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 Alfndrate wrote:
Libertarian in its 'basic' form is fiscally conservative and socially liberal.... It boils down to, don't spend money on useless gak and pointless bureaucracy, and keep the government out of the private affairs of citizens. They tend to be for low government spending (down to none if it could be accomplished) and are for the legalization of most things as it's not the government's right to tell its citizens what it can't do.

Thanks - I'd only heard it used as an almost negative label.






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 Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
Libertarian in its 'basic' form is fiscally conservative and socially liberal.... It boils down to, don't spend money on useless gak and pointless bureaucracy, and keep the government out of the private affairs of citizens. They tend to be for low government spending (down to none if it could be accomplished) and are for the legalization of most things as it's not the government's right to tell its citizens what it can't do.

Note that in America, the name "Libertarian" can also mean "crazed conspiracy theorist", depending on who you ask, so be careful calling yourself one. My viewpoints tend to be Libertarian, but I usually don't describe myself that way, and just say I'm socially liberal/fiscally conservative.

~Tim?

And now I know why

Thanks both

Radicalism 94
Socialism 93.75
Tenderness 50

These scores indicate that you are a progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear communist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as left-wing.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an egalitarian with several strong opinions.

This concludes our analysis; we hope you found your results accurate, useful, and interesting.

Radicalism 96.75
Socialism 75
Tenderness 56.25

These scores indicate that you are a progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as left-wing.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, a pragmatist with several strong opinions.

Sounds about right. I'm still not convinced that this is such a great test though; as others have noted answers to some questions may greatly be influenced by the conditions of one's country. This could've been avoided by better wording.

Also, I wonder how the left/right axis is calibrated. In many ways American left is basically European centre after all.

Worth a punt:


Political Values

Radicalism 66.5
Socialism 62.5
Tenderness 37.5

These scores indicate that you are a tough-minded moderate progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a liberated atheist. It appears that you are cynical towards religion, and have a suspicious and unsympathetic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with few strong opinions.

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PredaKhaine wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
Libertarian in its 'basic' form is fiscally conservative and socially liberal.... It boils down to, don't spend money on useless gak and pointless bureaucracy, and keep the government out of the private affairs of citizens. They tend to be for low government spending (down to none if it could be accomplished) and are for the legalization of most things as it's not the government's right to tell its citizens what it can't do.

Thanks - I'd only heard it used as an almost negative label.






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 Some_Call_Me_Tim? wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
Libertarian in its 'basic' form is fiscally conservative and socially liberal.... It boils down to, don't spend money on useless gak and pointless bureaucracy, and keep the government out of the private affairs of citizens. They tend to be for low government spending (down to none if it could be accomplished) and are for the legalization of most things as it's not the government's right to tell its citizens what it can't do.

Note that in America, the name "Libertarian" can also mean "crazed conspiracy theorist", depending on who you ask, so be careful calling yourself one. My viewpoints tend to be Libertarian, but I usually don't describe myself that way, and just say I'm socially liberal/fiscally conservative.

~Tim?

And now I know why

Thanks both

Like technically I'm a registered Republican, but over the past few years I've slowly been moving towards Libertarians as I realize that both political parties are bat gak crazy and while Libertarians can be just as crazy, their ideas align more with what I believe. Looking back at my social attitude test post, I'm a real person apparently. I'm conservative about some things and liberal about others.

Radicalism 83
Socialism 56.25
Tenderness 40.625

These scores indicate that you are a progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a liberated atheist. It appears that you are sceptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear neither committedly capitalist nor socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with several strong opinions.

What does 'Liberated Atheist' mean?

Radicalism 80.25
Socialism 75
Tenderness 46.875

These scores indicate that you are a progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as left-wing.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with few strong opinions.

Hmm i though i answered rather moderately but appear to be one of the biggest socialists here

Political Values

Radicalism 77.5
Socialism 62.5
Tenderness 46.875

These scores indicate that you are a moderate progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, a pragmatist with several strong opinions.

This concludes our analysis; we hope you found your results accurate, useful, and interesting.

Unlike many other political tests found on the Internet which base themselves on untested (and usually ideologically motivated) ideas, this inventory is adapted from Hans Eysenck's own political inventory which was developed after extensive empirical investigations in the 20th Century.

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Seems like it might suffer from Haig's law.

Radicalism 83
Socialism 68.75
Tenderness 37.5

These scores indicate that you are a tough-minded progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a liberated atheist. It appears that you are cynical towards religion, and have a suspicious and unsympathetic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as left-wing.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with several strong opinions.

 Alfndrate wrote:
Your tenderness is the lack of guns, and unwillingness to properly defend yourself from drop bear assaults , also more than double the radicalism

Also, what in the hell do they mean by radicalism in that survey? Might have to play around with the questions to see what answers drive up radicalism.

 sebster wrote:

 Alfndrate wrote:
Your tenderness is the lack of guns, and unwillingness to properly defend yourself from drop bear assaults , also more than double the radicalism

Also, what in the hell do they mean by radicalism in that survey? Might have to play around with the questions to see what answers drive up radicalism.

It's essentially how strongly you feel about things. Someone who answered straight down the middle would have 0 radicalism, and probably 50 in everything else.

EDIT apparently not

Radicalism 50
Socialism 50
Tenderness 50

These scores indicate that you are a moderate; this is the political profile one might associate with a regular person. It appears that you are moderate towards religion, and have a balanced attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear neither committedly capitalist nor socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, a centrist with very few strong opinions.

Well...now I'm lost. Strongly disagreeing with everything produces a similar result.

 xole wrote:
Well...now I'm lost. Strongly disagreeing with everything produces a similar result.

Starting with your base point, and ticking everything in the middle I get the same result as you 50/50/50. That works as a good base point to start screwing around with the survey

For instance, picking out the three questions on religion, 3, 18 and 22, and picking the anti-religious answer moves the radical scale up to 55 (and somehow makes you less tender as well...). Picking the pro-religious answer moves the radical scale down to 45 (and somehow also makes you more tender...).

Similarly, taking a pro-choice stance on abortion stance makes you radical.

That's a weird thing, because radicalism, by its standard definition in politics, is about wanting to overhaul the social order in a significant way. Thinking that there is no God but other people are welcome to worship as they please (which it doesn't actually ask about), and being entirely alright with existing abortion laws is about as far from radicalism as you can get.

But reading about the guy who's work the study was based on, and thinking about the weird focus of the questions (multiple questions on racism and eugenics) and nothing on more modern social issues like homosexuality, and I think I get what's going on. Hans Eysenck created his political theories in the 1950s - pro-choice was a radical idea in the 1950s. And opposition to the church was far more radical, as it held a much greater sway on our lives then.

So, basically the test is asking 'are you a radical by the social and political conventions of the 1950s'?

Political Values

Radicalism 77.5
Socialism 81.25
Tenderness 43.75

These scores indicate that you are a moderate progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear communist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as left-wing.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with several strong opinions.

Hmm, pretty close to be fair.

Radicalism 72
Socialism 43.75
Tenderness 53.125

These scores indicate that you are a moderate progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear neither committedly capitalist nor socialist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with very few strong opinions.

This concludes our analysis; we hope you found your results accurate, useful, and interesting.

Big thread to read but did anyone get a really high tenderness score?

Some of the questions were clearly "weighed" very much for or against that category.
I didnt see much middle ground in it.

Political Values

Radicalism 39
Socialism 37.5
Tenderness 31.25

These scores indicate that you are a tough-minded moderate conservative; this is the political profile one might associate with a drill sergeant. It appears that you are moderate towards religion, and have a balanced attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear capitalist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as a political centrist.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an egalitarian with primarily strong opinions.

this is the political profile one might associate with a drill sergeant

I laughed out loud mate.

This is my rifle, there are many like it but.....

I kinda feel like the test made fun of me....

Radicalism 85.75
Socialism 31.25
Tenderness 53.125

These scores indicate that you are a progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear capitalist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as libertarian.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an egalitarian with few strong opinions.

This concludes our analysis; we hope you found your results accurate, useful, and interesting.

Radicalism KILL
Socialism MAIM
Tenderness BURN

These scores indicate that you are a murderous lunatic; this is the political profile one might associate with a Khornate Berzerker. It appears that you are skeptical towards Chaos Undivided, and care not from whence the blood flows.

Your attitudes towards tactics appears to strongly favor the gory violence of melee massacres over cowardly ranged combat, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as devotedly collecting skulls for the Skull Throne.

To round out the picture you appear to be, Warp Deity preference aside, constantly enraged for no specific reason.

This concludes our analysis; we hope you found your results accurate, useful, and interesting.

This could run and run Manchu.

Sisters of Battle attitude test up next.....

I'm just posting the results it gave me ...

Radicalism 94
Socialism 93.75
Tenderness 46.875

These scores indicate that you are a progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a university professor. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear communist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as left-wing.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, an idealist with several strong opinions.

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I disagree with the economic policy = Communist part. I am however a social democrat, without a doubt.

The rest is pretty spot on.

Fun test.



.... did anyone else get communist economically ? I cruised through the thread but didn't spot one.