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Where are you on the political spectrum?

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 194 ✭✭अधिनायक


    oscarBravo wrote:
    The question then becomes: how do you define "hurt"?
    All actions effect others so you have to draw a line somewhere. I never heard that quote before. 'tis a good un


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,373 ✭✭✭Dr Galen


    Economic Left/Right: -5.88
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.74

    thats about right i'd say, i do lean to the left for sure.
    puts me nicely between gandhi and the dalai lama ha ha


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 24 trippy30


    Economic Left/Right: -1.75
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.18

    Ive noticed my opinion has changed since Ive done a course on economic theory and innovation.

    Ive shifted more to the right, (economically)

    I remember doing it a while ago..

    I really think its quite a biased survey to be honest.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,558 ✭✭✭netwhizkid


    My test came up as

    Economic Left/Right: -8.88
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.54

    I would rate myself a hard leftist with right wing ethics, I would brand myself a National Socialist who believes in crushing private enterprise and involving the state in much more of our every day lives. The Hard left lives within me, Nationalisation and curtailing private financial freedom is top of my agenda as is low taxes and value for money public services. Michael O'Leary take the first plane out of here if I get elected.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    netwhizkid wrote:
    My test came up as

    Economic Left/Right: -8.88
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.54

    I would rate myself a hard leftist with right wing ethics, I would brand myself a National Socialist who believes in crushing private enterprise and involving the state in much more of our every day lives. The Hard left lives within me, Nationalisation and curtailing private financial freedom is top of my agenda as is low taxes and value for money public services. Michael O'Leary take the first plane out of here if I get elected.

    Don't vote


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  • Registered Users Posts: 8,452 ✭✭✭Time Magazine


    That is very much left-leaning.

    There's hardly a person with two positives. The axis is far too much to the right to be accurate. Nearly everyone's score should be roughly +1.5.

    Take the first question:
    If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations.
    Who, in their right mind, is going to say it should not primarily serve humanity? However those of us slightly to the right believe that serving the trans-national corporations will generally serve humanity anyway. So what's the most accurate answer for me? There isn't one.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,784 ✭✭✭Dirk Gently


    netwhizkid wrote:
    My test came up as

    Economic Left/Right: -8.88
    Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.54

    I would rate myself a hard leftist with right wing ethics, I would brand myself a National Socialist who believes in crushing private enterprise and involving the state in much more of our every day lives. The Hard left lives within me, Nationalisation and curtailing private financial freedom is top of my agenda as is low taxes and value for money public services. Michael O'Leary take the first plane out of here if I get elected.

    So you're a hard left extreme right winger? a left wing Nazi?


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,142 ✭✭✭ISAW


    clown bag wrote:
    So you're a hard left extreme right winger? a left wing Nazi?

    I have done this twice and came in the middle of the lower left quadrant. Given the posters here if one adveraged the scores It should be about the same area i.e. about -4 to -5 on each scale . the whole thing should therefore be normalised by adding about 4.5 to your scores to achieve a "boards indicator". It seems (if it is a fair test) to prove that boards posters are by and large conservative i.e. they mostly fall in the same place. so the radicals here rather than thinking of "left wingers" or "libratarians" as radicals are the right wingers and statists.


    Who did the plot of posters on this?
    Could you post the aggregate score?


  • Registered Users Posts: 78,421 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    I'm going to re-do the plot, but give me a few days.


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