Uh...so how bout that Kevin Kolb? Think he'll be ready for the main event? -
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Typical janklow blandness. -
i was just shocked because i am such a CONSERVATIVEshootemwon wrote: »Typical janklow blandness. -
i was just shocked because i am such a CONSERVATIVE
Are you socially conservative? Cause this quiz seems to put an undue amount of emphasis on dumb "values" issues that aren't really important to real ideological conservatives. -
shootemwon wrote: »Uh...so how bout that Kevin Kolb? Think he'll be ready for the main event?
no, i dont think they should have traded don. the old saying, you dont know what you got til its gone. we had 5 NFC title game appearances in 8 years. we might not see the title game once in the next 8 years with kolb. i could be wrong, but i doubt it
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comfortably
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no wonder the American Fascist Society wouldn't let me in. -
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not really, which is why it's odd when people declare that i am a far-right conservative or anything along those lines. and it wasn't a fantastic quiz... which probably goes without saying for any generic internet quizshootemwon wrote: »Are you socially conservative? Cause this quiz seems to put an undue amount of emphasis on dumb "values" issues that aren't really important to real ideological conservatives. -
not really, which is why it's odd when people declare that i am a far-right conservative or anything along those lines. and it wasn't a fantastic quiz... which probably goes without saying for any generic internet quiz
I'm not sure of what all your views are, but in my opinion you can be a far right conservative without being religion or "family values" type of right winger. I don't think the "values" thing is really a part of conservatism. It's a crowd that conservatives frequently pander to with success, but it's not a part of their ideology. -
-guns are awesomeshootemwon wrote: »I'm not sure of what all your views are-
-also, guns are awesome
-uh... other things?
actually, you're probably right. it just happens that when you talk about far-right conservatives, everyone assumes it's either that "family values" thing or something crazy involving white supremacy. personally, i assume it's one of those two things people mean when they talk about far-right conservatives, even if they don't.shootemwon wrote: »-but in my opinion you can be a far right conservative without being religion or "family values" type of right winger. I don't think the "values" thing is really a part of conservatism. It's a crowd that conservatives frequently pander to with success, but it's not a part of their ideology. -
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thats because you are a computer program foo
