August 6, 2003
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mermaidradio offers this link to the same old left/right/authoritarian/libertarian political spectrum test you took when you first logged on to the 'net in 1997.
I took it again, and it ended up being as erroneous as ever, again. It put me in about half way between center and left on the economic scale, which is BS. Prominent figures who share this longitude with me, according to the site: Saddam Hussein and Robert Mugabe. It's nice that the test puts me closer to Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama than those other two, but the model is still flawed, no matter how flattering. To say that the only real difference between the political views of Nelson Mandela and Saddam Hussein is that one is authoritarian while the other is libertarian seems to totally miss the point.
Comments (4)
it's certainly not very comprehensive. i ended up far-left/libertarian, but i'm supposed to be a moderate. one of us must be wrong!
I refuse to tke those damn tests anymore. It's like kind of like a book review--just one person's comprehension of what is "liberal", what is "conservative". I think I am rather conservative (moderate, anyway), but everone seems to think I am a screaming progressive.
Someone needs to set up a standard. Where is Bill Gates when you need him?
Hmmm.... Actually, I think <a HREF="http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=0.38&Y=-1.44">mine is pretty close to the truth as I see my self.
Arg! ...I think mine is pretty close to true as I see it.
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/questionnaire.pl?page=printable_graph&X=0.38&Y=-1.44
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