Actually curious about what position people take in later life when they are already quite right-wing from a young age. Scared stiff, but still curious.
Bring on the death squads, eh? If it don't fit with your worldview, gas it.
Ha! It was 2am and I couldn't quite work out where I stood because my politics are changing. I've been an 8, and probably would have said 7 for most of my life but now I wonder if I'm a 6.
The problem is that the viewpoints are opposing and both have things that are right and things that I think are wrong. Also, different things are right at different times (i.e. in times of recession).
I also appreciate that one problem is part of another problem. For instance, in recession, do you concentrate on giving your money to the out-of-work, knowing that it will make the recession longer and deeper, or do you use tax cuts to stimulate business, knowing it'll shorten recession but really sting those who can't get jobs in the short term, or do you go for balance (as I would) knowing you get a slightly worse recession and slightly tougher conditions, meaning nobody wins, but nobody loses badly? Would people support a policy in which nobody wins?
Also, is it really the right thing to keep flip-flopping between two governments with opposing views? If you have a ship so heavy that applying the rudder only works after 20 hours of concerted pressure, keeping changing the direction of the rudder every two hours will have no net effect.
This might be a radical view but I'd abolish party politics. Why should one people with one set of political views determine everything that happens in this country. Instead, why not let people vote for experts in each field (economics, health, education, military), regardless of their politics. Why not use people who have risen through the ranks and know everything about their sphere? Why should we have one post in government that is responsible for both foreign trade and war? It's not the same thing.
So to answer properly, I'm not on the scale of 1 to 9. I'm off the scale completely and on a different page. :)
That's a really good idea, I would like something like that to happen. And I don't even know where I am on the scale. Although, that's only because I have no idea what any of this means, this poll has made me very embarrassed, because of how ignorant I am :/. I had to take a test, and that only confused me more.
Eeek! I just saw the chart for famous people. I now think I'm a bit of an extremist. I'm much more of a libertarian than Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama and even Gandhi. :O
I shouldn't be sitting here on IIN. I should be leading repressed countries to freedom!
I just finished. That is a very naughty test in some of the attitudes it questions about war and culture and caring for each other. Anyway, I got:
Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33
Puts me pretty much in the middle of the green square (just slightly to the left). If I'm -6.12 on a scale of -10 to +10, then I'd be +6.12 if left was higher (as it is in this post). Add 11 points to the scale and I'm +17.12 on a scale of 1 to 21. But the question was about 1 to 9, so divide it by 21/9 (2.3333) and on the scale of 1 to 9, I end up at 7.34.
Guess I'm more left-wing than I thought. Between a 7 and an 8.
I'd be interested if everyone answered this with what they thought they were and then took your test. :D
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Actually curious about what position people take in later life when they are already quite right-wing from a young age. Scared stiff, but still curious.
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Wow being right wing at a young age is "scary"? I suppose being left wing is normal and should be instilled into young kids.
You didn't even answer the question, haha!
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Ha! It was 2am and I couldn't quite work out where I stood because my politics are changing. I've been an 8, and probably would have said 7 for most of my life but now I wonder if I'm a 6.
The problem is that the viewpoints are opposing and both have things that are right and things that I think are wrong. Also, different things are right at different times (i.e. in times of recession).
I also appreciate that one problem is part of another problem. For instance, in recession, do you concentrate on giving your money to the out-of-work, knowing that it will make the recession longer and deeper, or do you use tax cuts to stimulate business, knowing it'll shorten recession but really sting those who can't get jobs in the short term, or do you go for balance (as I would) knowing you get a slightly worse recession and slightly tougher conditions, meaning nobody wins, but nobody loses badly? Would people support a policy in which nobody wins?
Also, is it really the right thing to keep flip-flopping between two governments with opposing views? If you have a ship so heavy that applying the rudder only works after 20 hours of concerted pressure, keeping changing the direction of the rudder every two hours will have no net effect.
This might be a radical view but I'd abolish party politics. Why should one people with one set of political views determine everything that happens in this country. Instead, why not let people vote for experts in each field (economics, health, education, military), regardless of their politics. Why not use people who have risen through the ranks and know everything about their sphere? Why should we have one post in government that is responsible for both foreign trade and war? It's not the same thing.
So to answer properly, I'm not on the scale of 1 to 9. I'm off the scale completely and on a different page. :)
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That's a really good idea, I would like something like that to happen. And I don't even know where I am on the scale. Although, that's only because I have no idea what any of this means, this poll has made me very embarrassed, because of how ignorant I am :/. I had to take a test, and that only confused me more.
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Aww, don't be daft. You're anything but ignorant. If you were, I wouldn't be sitting here, doing that test you found. :P
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Oh, can we compare results:P?! And, seriously, when it comes to anything politics or geography related, my response will always be very embarrassing.
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Eeek! I just saw the chart for famous people. I now think I'm a bit of an extremist. I'm much more of a libertarian than Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama and even Gandhi. :O
I shouldn't be sitting here on IIN. I should be leading repressed countries to freedom!
I just finished. That is a very naughty test in some of the attitudes it questions about war and culture and caring for each other. Anyway, I got:
Economic Left/Right: -6.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.33
Puts me pretty much in the middle of the green square (just slightly to the left). If I'm -6.12 on a scale of -10 to +10, then I'd be +6.12 if left was higher (as it is in this post). Add 11 points to the scale and I'm +17.12 on a scale of 1 to 21. But the question was about 1 to 9, so divide it by 21/9 (2.3333) and on the scale of 1 to 9, I end up at 7.34.
Guess I'm more left-wing than I thought. Between a 7 and an 8.
I'd be interested if everyone answered this with what they thought they were and then took your test. :D