What have you scored on the political compass test?

[Juxtapose]

https://www.politicalcompass.org/

My score:

Told ya guys I'm a REAL liberal. These progressives are the authoritarian left.

[Anonymous]

Today I scored:

Economic Left/Right: -4.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.36

Sometimes I score a little more centrist economically and a little more anarchist, I guess I dont always answer the questions the same way and had I answered without retaking the test I would have told you minus 2, minus 8.

I like sharing and freedom because I am good people even though I may appear to be a complete asshole, not mutally exclusive apparently.

[mickmrly]

Over the years I have been pretty close to the centre, usually just a little to the authoritarian right in the blue. Taking it today and a few months ago, I was unusually moving into the green left libertarian. No disrespect to you juxtapose, but I don’t feel like that represents me. I must be having a rough couple of months or something,

[SaoirseS]

To dial in your scope, looks like you need to move it 8 clicks to the right and bring it up 6 clicks.

[ShadezMcgee]

True zero. Repeat as necessary

[Juxtapose]

You don't know me better than I.

[ShadezMcgee]

It's a joke man, she isn't telling you to change politics at all. It is a reference to rifle range qualification

[Lliam]

@SaoirseS. LOL Good one!

[Juxtapose]

@ShadezMcgee ohhhhhh NOW I SEE IT!

[SaoirseS]

😀😀😀😀

[A_Bell]

I don't like a number of the questions. Often the premise did not match the conclusion.

[Lliam]

I've taken this before and always score very close to the lower-left corner. Strongly left-libertarian, otherwise known as libertarian-socialist.
This time I was slightly less left and less libertarian.
https://www.politicalcompass.org/yourpoliticalcompass?ec=-5.5&soc=-4.56

[TroyDT2]

The test is not nuanced enough. There are too many questions to which I either find no truly acceptable answer from those given, or where the question itself is slanted towards increased statism, which I wholesale reject. Still it at least got me in the correct quadrant, although not as far right or towards the bottom as I really am.

[AngryCarl]

If you don't like the question you need to tick disagree.

[andreasderjuengere]

This ''test'' puts me close to you.

But it's too ''American'' in its set-up to really mean something.

Also: the ''third dimension'' is missing - there's no room for anarchy, ''fuck-them''-positions or other unconventional... emm... ''ideas'' :)

[Guffrus]

There is no '3rd dimension' anarchy is the southern pole.

There is no system or idea which cannot be plotted on that graph.

[andreasderjuengere]

@Guffrus I see it a little different: the ''Southern pole in the graph STILL is embedded in ''the System''. Also: If I were a -say- a Mafia Godfather who ignores all manmade rules, I'd rather be on the Northern side?
And also also: the test questions (I ran this test a couple of times) all (I repeat myself) presume ''American'' conditions, and a general facts acceptance of how things presently are organized.
Reminder: ''Anarchy'' is the absence of an overall 'governing' authority.

[Guffrus]

So, no, you are reading the graph incorrectly, the southern most line from left to right is all anarchism, zero government.

Anarchy however comes with rules embedded in it, your freedom ends where mine begins and non aggression principle etc. There are different schools of thought though within anarchist thinking which is why it still has a left right scale. Does a starving man have a right to your food (left) or is it entirely yours to do with as you please? (right) and degrees between the 2 extremes which explore some sort of balance between the 2, perhaps the belief is that the food is yours but there is some charitable expectation.

Regarding a mafia God father that isn't on the graph because is outside of any system, it is criminal. Though you could use the graph to describe the structure of a criminal organisation, are the criminals equal in share of spoils or does one have control and pay an employee a price for a job regardless of the outcome etc?

Probably the hardest thing to describe with the graph would be something like Stalins Communism as that was pretty much top left corner, Stalin had something approaching absolute power and the people were given equal shares but it wasn't completely equal, some were 'more equal than others'.

So obviously the finer details of exactly how a system is actually manifested can make 2 systems which occupy the same graph position radically different from each other but this is an unavoidable consequence of the simple fact that there is such a wide scope of possibilities, it is literally endless infact.

The purpose of the graph is just to give a broad indication of a persons preferred balance individual freedom and state control and the degree to which they think resources should be shared.

[Guffrus]

Regarding it being 'America focused' I think western would probably be more accurate, assuming this is even a problem. So far as i can see there is no connection with America specifically, wikipedia says it is based in the UK and belongs to a company in New Zealand. But i think this entire line of criticism is total nonsense anyway, if you feel it doesn't accurately represent you as you are from Thailand or whoever from some other place then maybe you should make your own graph, it is absurd to complain that someone who lives in another country to you isn't catering specifically to your needs, thats ridiculous. But as it is all just a very broad generalisation anyway I'm not sure that this even matters at all. A local language translation might make things easier to understand but the principles behind systems etc are universal they are nothing to do with geography.

If you read the description of the test it will tell you that it doesn't even matter if you dont understand the question you are being asked, because that is all part of the test. There is very deliberately no neutral option, you have to pick a side and you will do that based on what you think you know about the subject, which will reveal how you have been influenced by other people or the media etc.

[OddBeMe]

So far liberal my Pac-Man ass appears on the right sometimes. I think politics is more a circle than square.

[Chazmatazz269]

Semantics is a funny game. The words we use to describe the sociopolitical spectrum are far from standardized. I definitely wouldn’t consider “progressive” to lean authoritarian, especially not necessarily. Progressive is the minimum one must be to be on the left. It’s literally the opposite of conservative. So, if you are “liberal”, then you are “progressive”. But that’s me applying actual definitions to the use of the words. I know that’s going out of style. Ell oh ell!

[letuswaltzforthedead]

I usually end up scoring around the same area but in the purple quadrant, I've taken the test a few times since it's pretty old and it always gives me purple.

[joeldalton]

Libertarian Right

www.politicalcompass.org/yourpoliticalcompass

[Physics-Man]

I'm nearly smack-dab in the center.

[Guardian45]

DANG DAM!

[DaveJord]

@Physics-Man Dang, man congrats that is where I wanted to end up, but the religious questions made me lean back left a few clicks.

[AngryCarl]

Bullseye!

[Telekinetic-Potato]

It told me I was left leaning in the middle. Which I'm not really sure about the left leaning part but it is what it is lol

[Prettygurl12]

Why am I not surprised 😂🙃

[Cubus]

I got slightly to the left of center, which I find preposterous, as most of my views are conservative.

[Oigit]

Close to dead center on every political alignment or compass test I have taken over the years. But At this point I don't take team. Because I have an axe to grind with on both sides of the isle.

[DaveJord]

Thats mine I always considered myself a moderate and do not associate myself with Dems or Repubs.

[Fuentes]

That is bullshit and created by a leftist you have to be racist to be on the right I did it both ways. Fuck that thing.

[KrakenAttackin]

@Fuentes. Agreed.

[Fuentes]

@KrakenAttackin yeah a question states "Do you believe a first generation is not apart of this country" it also states "do you think crime is by a race group only" what does that have to do with American politics hahaha. A criminal is a criminal and us American is a American.

[KrakenAttackin]

@Fuentes. Spot on correct.

[ArtemisSilver]

Yeah some of the questions are leading, however I've tested similarly on quizzes that don't mention race at all. Still though it's stupid to equate racism with right or left because both sides have it, it just plays out differently.

Like a racist leftist would agree with preferential hiring for races they consider "lesser" because of a lowered expectations of them, and the idea they would fail merit based selection.

Weras an unsubtle right wing racist might simply demand a university seat for their child on the basis of "birthright".

Both views are ultimately flawed.

[alice55]

Authoritharian left kinda weird since i vote for a party that is considered to be authoritharian on the extrem right wing but i guess we don’t have the same definition in america and in France

[AviatorTom]

I'm very similar to @Juxtapose, who posted this...

[ArtemisSilver]

Interesting quiz, though some of the statements in the quiz itself are leading.

[TheSpaceGnome]

That test is garbage, the answer options are too limited for those kinds of questions.

[PinkRose24]

It says North Korea and China are the authoritarian left... they're not progressive

[Juxtapose]

These people that want to take away your freedom of speech to spare the feelings of the few? Those are authoritarian leftists.

Everyone involved in cancel culture is an authoritarian leftist.

[PinkRose24]

Ohhh. True

[exitseven]

I am almost dead center.

[AngryCarl]

Hasn't changed much since last time.

Love is the Law, Love Under Will.

[Snakeyes7]

Rookie numbers! It needs to be lower.

[bolverk]

Depends on the issue, on some I can be liberal, on others to the right of Attila the Hun.

[Jamie05rhs]

Center-right Libertarian

[Jay3344]

Libertarian left as well

[Thatdude091699]

Always right libertarian

[bamesjond0069]

Middle all the way right

[Exterminatore]

Authoritarian right.