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Rod Paradise
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« on: October 03, 2008, 03:59:55 PM » |
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Just for interest, there's a mutiple choice test that attempts to plot your political leanings (as left & right aren't enough). I've done it and came out with:  Which compared to:  Makes me like Ghandi, without the skinniness, or the pacifism obv. We've a similar hairstyle though... Though when I look at it more like an Anarchistic version of Stalin, Take the test: http://www.politicalcompass.org/index |
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Claw75
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« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2008, 04:05:45 PM » |
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did this a few years ago and was pretty similar to you Rod. will give it another go and see how much more conservative I've become in my old age  |
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Rod Paradise
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« Reply #2 on: October 03, 2008, 04:07:55 PM » |
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This was an interesting chart - the main political parties over the years.... | Click to see full-size image. |
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Colchester Kev
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« Reply #3 on: October 03, 2008, 04:12:05 PM » |
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Me and Ghandi ... who would have thought it  |
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Claw75
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« Reply #4 on: October 03, 2008, 04:15:39 PM » |
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Economic Left/Right: -7.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.44  |
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Rod Paradise
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« Reply #5 on: October 03, 2008, 04:17:16 PM » |
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Economic Left/Right: -7.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.44
My god - you should be living in a squat  |
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Claw75
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« Reply #6 on: October 03, 2008, 04:17:49 PM » |
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Economic Left/Right: -7.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.44
My god - you should be living in a squat it looks like a squat, just have to pay through the nose for it coz it's in london!!!!! |
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« Reply #7 on: October 03, 2008, 04:22:22 PM » |
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I'm pretty much bang on 1972 labour party
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Wardonkey
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« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2008, 04:47:53 PM » |
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Bongo
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« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2008, 04:48:25 PM » |
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 The oddity being I'm a thatcher fan most likely to vote tory  |
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Ginger
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« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2008, 04:49:05 PM » |
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I'm pretty much bang on 1972 labour party
Me too it would seem. |
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Jon MW
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« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2008, 04:50:20 PM » |
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... The oddity being I'm a thatcher fan most likely to vote tory It has been suggested that Political Compass has got a bit of a leftwards bias |
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Jon "the British cowboy" Woodfield
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Claw75
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« Reply #12 on: October 03, 2008, 04:51:23 PM » |
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... The oddity being I'm a thatcher fan most likely to vote tory It has been suggested that Political Compass has got a bit of a leftwards bias we do all seem to be lefty libertarians! |
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« Reply #13 on: October 03, 2008, 04:57:27 PM » |
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It's interesting that the only time a political parties' position is south of the Liberation/Authoritarian median is when they are not in government.
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« Reply #14 on: October 03, 2008, 05:00:10 PM » |
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It's interesting that the only time a political parties' position is south of the Liberation/Authoritarian median is when they are not in government.
And yet none of us (i know, ridic small sample) are above the line. |
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