http://www.politicalcompass.org/
Take a moment to take the quiz and then check out the website and its analysis. What do you think of this expansion of the left vs right political continuum? How does adding the economic and social scale change things? Where on the scale would you put some of the characters in our graphic novel? Where do you fall? If you include your ec and soc scores Iin the comments I will build us a group chart.
Also take a minute to look at their explanation of UK political parties. It will help us parse the British historical and social context:
http://www.politicalcompass.org/ukparties2010
Lol. I'm just slightly more authoritarian than Gandhi. My scores were economic: -5.25 and social: -1.85. I honestly thought I would be much more right-wing than left!
ReplyDeleteEconomic -8.5 Social -6.5. A bit more libertarian than when I took this a few years ago. Should I thank/blame V for Vendetta? My favorite statement: "Making peace with the establishment is an important aspect of maturity." I'm doomed to immaturity (and already kind of knew this for other reasons).
ReplyDeleteEconomic: -3.38
ReplyDeleteSocial: -1.59
I definitely think the addition to original scale creates a more accurate judgement on a person's placement. I have taken the original scale test before, when I was a legal major, but it really changes with every time the test is retaken. One question answered differently would throw it off, but I took this one twice and was only off in one direction by one block.
Economic: -2.00
ReplyDeleteSocial: -1.69
The first time I took this test, I was much more towards the authoritarian and left. College must have changed me. : ) I think it is an interesting charting tool and I agree with Emily- one different answer could change quite a bit.
I found myself wanting to rationalize the questions and include limiting statements in them. I had a hard time making decisions on some of the statements as a whole.
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ReplyDeleteEconomic Left/Right: -7.75
ReplyDeleteSocial Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.67
I had never taken the test but I am glad my political compass is libertarian. If I would have taken this before college the result would have been authoritative. The many humanity courses opened my eyes to the vast amount of different cultures, people, and beliefs. Many of my peers have also aided with acceptance of differences. I also tried to rationalized some of the questions because the could apply to different instances.
Economic left/right:/ -1.38
ReplyDeleteSocial Libertarian/authoritarian/ -1.59
This is my first time taking the test and maybe my age and thoughts made my position on the scale more lukewarm than I would like to think. However the test created alot of complexing questions such as using the mother instead of wife to dictate the results of the questions. There are so many factors to consider I am more of truth person than an idealist, so when these questions were phrased like they would be used I didnt want to give the man or his corporations anymore legroom than they deserve, but maybe I did.
Economic left/right: -3.38
ReplyDeleteSocial Libertarian/authoritarian: -3.85
Libritatian, but not too far out. It's funny how close I fall toward the middle. Maybe that's why I can't stand politics, both of our parties are too far left or right for me to agree with. Many of the characters seem more authoritarian, though a few of them change toward the end. V is obviously very libritarain.