thistlechaser | Different sort of test

kirbyk best explained what this test was about:

www.politicalcompass.org

They avoid the trap of asking only the common ideology-defining questions, and have some really thought-provoking statements.

They do their scale with two axis, economic (left vs. right, which is essentially socialism vs. capitalism) and social (authoritarian vs. liberalism).

My results:

Your political compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -3.85

I thought I'd come up as a lot higher (closer to zero) on the first number and lower (further from zero) on the second one than I did. But really, this is a rare sort of test: It's more enjoyable to take it than to see your score. You really had to think about the questions. Some of the questions actually got a /physical/ reaction out of me. For example:

- Religion and morality are inseparable.

I actually jolted up in my seat at the thought that anyone could even /think/ that, let alone admit to thinking that on a test.

This was another one that got a reaction:

- Faith-based schools have a positive role to play in our education system.

I actually frowned at the screen. And some of my answers surprised me. On:

- The businessman and the manufacturer are more important than the writer and the artist.

I put 'agree'. (Scale is strongly disagree, disagree, agree, strongly agree.) In retrospect, I'm almost leaning more towards 'strongly agree'.