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OH MY GOD, Omega is all alone in the far-right (compare to us anyway)!
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Either way, the results are interesting, at least to compare to each other.
In relation to the British system, we are a little... odd.
It would be nice to have someone who knows what they're doing tell us how close the test is to Real Stuff...
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Yeah, the test may not be accurate, but it's fun to see Omega out there all by himself.
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Well, the whole concept of a political spectrum has never really been academically defined, but rather developed around a consensus of thought by political commentators on how people relate to others. In the US, Democrats on the whole are referred to as "the left," but if they were to be picked up and dumped in most places in Western Europe they'd be in the centre or centre-right. So it's an inexact science and nobody dares suggest it's any different.
What bugs me about this test is that it claims that if Tony Blair or a variety of other political figures were to have filled out the test they'd have been placed where they are. But I know damn well that First of Two should be considerably "southeast" of Blair based on the sort of opinions he's put forth on this forum and the sort of opinions Blair's known to hold. Likewise, Omega should be well into the Thatchersphere, but instead he's hanging with the politicians that make up Britain's Liberal Democratic Party, two words that make him revulse like a vampire to garlic.
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I did the test. My results- Economic Left/Right -2.04 Authoritan/Libertarian -5.60
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Shik
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"Societies with enough resources for their population would have no greed."
But this will never happen in a Taker culture The more resources there are, the greater the population, thus the more greed there is. It's all about locking up the food.
Time for everyone to go read "Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn. Follow it up with the sequels, "The Story Of B" & "My Ishmael," in that order.
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Shik There is no answer to your response. For their to be an honest response, we would need to compare the societies of other worlds. (I am viewing our society as global with national and local variations.) Since this study hasn't occured, an opinion is constricted and fallible.
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I think I'm exactly where I should be. I'm in the economic and personal freedom quadrant, but not horribly extreme along either axis. Basically, my quadrant is the minimal government power section, and my general region is the non-anarchist area of that quadrant.
This test needs a change in setup. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Well, maybe, maybe not. I need to tell how OFTEN I would agree, on a scale of one to ten. This is why I suck at multiple choice critical reading tests. I want to give essay answers.
Frank:
Societies with enough resources for their population would have no greed.
You don't know humanity very well, Frankie. There are people out there who want everything they can get their hands on, whether they need it or not.
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quote:Originally posted by Omega: I think I'm exactly where I should be. I'm in the economic and personal freedom quadrant, but not horribly extreme along either axis. Basically, my quadrant is the minimal government power section, and my general region is the non-anarchist area of that quadrant.
And on which planet, orbiting which star, in what sector, exactly, do you live?
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>"But I know damn well that First of Two should be considerably "southeast" of Blair based on the sort of opinions he's put forth on this forum"
Well, BLEAH! I answered every question as best I could with all honesty. (Although there should have been more questions, some should have been divided, some of the wording is questionable) "Children should be seen and not heard"... what kind of political question is that?, and perhaps there should have been a 'midroad' or 'undecided' category.
Personally, I expected to be closer to the lower-right quadrant, and _I_ suspect others of not answering entirely truthfully. But I shant name names.
Let's see, by my reading, the farther 'north' you are, the more you believe in government control over your personal life... the farther 'west' you are, the more you believe in government control over your economic life.'
Well, I suppose I should be about where I am... maybe a tad more to the 'east.'
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Shik
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"Shik: There is no answer to your response. For their to be an honest response, we would need to compare the societies of other worlds. (I am viewing our society as global with national and local variations.) Since this study hasn't occured, an opinion is constricted and fallible."
{sarcasm}Yes, because we ALL know the Taker culture is the ONLY ONE ON THE PLANET....!{/sarcasm}
Newsflash: I know it WANTS to be the only one in the world, but it's still failed to wipe out all the Leavers. Go talk to them about such things. You'll be surprised.
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Amazing! Someone who's actually in the same quadrant as me!
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"You don't know humanity very well, Frankie. There are people out there who want everything they can get their hands on, whether they need it or not."
Because, as I said, we live in a world without enough resources for its people.
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