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 Post subject: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
PostPosted: Mon April 24, 2017 12:46 pm 
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I know we had a similar quiz before, but here's a new one: https://8values.github.io/

This is what I got:

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 Post subject: Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
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 Post subject: Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
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But what was your closest match?!

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 Post subject: Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
But what was your closest match?!

Uh, progressivism, I think?

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 Post subject: Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
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I don't feel very progressive. I mostly just want people to leave me alone and not fuck things up.

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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

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 Post subject: Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
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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.

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 Post subject: Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
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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.

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 Post subject: Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
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Just for fun, here are all the options on the scales:

Code:
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


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 Post subject: Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
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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.


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 Post subject: Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
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Economic:Market
Diplomatic: Pacifist
Civil:Libertarian
Societal:Progressive

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 Post subject: Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
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 Post subject: Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
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 Post subject: Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
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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

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 Post subject: Re: 8values Political Leaning Quiz
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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)

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