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In reply to the discussion: authoritarian, libertarian, right, left-- what quadrant of the Political Compass are you in? [View all]DreamGypsy
(2,252 posts)8. I was a political compass quiz virgin...
...so didn't know what to expect.
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.87
My personal red dot ended up one line down and one line to the right of the one shown in the post, so your conjecture hit a home run wrt me, carolina yellow dog.
However, I have to agree with winter is coming's comment that they site may be skewing their interpretation of the responses to lead to more libertarian results. I answered many of the questions with Strongly Agree/Disagree because they spoke to some of my core principles. Other questions included vague wording, open to interpretation, so the Agree/Disagree was ambiguous - so I just guessed at the intent.
Anyway, a fun early morning exercise. Out to walk the dogs now. Thanks for the post!
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authoritarian, libertarian, right, left-- what quadrant of the Political Compass are you in? [View all]
carolinayellowdog
Jun 2014
OP
What is called "libertarian" here could be better classified as respect for basic human rights.
Tommy_Carcetti
Jun 2014
#9
Thanks to Ron Paul and his calf head son, Libertarian, with the big L, is taking a beating.
Whisp
Jun 2014
#20
I agree with your overall point that the terms authoritarian and libertarian are overused on DU
stevenleser
Jun 2014
#3
Not sure why you believe this test gives an accurate or meaningful result.
winter is coming
Jun 2014
#4
"probably still skews that way" is an unjustified assumption of yours
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#5
I never said there was anything 'off-base' about putting them upper-right
muriel_volestrangler
Jun 2014
#15
developed by a leftist British social historian and political journalist
carolinayellowdog
Jun 2014
#6
In the UK, 'libertarian' used to mean civil libertarian, and economic libertarianism was called
LeftishBrit
Jun 2014
#10
It's the same in the US. What we have here is an intersection of ignorance and duplicity.
Romulox
Jun 2014
#31
all good points, thanks, perhaps "authoritarian" implies more consistency than is appropriate
carolinayellowdog
Jun 2014
#28
thanks, inspired by your previous posts about "authoritarian" as a term
carolinayellowdog
Jun 2014
#24
So many DUers tend toward that top right quadrant. Can't we just ban the word "authoritarian"? nt
Romulox
Jun 2014
#33
Everytime I take it, I end up somewhere between -9.50 and -10.00 on both axes.
NuclearDem
Jun 2014
#35