On a scale of 1-9 where do you see yourself politically, 1 means your political views are extreme right wing, 9 means extreme left, 5 is neutral (try avoiding this choice if you have even the slightest preference). I just want to point out that when I'm talking about extreme, I don't mean like Obama and Romney, but rather like Hitler and Stalin. I separated the answers into age groups, would've also include genders but that would be just too much answers. Also please no insults, every opinion is respected.
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Bring on the death squads, eh? If it don't fit with your worldview, gas it.
The problem is that the viewpoints are opposing and both have things that are right and things that I think are wrong. Also, different things are right at different times (i.e. in times of recession).
I also appreciate that one problem is part of another problem. For instance, in recession, do you concentrate on giving your money to the out-of-work, knowing that it will make the recession longer and deeper, or do you use tax cuts to stimulate business, knowing it'll shorten recession but really sting those who can't get jobs in the short term, or do you go for balance (as I would) knowing you get a slightly worse recession and slightly tougher conditions, meaning nobody wins, but nobody loses badly? Would people support a policy in which nobody wins?
Also, is it really the right thing to keep flip-flopping between two governments with opposing views? If you have a ship so heavy that applying the rudder only works after 20 hours of concerted pressure, keeping changing the direction of the rudder every two hours will have no net effect.
This might be a radical view but I'd abolish party politics. Why should one people with one set of political views determine everything that happens in this country. Instead, why not let people vote for experts in each field (economics, health, education, military), regardless of their politics. Why not use people who have risen through the ranks and know everything about their sphere? Why should we have one post in government that is responsible for both foreign trade and war? It's not the same thing.
So to answer properly, I'm not on the scale of 1 to 9. I'm off the scale completely and on a different page. :)
Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33
Puts me pretty much in the middle of the green square (just slightly to the left). If I'm -6.12 on a scale of -10 to +10, then I'd be +6.12 if left was higher (as it is in this post). Add 11 points to the scale and I'm +17.12 on a scale of 1 to 21. But the question was about 1 to 9, so divide it by 21/9 (2.3333) and on the scale of 1 to 9, I end up at 7.34.
Guess I'm more left-wing than I thought. Between a 7 and an 8.
I'd be interested if everyone answered this with what they thought they were and then took your test. :D
Economic Left/Right: -4.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.59
And I have absolutely no idea what any of that means, should I be worried D:?! I'm well into the green as well, so that should be good, hopefully:S! I'd like others to take this test as well, it would be interesting to compare results with others:).
I'm more left-wing than you, but I do come from a very deprived background. I don't have to go too far back to see crippling poverty.
Hmm... you're more libertarian than Nelson Mandela and Gandhi too. Fancy travelling the world with me, righting wrongs? :P
Wow, I really don't know what to think about being more libertarian than Gandhi and Nelson Mandela:O I guess that's probably a good thing. I'm gonna google all these terms before I start getting worried, since I have no idea what it means to be econimically left, even though that's what I am:S!
And we are really close on the chart, which isn't extremely surprising to me either, since I almost always agree with your comments:)
Our political results mean we believe in free health care for all and that welfare should help those who need it. We believe that big business can't be trusted to look after the environment (and needs to be monitored) and we believe that the tax burden shouldn't be unfairly loaded on the backs of the poor. We believe that people are born with equal rights and that money doesn't buy you further rights (only nicer things).
Sound like you? :D
I probably shouldn't be worried after all then, the test seems fairly accurate, I guess. Yay to not being Hitlers:D!
I hope more people do this. There are loads of people whose results I'd be interested in. I guess mine and yours were never going to be a surprise but it's nice to see proof of the similarity. :)
I shouldn't be sitting here on IIN. I should be leading repressed countries to freedom!
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Is that the sort of thing you're talking about :S?
If so, then my results say I'm about a 6,leaning slightly towards a 7. Apparently that's an economic right/left wing thing, I'm so confused. I've heard so many definitions of the term:( As for the other thing it measures (Social Libertarian/Authoritarian), I'm half way between being a Libertarian and being in the middle, if that matters.
Again, I'm sorry for my ignorance:S Have I completely got the wrong end of the stick here?
I think the Perussuomalaiset party (The True Finns or whatever they call themselves) had many good ideas, and yeah, they are a right wing party. Only problem is that the realisation of their ideas is lacking.
The only way to break the grip of political parities is the judge each issue by itself alone.
where I stand on one issue does not influence where I stand on another issue.
I am not corraled by a political party view or platform. I don't play their game.