Metal Reviews

The Political Compass

"There's abundant evidence for the need of it. The old one-dimensional categories of 'right' and 'left', established for the seating arrangement of the French National Assembly of 1789, are overly simplistic for today's complex political landscape. For example, who are the 'conservatives' in today's Russia? Are they the unreconstructed Stalinists, or the reformers who have adopted the right-wing views of conservatives like Margaret Thatcher ?

On the standard left-right scale, how do you distinguish leftists like Stalin and Gandhi? It's not sufficient to say that Stalin was simply more left than Gandhi. There are fundamental political differences between them that the old categories on their own can't explain. Similarly, we generally describe social reactionaries as 'right-wingers', yet that leaves left-wing reactionaries like Robert Mugabe and Pol Pot off the hook.

The idea was developed by a political journalist with a university counselling background, assisted by a professor of social history. They're indebted to people like Wilhelm Reich and Theodor Adorno for their ground-breaking work in this field. We believe that, in an age of diminishing ideology, a new generation in particular will get a better idea of where they stand politically - and the sort of political company they keep."

My results:

Economic Left/Right: -6.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.62

Economic Left/Right: -4.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.56

okay...

Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.95

Im near ghandi and Mandela according to the site.

Economic Left/Right: -7.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.23

Seems like i'm quite the fascist compared to you dudes.

Economic Left/Right: -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.92

Woo, what a suprise.

http://politicalcompass.jpagel.net/prin ... &soc=-4.92

So far im the most leftie/libertarian. Yay for me!

Pinko commie fag.

Economic Left/Right: -5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.31

Ok, I guess.

Economic Left/Right: -2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.97


does this means i'm an angel? :o

You just wish you were as cool as me

You just wait until Ann Coulter gets a-hold of you.

Who's she?

www.google.com

If i ever met her i would let me Ghandi-esque views slide for a second and give that conservative whore a painful death.

Economic Left/Right: -2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.92

Economic: -8.50
Social: -7.38

Woot, further left than Stalin 8)

Every time I take this I get further and further towards the illustrious bottom left hand corner.

Economic Left/Right: -6.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.97

wow, this board really leans heavily to the left..