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He is not trying to get an overview, but specifically for "wargamers". And I believe that Dakka is the largest wargaming community in the world.

Edit: Though there will still be some bias.

I picked "moderate", as I really don't sit anywhere in the political arena. I have some views that PO Conservatives, and some views that PO Liberals. My fiscal views are Conservative, my Environmental views are Liberal (though not to the point of mass sterilizations/abortions), and my social views tend to be very Libertarian, meaning I think you can do whatever the heck you want, just as long as you don't hurt others. I just make everybody mad, and call it a day...*sigh*.

_Tim?

Liberal technocratic socialist myself.

SilverMK2 wrote:He is not trying to get an overview, but specifically for "wargamers". And I believe that Dakka is the largest wargaming community in the world.

Edit: Though there will still be some bias.

Statistically its not a large enough survery; its self selected; and only inludes a tiny subsegment of "wargamers."

Troy wrote:Statistically its not a large enough survery; its self selected; and only inludes a tiny subsegment of "wargamers."

Indeed, hence my edit. I assumed you were referring to this survey only covering wargamers, rather than the general population when you made your initial statement.

I guess the closest would be Communist, but I am not so extreme. This is true communism rather than the current communism governments.

I'm a pragmatist, which isn't on your poll list. But I guess moderate is on there, so that's fine.
Being ideologically unwavering is foolish, imo.


http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-7.25&soc=-3.69

make your own!
http://www.politicalcompass.org/test

Edit:
where some other figures in history fall

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-3.50&soc=-0.92

Though I think on that test almost everyone comes out with that result.

I'm ans Democrat as they come, Borderline commie. I do how ever believe in a strong military presence in the world. I believe in a strong federal government because and the south showed years ago, states can't self police themselves fairly, neither can Big corporations hence regulations. Neither can the world hence our military presence. Given the chance people would be a holes.

SilverMK2 wrote:Though I think on that test almost everyone comes out with that result.

I didn't save mine, but I was just flipped over the authortarian/libertarian arm from Friedman (presumably Milton, not Thomas).

biccat wrote:I didn't save mine, but I was just flipped over the authortarian/libertarian arm from Friedman (presumably Milton, not Thomas).

The last thread featuring the political compass had only a handful of members on the right/auth side of things

I vote for the lesser of the evils.

Usually that means I vote liberal, but I have voted conservative for some local elections.

It's about what I expected.

SilverMK2 wrote:

biccat wrote:I didn't save mine, but I was just flipped over the authortarian/libertarian arm from Friedman (presumably Milton, not Thomas).

The last thread featuring the political compass had only a handful of members on the right/auth side of things

"I don't know how Nixon won, I don't know ANYBODY who voted for him."

Seems about right.

Just what I thought.

interesting responses...

I think the biggest thing (but not the only thing) that governs the liberal/conservative leaning is who you think should have more power: business or government.

personally, I'd rather put more power to the institution that I voted for directly (the government). Although ideally people would eliminate the middle man and vote on laws directly, catering to the "mixed politics" demographic that seems prominent on this forum. I doubt there is anyone who agrees with their political affiliation wholeheartedly.

Fine with me.

FITZZ wrote: Likewise...I don't belive any single category would suit me as I tend to have very "liberal" leanings in some areas and very "Conservative" views on others.

I'm the same ----^

Here's my chart:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-1.38&soc=-2.62

I'm surprised at how moderate I really am. Well, according to this test.

okay, I bit. i came out about where i'd guessed i would have.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-8.88&soc=-5.23

I'm a Puritan Monodominant.

Nah, I got this result. Not sure what this means. In America, it must mean I'm a socialist although I would evaluate myself as a moderate.

Manchu wrote:I'm a Puritan Monodominant.

That's got to be a Rockin' good time on a Friday night!

Odd.

I've drifted left since the last time I took this quiz.

alarmingrick wrote:

Manchu wrote:I'm a Puritan Monodominant.

That's got to be a Rockin' good time on a Friday night!

You better fething believe it.

It's all in your brain apparently.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/04/08/brain-scans-lean-left-right/
I originally found this on yahoo, but when I went to look for it this was the first place I found it. Please don't crusify me for using a fox news article. I really don't ever check there.



Some of those questions were pretty BS, but here I am. Looks like we are almost all lefty liberals to one degree or the other, or the test is skewed.

Andrew1975 wrote:It's all in your brain apparently.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/04/08/brain-scans-lean-left-right/

Clearly, and from the most trusted and unbiased source!

Andrew1975 wrote:It's all in your brain apparently.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/04/08/brain-scans-lean-left-right/
I originally found this on yahoo, but when I went to look for it this was the first place I found it. Please don't crusify me for using a fox news article. I really don't ever check there.

Some of those questions were pretty BS, but here I am. Looks like we are almost all lefty liberals to one degree or the other, or the test is skewed.

I'll totally believe anything fox says, they are fair and balanced.

What questions were BS? They are pretty easy to answer truthfully. Also, the questions are based on more of a world view of left and right rather than the hilarity and idiocy we have in the US that defines our politics.

Maybe you don't really think the way the party you identify with does, or the test haxxed your brain. One of the two.

daedalus-templarius wrote:Maybe you don't really think the way the party you identify with does, or the test haxxed your brain. One of the two.

There are more options than that.

daedalus-templarius wrote:

Andrew1975 wrote:It's all in your brain apparently.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/04/08/brain-scans-lean-left-right/
I originally found this on yahoo, but when I went to look for it this was the first place I found it. Please don't crusify me for using a fox news article. I really don't ever check there.

Some of those questions were pretty BS, but here I am. Looks like we are almost all lefty liberals to one degree or the other, or the test is skewed.

I'll totally believe anything fox says, they are fair and balanced.

What questions were BS? They are pretty easy to answer truthfully. Also, the questions are based on more of a world view of left and right rather than the hilarity and idiocy we have in the US that defines our politics.

Maybe you don't really think the way the party you identify with does, or the test haxxed your brain. One of the two.

No, the test is pretty worthless. Many questions are phrased in a biased manner, and "random statement because random reason: agree or disagree?" isn't a very good gauge of feelings on complex issues. You can agree with the statement but not the reason, feel the reason actually justifies a different statement than the one provided, agree with part of the statement but not the rest, etc. That said, I wound up with roughly what I expected from it, even if I don't think it means anything. With the point near one line, one could theoretically answer almost exactly opposite for the related questions, simply preserving the ratios, and get the same result.



I don't disagree with the economics as much, even if it lacks depth, as one dimensional graphs are wont to do, but the authoritarian/libertarian axis is too culturally weighted. I believe in a strong government, and a great deal of very authoritarian measures, but at the same time strongly disagree with the quite farcical authoritarian policies the modern "right" pushes, on the grounds that the policies either a) don't actually accomplish anything but wasting time and resources (like the TSA), b) actively create new problems, in addition to exacerbating the ones they're allegedly meant to address (such as the war on drugs), c) are based solely on ridiculous premises that have no bearing in reality (like sexual repression measures such as anti-homosexuality and anti-abortion/contraception/sex-ed movements), or d) some combination of the above. Before anyone says "but wait, Democrats also support some of those things!", that's because their leadership is center-rightist, and in the case of things like the TSA and War on Drugs, not supporting it is political suicide in most cases, since "this is a terrible way of solving the problem it's meant to solve, we should go about it in a sane way" is spun as "I love terrorists and cocaine! Woohoo!" by their political opposition.