authoritarian, libertarian, right, left-- what quadrant of the Political Compass are you in?

[carolinayellowdog]

6. developed by a leftist British social historian and political journalist

To say that it gives a meaningful result is not to say that it is much more than a pop version of more serious treatments of the subject. There have been previous tests using the same two dimensions, perhaps more respectable scientifically but less familiar. I figured a lot of DUers had already taken the Political Compass which might therefore be the best one to mention here. But the authoritarian-libertarian issue is my main concern, not to promote the Political Compass.

Rational Wiki discusses various objections to it, and other related instruments. Libertarians in the US seem to dislike it a lot from what I see via Google. I think the cataloging of current and past political leaders according to their imagined responses, deduced from public statements, detracts from the seriousness of the website. But-- surely attracts attention and interest.