Is dakka liberal or conservative?

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**Manchu**

Yeah, that's what I thought I was.

**rubiksnoob**

Samus_aran115 wrote:

cool.

That's not really enough in either way to break the tie.

**Samus_aran115**

mm..hmm.

Alright. I was pretty surprised how I answered some of those business questions. I think the last two pages balanced out the rest of my right winged answers

So, I guess to summarize, I feel businesses have the power to do whatever they please, but I don't think that the government should interfere with people's personal lives. Religion is a choice, not an obligation. Drugs should be controlled by order of their effectiveness. Crack and heroin should be illegal. Acid, Marijuana and club drugs are less than harmless in the long run.

I'm weird.

**Lord of battles**

Apathy party...... whatever.............

**BrockRitcey**

I found the questions seemed quite american specific.

**Orkeosaurus**

Manchu wrote:@Alby: Even I was surprised. I didn't think it would be so near the edge . . . From my answers, I would have guess moderate authoritarian.

Do you like modern art, but hate astrology?

Also, I couldn't help but notice how inconsistent they are with what the different places on the graph are supposed to represent:

Most senators from the Democratic party (and Obama) are further left than the UK's Labour party? Really?

And, in case anyone was curious:

**Manchu**

I do hate astrology.

**BrockRitcey**

How is astrology relevant to your political outlook.

**Orkeosaurus**

It makes you fascist.

**BrockRitcey**

if you believe in it? That is kinda messed up.

**Orkeosaurus**

That's okay, if you like modern art it will balance you out.

**BrockRitcey**

stupid modern art.

**sebster**

BrockRitcey wrote:How is astrology relevant to your political outlook.

Believing in pre-determined outcomes makes you fatalistic, and that is tied to certain authoritarian outlooks. While in modern times we tend to think of more esoteric belief systems as being tied to the left wing, thanks to the hippies, historically the opposite was true. It makes sense if you think about it, the idea of an arcane, secret source of knowledge held by a few ties in very nicely with extreme rightwing views of an elite minority destined to lead society.

You know how the swastika looks a whole lot like that Buddhist symbol? That's not a coincidence, early 20th C extreme right wing was steeped in the occult.

**LordofHats**

sebster wrote:You know how the swastika looks a whole lot like that Buddhist symbol? That's not a coincidence, early 20th C extreme right wing was steeped in the occult.

That and the Swastika was a symbol of power and progress in ancient Germania.

**generalgrog**

Well I seem to be moving left in my old age....

I still consider myself a compassionate conservative.

GG

ps.s it looks like I line up with plaid cymru whatever that is...

**Manchu**

Whoa! That's it, I call major shenanigans on this test!

**Monster Rain**

Maybe Frazzled will take it. He'd be a great control sample.

**Gailbraithe**

I'm left of Nelson Mandela apparently.

**kaidsin**

Marijuana party! Ok maybe they shouldnt be allowed to run the country, but they have some good ideas. *cough cough*

**Ahtman**

So basically this thread is just a rehash of the political chart thread from several months ago. Neat.

**dogma**

Odd, I usually come out further to the left economically.

**Albatross**

generalgrog wrote:

Well I seem to be moving left in my old age....

I still consider myself a compassionate conservative.

GG

ps.s it looks like I line up with plaid cymru whatever that is...

It's the Welsh Nationalist Party.

**Ahtman**

Looking at the previous political compass thread I have gone just a touch Right and a smidge away from Libertatian.

Old score:

Economic Left/Right: -2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.90

The current one looks like this:

Economic Left/Right: -1.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33

**Frazzled**

Monster Rain wrote:Maybe Frazzled will take it. He'd be a great control sample.

Its not accurate. Its biased to calling people lefty tree huggers. I've seen the test before.

**Mr Mystery**

And in a complete surprise to no one...

Tada!

**Kilkrazy**

There is an improved version of that diagram now available.

**Major Malfunction**

Hmm...

**Gorskar.da.Lost**

I personally consider myself a moderate Socialist, as I tend to have left-leaning opinions when it comes to things like the value of the NHS and whether the Tories are doing a good job or not. My family is predominantly from Northern England, which is a largely Labour-supporting, so that may explain it.

**Ahtman**

Gorskar.da.Lost wrote:I personally consider myself a moderate Socialist

You will never truly know what you are until you take the test. The test knows all.

**Gorskar.da.Lost**

Ahtman wrote:
Gorskar.da.Lost wrote:I personally consider myself a moderate Socialist

You will never truly know what you are until you take the test. The test knows all.

Then test me, John, test me!
How does one take this test?