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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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Left-Leaning Anarchist Interventionist Cosmopolitan Fundamentalist
Collectivism score: 33%
Authoritarianism score: -83%
Internationalism score: 33%
Tribalism score: -17%
Liberalism score: -83%
“Left-Leaning”? Ow. That hurt.
Isn’t there a statistician among us with time on their hands who can roll all these comments up to give us an average for a Ricochettie?
Objectivist Libertarian Interventionist Ultranationalist Traditionalist
Collectivism score: -83%
Authoritarianism score: -67%
Internationalism score: 33%
Tribalism score: 83%
Liberalism score: -33%
A little overblown — objectivist? ultranationalist? srsly? — but not bad.
Right-Leaning Anti-Government Non-Interventionist Reactionary!!!
Sorry, not sure how to change the font…
I think “left-leaning” just means that you want YOUR social security cheque to arrive on time every month.
;-)
As long as the topic of evolution doesn’t come up, we’re exactly the same :) .
Because you’re a Right-Leaning Libertarian Non-Interventionist Nationalist Reactionary.
The labels are less important than the axes.
I feel like a walking contradiction:) I too answered “maybe” for several questions that were asked with absolutist words like “never” and “always.”
You are a: Right-Leaning Anarchist Interventionist Nationalist Traditionalist
Collectivism score: -17%
Authoritarianism score: -83%
Internationalism score: 17%
Tribalism score: 17%
Liberalism score: -33%
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Those were my scores and label exactly – the first time around. In subsequent tries I’ve switched from “traditionalist” to “fundamentalist” and I can’t pin down the difference. Also, in one subsequent version I was a “nativist” instead of a “nationalist”.
You are a: Right-Leaning Nativist Reactionary
Collectivism score: -33%
Authoritarianism score: 0%
Internationalism score: 0%
Tribalism score: 50%
Liberalism score: -67%
And I’m an older white male married-to-a-stay-at-home-Mom business owner who works in the banking industry to boot.
If liberals believed in religion, I’d be the Antichrist.
You are a: Conservative Libertarian Nativist Fundamentalist
Collectivism score: -67%
Authoritarianism score: -67%
Internationalism score: 0%
Tribalism score: 50%
Liberalism score: -83%
Like many of you I answered many with “maybe.” Overall I don’t think it is too inaccurate in its results.
Yeah, so far I find myself nodding along to many of the labels people are reporting, based on my interactions and impressions from Ricochet. Imperfect and unsubtle, but fairly accurate in a hand grenade sort of way.
Though, I have noticed we’re skewing heavily towards objectivists, anarchists, and libertarians.
One thing about participating on Ricochet I never could stomach: all the damn objectivists.
You are a: Conservative Libertarian Non-Interventionist Nationalist Fundamentalist
Collectivism score: -67%
Authoritarianism score: -50%
Internationalism score: -17%
Tribalism score: 33%
Liberalism score: -83%
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This thing is very poorly worded.
You are a: Objectivist Anarchist Non-Interventionist Nationalist Traditionalist
Collectivism score: -83%
Authoritarianism score: -100%
Internationalism score: -17%
Tribalism score: 17%
Liberalism score: -17%
I take issue with non-interventionist, but foreign policy views are hard to measure.
Conservative Anti-Government Isolationist Cosmopolitan Fundamentalist
I have no idea why it says I am an Isolationist when I answered maybe on most of the intervention questions.
Collectivism score: -67%
Authoritarianism score: -33%
Internationalism score: -50%
Tribalism score: -17%
Liberalism score: -83%
You are a: Right-Leaning Anti-Government Nativist Traditionalist
Collectivism score: -17%
Authoritarianism score: -17%
Internationalism score: 0%
Tribalism score: 50%
Liberalism score: -33%
According to the quiz, I am a conservative, libertarian, nationalist, reactionary.
Conservative Anti-Government Cosmopolitan Traditionalist
If I change my answer on the “Nuke ’em all” question to “Yes”, that upgrades me from “Cosmopolitan” to “Nationalist”.
Always wondered where that line was.
For fun, I imagined how Skynet might answer the survey:
You are a: Right-Leaning Authoritarian Nationalist Liberal
Collectivism score: -33%
Authoritarianism score: 67%
Internationalism score: 0%
Tribalism score: 17%
Liberalism score: 17%
I’m pretty sure Skynet is a “liberal” because it opposes racial profiling in favour of a strict “kill all humans” policy.
OTOH, I went from “cosmopolitan” to “nationalist” without changing my answer on the “nuke ’em all” question (I left it “maybe” both times). So the line isn’t just there.
Apparently, Midge, you’re more ruthless than you let on. :)
Or not. It depends.
It said I was a whig!?!?
I would love it if that was actually an option.
A sixth axis about one’s loyalty to the British crown would also be cool.
Oh yeah…you and I think alike!
Right-Leaning Libertarian Non-Interventionist Nativist Reactionary
Really? They got all of that from “maybe”?