Chaotica Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 Economic Left/Right: -2.62Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.03 I guess that is me.
ffynnon Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 Geez, do you think the guys behind that quiz are left-wingers? Just maybe? Some of the wording was pretty politically charged IMHO. Some of it inflamitory. And that's coming from a guy futher left than Gandhi! Economic Left/Right: -8.00Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.97 Somehow it didn't surprise me that Bush and Paul Martin (Canada's PM) are on the opposite side of the spectrum. Never did like their views much...
taratata Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 Geez, do you think the guys behind that quiz are left-wingers? Just maybe? Some of the wording was pretty politically charged IMHO. Some of it inflamitory. And that's coming from a guy futher left than Gandhi! Economic Left/Right: -8.00Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.97 Somehow it didn't surprise me that Bush and Paul Martin (Canada's PM) are on the opposite side of the spectrum. Never did like their views much...You're 0.25 points lefter than me! You filthy communist The wording was indeed oriented. Sort of "The poors can starve as long as I have my BigMac: strongly disagree / disagree / agree / strongly agree" lolWell, not oriented that much, but oriented nonetheless.
Gryph Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 A whole bunch of stuff that me and taratata saidWell then, atleast its all settled now.
alexis Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 -7.12-5.95I don´t know, it is just an internet test.About the McDonalds stuff,hehe, ironically, look what happened to Russia whien they opened to capitalism, the country was flooded with Mac Donalds, jeans and stuff, on the other hand the number of poor people, homeless increased and many people had to get a second job to maintain their living standards.
taratata Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 A whole bunch of stuff that me and taratata saidWell then, atleast its all settled now. Well then, yeah About Russia, only the richest part of the population has had a real profit from the political change. The country is democratic in appearance, but there are huge political pressures on judges, journalists and opposing businessmen. The poorest parts of the country have only had a change for worse: they don't have the social system anymore (schools, health care, etc...) even if it was far from ideal before, and they don't have the benefits of free trade (don't forget that money attracts money; it goes also the other way round: poverty scare potential investors and push the most dynamic people to leave the place).In richer parts of the country, there's a different problem. Like Alexis said, the wealth tends to concentrate in fewer hands, while more and more people get poor, and they get poorer and poorer. It's not a far-in-the-future nightmare I'm describing here, it's just the way pure and raw capitalism goes when it is uncontrolled. Don't get me wrong there: I'm not saying Russia was better before; I'm just saying that although free trade and capitalism work in some countries (and still, with major flaws), just popping McDonald's and Coca-Cola out of a hat (or worse, out of a gun) won't do any good anywhere. Since the topic is about politics I think I'm not too much off-topic
Wizard Posted June 9, 2004 Author Posted June 9, 2004 Ah, the ways of the old russian life of communism.
Sultan Posted June 10, 2004 Posted June 10, 2004 Economic Left/Right: -4.62Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.82 Its not a good test though, the questions are worded in a way that plays on sympathies in order to push people to the left.For example: "A same sex couple in a stable, loving relationship, should not be excluded from the possibility of child adoption."The words "stable, loving relationship" are not strictly necessary for the question. The engender sympathy with the subject, even if its just on a subconcious level. Nobody wants to be truly mean at heart, so there will be less people disagreeing than if the question was worded as the more neutral "Homosexuals should be allowed to adpot."However, I'm not sure you could ever create a test of this nature that would not be biased.
Gryph Posted June 10, 2004 Posted June 10, 2004 (edited) Economic Left/Right: -4.62Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.82 Its not a good test though, the questions are worded in a way that plays on sympathies in order to push people to the left.For example: "A same sex couple in a stable, loving relationship, should not be excluded from the possibility of child adoption."The words "stable, loving relationship" are not strictly necessary for the question. The engender sympathy with the subject, even if its just on a subconcious level. Nobody wants to be truly mean at heart, so there will be less people disagreeing than if the question was worded as the more neutral "Homosexuals should be allowed to adpot."However, I'm not sure you could ever create a test of this nature that would not be biased.Yeah, this quiz was definitely left-winged. But I did take one political test that I thought wasn't biased which was at the Liberatarian Party homepage. It's to see what platform matches your views the best. Take it here. There is a short version and a long version, it's better if you take the long version. Edited June 10, 2004 by GryphonKlaw
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