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8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 12:46 pm
by LoathedVermin72
I know we had a similar quiz before, but here's a new one:
https://8values.github.io/
This is what I got:

Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 1:03 pm
by ABNorman
Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 1:18 pm
by LoathedVermin72
But what was your closest match?!
Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 1:23 pm
by ABNorman
LoathedVermin72 wrote:But what was your closest match?!
Uh, progressivism, I think?
Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 1:23 pm
by Green Habit
Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 1:23 pm
by ABNorman
I don't feel very progressive. I mostly just want people to leave me alone and not fuck things up.
Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 1:28 pm
by Peeps
social liberalism
equality 65.4 wealth 34.6
might 30.8 peace 69.2
liberty 60.3 authority 39.7
tradition 20.8 progress 79.2
Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 1:30 pm
by darth_vedder
Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 1:41 pm
by McParadigm
Research has shown that these types of exercises are not especially accurate, in part because people's stated positions in response to abstract or summative position statements often conflicts with their reactions to the same ideas when they play out in human form.
Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 1:46 pm
by ABNorman
McParadigm wrote:Research has shown that these types of exercises are not especially accurate, in part because people's stated positions in response to abstract or summative position statements often conflicts with their reactions to the same ideas when they play out in human form.
You can't argue with infographics, McP.
Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 1:59 pm
by Green Habit
Just for fun, here are all the options on the scales:
Code: Select all
Laissez-Faire Capitalist Market Centrist Egalitarian Socialist Communist
Ultra-Militarist Militarist Hawkish Balanced Dovish Pacifist Ultra-Pacifist
Totalitarian Authoritarian Statist Moderate Liberal Libertarian Anarchist
Reactionary Very Traditional Traditional Neutral Progressive Very Progressive Revolutionary
And here's a list of all the ideologies it's cooked up that I could find, in alphabetical order:
Anarcho-Capitalism
Anarcho-Communism
Anarcho-Egoism
Capitalist Fascism
Centrist
Christian Democracy
Conservatism
Distributism
Fundamentalism
Global Totalitarianism
Left-Wing Populism
Leninism
Liberalism
Libertarian Communism
Libertarian Socialism
Marxism
Moderate Conservatism
National Totalitarianism
Nazism
Neo-Conservatism
Neo-Liberalism
Reactionary
Religious Anarchism
Religious Socialism
Right-Wing Populism
Social Liberalism
Social Libertarianism
Stalinism/Maoism
State Capitalism
Technocracy
Theocratic Distributism
Theocratic Socialism
Totalitarian Capitalism
Trotskyism
Ultra-Capitalism
Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 2:00 pm
by Green Habit
ABNorman wrote:McParadigm wrote:Research has shown that these types of exercises are not especially accurate, in part because people's stated positions in response to abstract or summative position statements often conflicts with their reactions to the same ideas when they play out in human form.
You can't argue with infographics, McP.
From a web developer standpoint, it's built very cleanly.
Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 5:54 pm
by 4/5
Economic:Market
Diplomatic: Pacifist
Civil:Libertarian
Societal:Progressive
Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 5:56 pm
by BurtReynolds
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Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 6:08 pm
by BurtReynolds
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Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 6:55 pm
by Birds in Hell
Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 6:57 pm
by BurtReynolds
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Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 7:19 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
lets not all freak out about nuclear war
Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Mon April 24, 2017 9:34 pm
by Bi_3
Results
Economic Axis: Centrist
48.1%
51.9%
Diplomatic Axis: Balanced
52.6%
47.4%
Civil Axis: Moderate
53.0%
47.0%
Societal Axis: Progressive
39.2%
60.8%
Closest Match: Centrist
Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
Posted: Tue April 25, 2017 1:40 am
by Bi_3
McParadigm wrote:Research has shown that these types of exercises are not especially accurate, in part because people's stated positions in response to abstract or summative position statements often conflicts with their reactions to the same ideas when they play out in human form.
But are they more or less accurate? I would assume that people are more honest when the dont have to feel judged (silent Tory)