Thatcher or Pol Pot? Gandhi or Stalin?

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I came out economic left/ right = - 4.25
Authoritarian/Libertarian = - 4.82
The numbers are meaningless but indicate mild leaning towards the left and libertarianism.

― Miss Laura, Thursday, 21 November 2002 14:26 (twenty-three years ago)

I remember this from about a year back... the problem with that website is that everyone and their dog comes out in the left/libertarian quadrant, even when they're not.*

*This is not to imply anything about Laura, who I'm sure is nice and cuddly and liberal and saves pandas in her spare time.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 21 November 2002 14:36 (twenty-three years ago)

I remember doing this. I came out on top of Tony Benn.

― caitlin, Thursday, 21 November 2002 14:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Which, I'm sure, is where all good lefties would like to be.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 21 November 2002 14:42 (twenty-three years ago)

I came out on top of Tony Benn.

haha, you WISH.

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 21 November 2002 14:47 (twenty-three years ago)

I dunno RJG, he's a bit old and wrinkly. Maybe I should see what his New Labour son Hilary looks like

― caitlin, Thursday, 21 November 2002 14:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Aw, shit, this is old? I thought it was new and cutting-edge...it was in today's Globe and Mail. Nevermind then.

― Miss Laura, Thursday, 21 November 2002 14:50 (twenty-three years ago)

I saw him on TV! He looks like a younger versh of Tony! If Benn Snr cares for ppl so much, why did he give his son a girl's name so he'd get beaten up at school?

I came out on zero on the economic line and -5.82 on the libertarian/authoritarian one!

― MarkH (MarkH), Thursday, 21 November 2002 14:53 (twenty-three years ago)

-7 economically, -8.77 libertarianly (sorry about that, it's a horrid word). That makes me some sort of manic extremist who regards Tony Benn as having repressive, right-wing leanings. That's not far wrong.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 21 November 2002 18:51 (twenty-three years ago)

quite: never forget Benn's attitude to pirate radio in the 60s ...

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Thursday, 21 November 2002 19:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Economic Left/Right: -2.88
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -3.33

I'm closer to the centre than that!

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 21 November 2002 19:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Economic Left/Right: -5.38
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -2.21

I came out on top of Tony Benn too. And Gandhi.

― C J (C J), Thursday, 21 November 2002 19:52 (twenty-three years ago)

My results just brought up a big picture of Pat Paulsen. Go figure.

― J0hn Darn13ll3 (J0hn Darn13ll3), Thursday, 21 November 2002 20:34 (twenty-three years ago)

I didn't, Matt, so I guess I'm not as good[sic] a leftie as I'd always thought.

Economic Left/Right: 1.50
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.72

Some of these were pretty loaded questions from the get-go, though (ie. "If globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations.")

― , Thursday, 21 November 2002 22:43 (twenty-three years ago)

"if you had power, would you use it for evil?"

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 21 November 2002 22:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, loads of the questions are loaded, that's why most ppl end up in the left/lib quad. If you phrase questions like that, you can't even expect die-hard Tories to answer in favour of multinational corporations.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 21 November 2002 22:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Economic Left/Right: -3.88
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -5.18

it's too easy to answer the questions how you think they should be answered, rather than how you trooly feel

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 22 November 2002 00:47 (twenty-three years ago)

The thing is, though, with only two axes it can't even come close to giving a full picture of your political leanings. A hexadimensional profile would be just a start....

― Miss Laura, Friday, 22 November 2002 10:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Might be hard to make an image showing that, though.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 22 November 2002 19:07 (twenty-three years ago)

this old chesnut:

Economic Left/Right: -6.38

Authoritarian/Libertarian: -8.77

more left than last time

― Ed (dali), Friday, 22 November 2002 19:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Ooh, Ed and I are almost political soulmates!

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 22 November 2002 20:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Economic Left/Right: -7.25
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.82

I agree, some of the questions are a bit duff.

I am amused that the FAQ includes "You can't be a Libertarian and Left-Wing!" and afeared that it includes "Your question about Jews is anti-semitic!".

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 4 December 2002 18:09 (twenty-three years ago)

two months pass...

Economic Left/Right: 0.12
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -2.62

You guys realize that you can skip over questions, right?

― Curtis Stephens, Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Economic Left/Right: -6.88
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -4.56.

― chicxulub (chicxulub), Friday, 14 February 2003 14:20 (twenty-three years ago)

four months pass...

Economic Left/Right: -9.50
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -9.90

Yeeee.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Saturday, 28 June 2003 02:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Left/Right: -9.62
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -8.72

So I'm the most leftist of us all. Do I get a prize?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 30 June 2003 07:06 (twenty-two years ago)

nine months pass...

Revive to go with the other quizzes.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 06:44 (twenty-one years ago)

Thatcher OR Pol Pot? They're pretty much the same in my book, in terms of unspeakable evil.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 10:43 (twenty-one years ago)

well but as pointed out on another thread, Thatcher didn't actually actively oversee the outright murder of 1/4 of her country's population.

Overstating the evils of rightist politicians = making the left look bad.

― J0hn Darn1elle (J0hn Darn1elle), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 13:45 (twenty-one years ago)

Pointing out that Thatcher didn't actually actively oversee the outright murder of 1/4 of her country's population = Taking posts too seriously

― Dadaismus (Dada), Wednesday, 21 April 2004 13:49 (twenty-one years ago)

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