Political Compass

[madbluboy]

https://www.politicalcompass.org/test


Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.36

[Mav]

These tests require too much honesty and self-awareness to be useful. It’s not hard to see which answers might move the needle where you want it to go.

[kruddler]

I'm basically Gandhi. Same spot....south of mbb

[madbluboy]

These tests require too much honesty and self-awareness to be useful. It’s not hard to see which answers might move the needle where you want it to go.

No point doing the test if you're going to lie.

[LP]

These tests require too much honesty and self-awareness to be useful. It’s not hard to see which answers might move the needle where you want it to go.

Yes, I've seen these before, and they are usually constructed with a bias be it conscious or subconscious. The team that creates/authors the survey cannot divorce themselves from themselves, there past frames the result. Even the modelling, related to Ghandi, Hitler, Churchhill, etc., etc., is of course an extrapolation built on personal opinion.

There is debate in philosophical circles that an AI, perhaps the first ever functional Quantum Computer, could be put to the task of preparing such a questionnaire in a form that removes any predisposed bias. But then would anybody be brave enough to answer it honestly?

Some will argue the questionnaire isn't biased, but when you are delivered multiple choice answers none of which fit your answer to the question, or if the question just seems to be wrongly phrased or phrased in a specific perspective that perhaps doesn't fit your own perception of reality, it has to be.

[PaulP]

[Mav]

I aimed for max. Right-wing & Authoritarian. I ended up with +8/10 Rightwing and +9/10 Authoritarian. Isn’t this the issue Trump supporters raise regarding the reliability of polling? If you want to hide your political identity, it’s pretty easy to achieve.

[Thryleon]

Im slightly more central about 3 boxes to the left of absolute centre and slightly lower.

[tonyo]

I'm basically Gandhi. Same spot....south of mbb

Me too, I'll see you at the Support Group......

[madbluboy]

Left: Myself, Kruddler, Thry, Tonyo
Right: Mav

Note: LP of course thinks the test is a conspiracy