What are your politics (international version)?

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That's me all over!

I am more to the left and more authoritarian, I support strong socialist ideals as well as strong government regulations.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-9.25&soc=-7.79

Tests have basically indicated that I'm centrist libertarian, and that's just about right.

I am a Left Libertarian according to the test.

However I would say that I think our best society would be created from a mixture of right and left, socialism and capitalism.

Keep primary industries collectively owned and let the rest be privately run.

I identify as a Green-Socialist. The test put me in the far bottom left corner, though I'd probably be further up toward authoritarian if it had asked more about green related regulations.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/faceboo ... 2&soc=1.33

I had to guess a few, because these tests are all about american politics.

Well, you're the best marksman so far. No one else came close to hitting the centre...

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: 0.00

Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.00



There was no poll option for "Centrist/Moderate".

The image would not transfer, either.

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -9.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.38

Your political compass

Economic Left/Right: 3.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.62

Well, unsurprisingly enough, I'm in the purple section. I've never been a big fan of unnecessary regulations or authority.
To be honest, I prefer the Nolan Chart to this chart. I think it presents more of an accurate depiction, and allows for political moderates as well.

The Nolan Chart is extremely US-centric, and thus practically useless in an international context...

EDIT:

I've seen that "fake Nolan Chart" before, it's pretty funny.

Even if the Nolan Chart doesn't accurately represent international politics, I still don't like how there isn't a buffer space so that people who may only be slightly in a certain zone aren't shoehorned into the same category as, say, extreme anarchists or communists.

On this we agree.

A proper survey should adhere to the "Likert" standard, that being an uneven number of responses going from most positive to the most negative response with a neutral category (usually 5 in total) plus the "I don't know category".

Surveys with no middle category are often created to artificially boost statistical explanatory power, as they force respondents to takes sides on a political issue regardless of their actual opinion.

Surveys with no "I don't know category" will result in people choosing the middle category frequently when they do not know what to answer...

IMO, the problem with the Nolan chart isn't its composition... It's that the label of liberal/conservative is so frequently applied to one of its dimensions...

The last thing I want to see is governments controlling production. That will guarantee a scarcity of just about everything. A government cannot control people whose needs are fulfilled by agencies outside of government control. What the government really needs is a shortage so they can ration out scarce goods. That way they will control the populous.

In addition to which, government are operated by people who could even run a lemonade stand at a profit. We are government by base, crass and incompetent scoundrels.

ruveyn

Well, I can't argue there. I mean, during the enlightenment, liberalism was the equivalent of what this chart calls "right-libertarianism". Political terms are constantly changing , so it's hard to know what to call anyone anymore. I guess that just shows that they're just unnecessary labels that don't accurately reveal a person's true identity and convictions.