Comments on: Political compass

By: Jan Hughes

Jan Hughes — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:46:34 +0000

So like my husband..
Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.77

At least we don’t argue over politics.

By: Ric

Ric — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:16:34 +0000

Economic Left/Right: -3.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.74

About where I was a few years ago, from memory … and about where I’d expect to be.

By: Frank Jania

Frank Jania — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:30:37 +0000

Economic Left/Right: 0.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.13

I’m not surprised at all… I’m economically centrist and socially liberal.

By: Maria

Maria — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:59:19 +0000

Reporting from the edge of nowhere in Arizona, USA:

Economic Left/Right: -4.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.82

By: RobS

RobS — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:08:19 +0000

Might as well pitch in as well :)

Economic Left/Right: -2.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.31

By: Ray

Ray — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 19:57:50 +0000

Economic Left/Right: -4.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.79

By: kellyd

kellyd — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 01:12:49 +0000

Economic Left/Right: -5.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.41

By: Pranab

Pranab — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 15:53:11 +0000

Economic Left/Right: 1.0,
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.72

Interesting to see the community results..

By: Andrew Ferrier

Andrew Ferrier — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:31:25 +0000

@Richard, actually, you don’t have to say anything bad about Gandhi. Wikipedia has already done it for you :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi#Criticism_and_controversies

By: Andrew Ferrier

Andrew Ferrier — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:29:07 +0000

@Roo, “I didn’t actually have a problem getting my head around that particular one. Since you ask, how about this: if you think economic globalisation should primarily serve humanity (whether or not that is done through corporations) I guess you’d agree. Alternatively, you might believe that economic globalisation should primarily serve the interests of corporations (regardless of whether those interests are humanity itself, something else at the expense of humanity, or indeed ignoring humanity altogether) in which case I imagine you’d disagree.”

Well, I would work on the assumption that very few people would actually want globalisation (or pretty much anything else) to work against humanity (at least once their own needs and desires are fulfilled). Therefore pretty much anyone should answer yes to that question (and it’s hence not that useful in a questionnaire). Instead, I think the part of the question about serving the interests of corporations reveals a lot about the person who wrote the question - i.e. that they think the world divides into those on the side of people, and those on the side of corporations (’Alec Baldwin’ in Team America springs to mind here). I think those thought patterns do a disservice to the economic right, who (like Richard does with more patience than I) try to drive home the message that commerce, free-trade and business are beneficial to human beings.

Phew.

OK, time to get off my ranting high-horse and get on with some work :)