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Take the 5-Dimension Political Compass Quiz!
I’d wager most of us are at least aware of The World’s Smallest Political Quiz (in which my results are “90% Libertarian”, with the extra 10% coming from quibbles over definitions).
Today, my Facebook feed is full of links to “The 5-Dimension Political Quiz,” also described by some as the “World’s Strangest Political Quiz”.
Many of the folk who have posted this link on Facebook are generally being satirical about the results it spits out, but I rather think the label it gave me is pretty accurate.
It seems to take quibbles over definitions more seriously, and it also takes into account the difference between the values one believe are “good”, and one’s positions on the proper role of government.
According to the quiz, I’m a — wait for it —
“Right-Leaning Libertarian Non-Interventionist Traditionalist“.
I can find little substantive fault with that label.
Collectivism score: -33%
Authoritarianism score: -67%
Internationalism score: -33%
Tribalism score: 0%
Liberalism score: -17%
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I took a stab at answering the questions with that ethos in mind. Here’s what I got:
You are a: Conservative Anarchist Total-Isolationist Nativist Moderate
Collectivism score: -67%
Authoritarianism score: -100%
Internationalism score: -100%
Tribalism score: 67%
Liberalism score: 0%
I dunno ’bout that. It really does sound like a lot like the Roman Republic to me. The legions were sent out to conquer new territory, but they weren’t allowed inside Rome.
Yeah, if the answer to a question depended on the definition of a particular word, instead of answering “maybe” I tried to interpret it as loosely as possible, so something like “intervention” could mean diplomacy or even missionary work by private organizations.
Also, almost any “all or nothing” question got a “no”.
Hey, I just noticed that there were no questions about gay marriage, no questions about federalism and states’ rights, and no questions about the proper role of the Supreme Court.
These seem like pretty glaring omissions.
Misth, you get libertarian extra credit points for arguing about definitions, especially if it is over esoteric crap that no sane person spends any time thinking about.
…and a quiz is judged by how its author misuses apostrophes…
There should be a sixth axis devoted to socratic pedantry?
You are a: Right-Leaning Libertarian Isolationist Nationalist Reactionary
Collectivism score: -17%
Authoritarianism score: -50%
Internationalism score: -50%
Tribalism score: 17%
Liberalism score: -50%
Only -17% for collectivism? Bah!
You are a: Left-Leaning Libertarian Interventionist Nationalist Fundamentalist
If my “liberalism” score is -100%, why am I “left-leaning?”
And the rest of those labels — Libertarian Interventionist Nationalist Fundamentalist — all seem like the antithesis of what the American left stands for these days.
Strange indeed.
Liberalism appears to be whether you think “doing whatever you feel like doing” is a good idea or not.
Authoritarianism appears to be whether you think the government should regulate what people are allowed to do.
Collectivism appears to be whether you think society or the individual should pay for the consequences of these decisions.
So, if I’m interpreting the axes correctly, your results indicate that you think people are much better off when they follow God’s rules of personal behaviour, you don’t think the government should force them to do that, and you think that society should maybe pick up the tab a little bit, at least sometimes, when individuals screw up their own lives.
(Furthermore, tribalism appears like it might be a code word for racism.)
Squish!
Oh, Misth, could you tell my fortune next? I mean, what is a “Conservative Anarchist Isolationist Traditionalist” who’s either “Cosmopolitan” or mildly “Nationalist”?
I mean, besides an Amish person? ;-)
Conservative Libertarian Nativist Reactionary
Now get off my lawn.
Maybe one for grammar too.
Right-Leaning Libertarian Isolationist Nationalist Reactionary
No quibbles with that!
You think people are generally better off following God’s law, you don’t think you should have to pay for their mistakes, you don’t think government has any business enforcing any rules whatsoever, foreign or domestic, and you either think Americans are a little better than everybody else or you think everybody else are a little better than Americans.
It also doesn’t provide much nuance. I noticed that I had to be in favor or opposed to euthanasia, abortion, and suicide. Because they included abortion, I had to say no. Without, I would have said yes.
That’s why God invented maybe. Or didn’t. It depends.
I am an “Objectivist Anarchist Non-Interventionist Traditionalist.” I’m not entirely sure I agree with all of that.
The numbers seem a little less weird:
Collectivism and Authoritarianism -83% (I assume that’s pretty good)
Tribalism 0 (That sounds good too)
Liberalism and Internationalism -17% (Not entirely sure if that’s good or not)
Hm. I haven’t seen anyone mention Objectivist as their first category like I got.
Oops.
People should be allowed to do whatever they want with their own lives as long as you never have to pay for their mistakes.
Where someone comes from is irrelevant, one way or the other.
You think that there are some universal rules of personal behaviour that are good for people to abide by, and you generally don’t think nations should help each other out.
Add these ppl to the list of folks who misuse the word “isolationist.”
You are a: Objectivist Libertarian Total-Isolationist Bleeding-Heart Progressive
Collectivism score: -100%
Authoritarianism score: -67%
Internationalism score: -100%
Tribalism score: -83%
Liberalism score: 67%
Well … Two out of four ain’t bad.
I thought that was pretty sketchy too.
How can you have an opinion on “foreign” policy if you don’t believe in borders?
He doesn’t need to intervene in the governance of other countries because he thinks the United States should just issue blank cheques to everybody that isn’t a white American?
I got it too.
Ok, I don’t know where you’re getting these explanations from, but your explanation sounded a lot more like me than the quiz results did. Is there a key somewhere? Or are you just coming up with these?
I’m deducing it from how people have been describing their answers vs. their results.
And Fred Cole, too. I may have to go back and change some answers.
You are a: Conservative Anarchist Reactionary
Collectivism score: -67%
Authoritarianism score: -83%
Internationalism score: 0%
Tribalism score: 0%
Liberalism score: -50%
I resent being called reactionary. Down with this sort of thing!