Atlas Political Compass: Question 1

[Illuminati Blood Drinker]

Inspired by ElectionsGuy's (?) series determining the average PM score of Atlas, I have started my own series to determine the average Political Compass score of Atlas. The process is simple: Each question/proposition/statement on the test will be made a poll, and you all vote like you were answering the question on the normal PC test. Each poll will run for 3 days. At the end of this series, I will take the test, and input the most popular response for each question/proposition.

We start with Question 1: If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations.

Agree

[Deus Naturae]

What are "the interests of humanity"? Voluntary trade benefits all parties involved, regardless of whether the exchange occurs across arbitrary political boundaries created by governments.

[SWE]

Ugh are we really doing this?

[Sumner 1868]

What are "the interests of humanity"? Voluntary trade benefits all parties involved, regardless of whether the exchange occurs across arbitrary political boundaries created by governments.

Presumably an actual standard of living rather than slave-labor. Or a relatively decent environment. Or access to medical services. Or human rights, etc, etc.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

I agree with the text on the face of it, but if this is the sort of thing you go around saying I probably disagree with you.

[AggregateDemand]

I agree with the text on the face of it, but if this is the sort of thing you go around saying I probably disagree with you.

That's the problem with the political compass. The assertions are too shallow and too deeply rooted in the same ideological conventions used by bipartisan warlords to cleave Americans into two factions.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Omg I hate humanity, and love corporations so much! Almost as much as I hate modern art in comparison to astrology!

- every politician ever according to political compass

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Yep, this is a nonsense question. Obviously strongly agree like every other normal. The question is what policy comes out of that. Questioning actual policy points would be much more helpful.

[ElectionsGuy]

Inspired by ElectionsGuy's (?) series determining the average PM score of Atlas, I have started my own series to determine the average Political Compass score of Atlas. The process is simple: Each question/proposition/statement on the test will be made a poll, and you all vote like you were answering the question on the normal PC test. Each poll will run for 3 days. At the end of this series, I will take the test, and input the most popular response for each question/proposition.

We start with Question 1: If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations.

Agree

I think that was RR1997, and I don't think he actually finished it. However I did do some questions from the political compass (the actually good questions). Anyways, agree.

[TJ in Oregon]

Yep, this is a nonsense question. Obviously strongly agree like every other normal. The question is what policy comes out of that. Questioning actual policy points would be much more helpful.

This is one of the questions they can use where everyone agrees and then they project all the politicians to disagree by espousing some sort of view that favors a company somewhere. Then they plot all of the politicians to be +7,+7 and the average person taking the test gets -5,-5.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Voted disagree just because of the vagueness. Clearly it should serve humanity before the interests of those who want to strip the Earth's resources, but in my opinion, the primary goal of globalized economic cooperation should be to pool our tech and science resources for innovation. Does that benefit humanity? In some ways. It's going to benefit the corporations too, maybe more.

[stegosaurus]

Trans-national corporations are run by humans for the benefit of humans, as such they are a part of "humanity". If you don't draw that conclusion, then where do you draw the line on which human institutions constitute "humanity"?

I voted disagree because the question is loaded.

[Grumpier Than Thou]

No. We're not doing this whole entire series again.

[TNF]

Please be terrible somewhere else.

Thanks.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I agree...but I do not think that the government or anything else can or should be directing this. Dumb question is dumb.

[DC Al Fine]

I agree with the text on the face of it, but if this is the sort of thing you go around saying I probably disagree with you.

This

Yep, this is a nonsense question. Obviously strongly agree like every other normal. The question is what policy comes out of that. Questioning actual policy points would be much more helpful.

This is one of the questions they can use where everyone agrees and then they project all the politicians to disagree by espousing some sort of view that favors a company somewhere. Then they plot all of the politicians to be +7,+7 and the average person taking the test gets -5,-5.

Also this

[DemPGH]

Strongly agree (not a feudalist).

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

This has been done to death.

[🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸]

Strongly agree (not a feudalist).

Holy Roman Empire as a transnational corporation?  Interesting.

[politicus]

Strongly agree (not a feudalist).

Holy Roman Empire as a transnational corporation?  Interesting.

Transnational corporations are clearly the modern equivalent of feudal conglomerate states.