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[DavidB.]

Compass:
You are a right moderate social libertarian.
Right: 6.63, Libertarian: 3

Foreign Policy:
On the left side are pacifists and anti-war activists. On the right side are those who want a strong military that intervenes around the world. You scored: 6.55

Culture:
Where are you in the culture war? On the liberal side, or the conservative side? This scale may apply more to the US than other countries. You scored: 3.29

[DavidB.]

Neocon: 100%
Liberal: 84%
Realist: 80%

[DavidB.]

I side with Marco Rubio on most 2016 Presidential Election issues.

Marco Rubio: 92%
Rand Paul: 87%
Rick Perry: 85%
Rick Santorum: 85%
Jeb Bush: 85%
Scott Walker: 84%
Ted Cruz: 84%
Mike Huckabee: 79%
Lindsey Graham: 78%
Ben Carson: 78%
Bobby Jindal: 76%
Donald Trump: 76%
Chris Christie: 73%
Carly Fiorina: 65%
John Kasich: 59%
Hillary Clinton: 20%
Martin O'Malley: 9%
Bernie Sanders: 7%

Candidates you side with by issue...
Economy: Jeb Bush
Foreign Policy: Marco Rubio
Healthcare: Rand Paul
Immigration: Marco Rubio
Social: Mike Huckabee (?!?!?! I said that I'm pro gay-marriage, pro-drug legalization, in favor of legalizing euthanasia, and for allowing abortion in the first trimester....?!?!?!?!?!?!?)
Environment: Scott Walker
Education: Donald Trump (?!?!?!?!?!?!?!)
Domestic Policy: Rand Paul

[DavidB.]

Social: Mike Huckabee (?!?!?! I said that I'm pro gay-marriage, pro-drug legalization, in favor of legalizing euthanasia, and for allowing abortion in the first trimester....?!?!?!?!?!?!?)

Strange, I said the same things and got Clinton...

I've been looking it up. It probably has to do with the fact that I'm against "free" birth control (there is no such thing as a free lunch...), against removing religious references, in favour of the death penalty, against a federal law that prohibits states from flying the confederate flag (even though I think states themselves should choose not to fly it) etc. etc.

Still, I have a hard time imagining Huckabee considering himself even somewhat close to me with regard to social issues...

[DavidB.]

Social: Mike Huckabee (?!?!?! I said that I'm pro gay-marriage, pro-drug legalization, in favor of legalizing euthanasia, and for allowing abortion in the first trimester....?!?!?!?!?!?!?)

Strange, I said the same things and got Clinton...

I've been looking it up. It probably has to do with the fact that I'm against "free" birth control (there is no such thing as a free lunch...), against removing religious references, in favour of the death penalty, against a federal law that prohibits states from flying the confederate flag (even though I think states themselves should choose not to fly it) etc. etc.

Still, I have a hard time imagining Huckabee considering himself even somewhat close to me with regard to social issues...

So far, the only difference I see between is that I voted no to the flag question.

Hmm. I also voted in favor of the "Should a business, based on religious beliefs, be able to deny service to a customer?"-question: I think any business should have the right to deny service to any customer. The public should simply boycott racist/homophobic companies. No role for the government there.

And then we've discussed all the questions on social issues

[DavidB.]

83% Republican yet socially liberal? So much for quiz accuracy...

[DavidB.]

"You're on the right and collective quadrant of the political compass! You believe in a strong military, an efficient government to intervene when necessary, low taxes and a free market economy. You value tradition, hardwork, and you tend to respect religious authority. You're patriotic and sceptical of people looking for a hand out. You believe in government institutions and you have a strong sense of belonging to those with the same nationality as you. You believe in individual freedoms, but you also take into account tradition and social order. Anarchy and communism are your worst nightmares! Ronald Reagan is most likely one of your personal heroes! What do you think? Is this accurate?"

Yes, very accurate.



"Neoliberalism is a political philosophy and a political-economic movement beginning in the 1970s that de-emphasizes or rejects government intervention in the economy, focusing instead on achieving progress and even social justice by more free-market methods, especially an emphasis on economic growth, as measured by changes in real gross domestic product."

"Neoliberalism" is an insult that social democrats use, it means nothing - even though I agree with the fairly neutral description in my test result. And while I'm conservative, I'm not as conservative as shown here.

[DavidB.]

The Minarchist
29 Personal rights, 35 Morality, 27 Social justice, 3 Market Control

"AGSD: Activist, proGressive, Self-reliant, Deregulating.
Live free or die! You're a government minimalist. You agree with the sentiment, "that government is best which governs least." A basic government that maintains law and order and defends the nation from attack is all you're really looking for. You don't trust the government in your bedroom or near your wallet; either way it will probably put its hands where you don't want them! You also feel that most people are perfectly capable of running their own lives without the government's help. And those who get into trouble can get help from their families or private charities. Of course freedom is messy. The poor have little to no social safety net in your world. But, if they pull themselves up by their bootstraps, read some Ayn Rand, and get a damn job, life will be better in no time! As for voting, you probably hold your nose when you get to the polls. For a while, Republicans catered more to your tastes than Democrats. But now that George W decided to turn the GOP into the party of Big Government, the Democrats aren't looking so bad. There is always the Libertarian Party, if you don't mind throwing away your vote. If you scored under 10 on all four categories, then you, my friend, are an anarchist. You're probably taking this test from your heavily armed compound, waiting for the ATF and FBI to bust down the doors. Or you're trying to push a safety pin through your upper lip, while listening to the Sex Pistols. Don't forget to sanitize that thing! Notable Minarchists are Thomas Jefferson, Milton Friedman, Ayn Rand, Barry Goldwater, and Ron Paul."

Not really. The fact that I have a libertarian worldview as to what the government should do in regard to the economy doesn't mean that I'm a ruthless, careless individualist such as Ayn Rand, and the fact that I'm not for shoving religious laws down people's throats doesn't make me an atheist - and definitely not a Democrat or a big-L Libertarian. The lack of foreign policy questions probably skewed my score toward the libertarian side of the spectrum.

[DavidB.]

Sentimeter:

STEADFAST RIGHT - along with 5% of Torontonians

The Steadfast Right take the most conservative positions of any group and are most likely to identify as being Right. They see a fair society as one in which people adhere to traditional family values and take full responsibility for their individual welfare.

(Agree with Alex that the "values" part was really, really hard.)

"Abtirsi" test

You are a: Right-Leaning Anti-Government Nativist Traditionalist

Collectivism score: -17%
Authoritarianism score: -33%
Internationalism score: 0%
Tribalism score: 67%
Liberalism score: -33%

[DavidB.]

Debater ENTP-A
54% Extraverted
35% Intuitive
10% Thinking
15% Prospecting
17% Assertive

The ENTP personality type is the ultimate devil's advocate, thriving on the process of shredding arguments and beliefs and letting the ribbons drift in the wind for all to see. Unlike their more determined Judging (J) counterparts, ENTPs don't do this because they are trying to achieve some deeper purpose or strategic goal, but for the simple reason that it's fun. No one loves the process of mental sparring more than ENTPs, as it gives them a chance to exercise their effortlessly quick wit, broad accumulated knowledge base, and capacity for connecting disparate ideas to prove their points.

Strengths:
- Knowledgeable
- Quick thinkers
- Original
- Excellent brainstormers
- Charismatic
- Energetic

Weaknesses:
- Very argumentative
- Insensitive
- Intolerant
- Difficult to focus
- Dislike practical matters

I did this one earlier, most of the time I got ENTJ. Not sure if I think this is a good test, but yeah, it's not hard to understand why I get this result (or ENTJ).

Tension test:
27%, identifying the following contradictions:

"You agreed that:
The right to life is so fundamental that financial considerations are irrelevant in any effort to save lives
But disagreed that:
Governments should be allowed to increase taxes sharply to save lives in the developing world"

Yeah, but individuals should have the right to decide for themselves whether to make this choice. The government makes that choice for everybody, which is not right.

"You agreed that:
There exists an all-powerful, loving and good God
And also that:
To allow an innocent child to suffer needlessly when one could easily prevent it is morally reprehensible"

This is basically the debate about theodicy and Judaism. I don't think there is a contradiction.

"Statements 20 and 13: Is positive discrimination justified?

8% of the people who have completed this activity have this tension in their beliefs.

You agreed that:
In certain circumstances, it might be desirable to discriminate positively in favour of a person as recompense for harms done to him/her in the past
And disagreed that:
It is not always right to judge individuals solely on their merits"

This might indeed be contradictory. I found both questions incredibly hard to answer, especially since the definition of "merit" is quite subjective. This is also not really central to my philosophy.

Statements 22 and 15: What is the seat of the self?

32% of the people who have completed this activity have this tension in their beliefs.

"You agreed that:
Severe brain-damage can rob a person of all consciousness and selfhood
And also that:
On bodily death, a person continues to exist in a non-physical form"
Interesting one."

On second judgment, I should probably have said "no" to the first statement, since I don't think severe brain damage robs a person of "selfhood" - it robs them of consciousness and of consciousness of selfhood.

[DavidB.]

Tough   vs   Tender
90% Tender
You side extremely towards “Tender”, meaning you very strongly believe in showing compassion, empathy, and rehabilitation for small-time criminals or those struggling with addiction. This theme is most important to you.

Lol

[DavidB.]

Bias test
In total, you correctly answered 11/18 (61.11%) of the political knowledge questions. 80% of people correctly answer between 5 and 11 questions; 8 is the average. Your score is higher than 90% of test takers.

You correctly answered:

0 out of 2 crime questions
5 out of 8 economy questions
5 out of 6 environment questions
1 out of 2 immigration questions

On a scale of 0-100%, your total political bias was 0%. Great work! About 25% of test takers also got this score. 50% of people get a score between 0% and 63%. The average score is 47.14%.

Ideology thingy
You are a libertarian conservative. You hold that the free market is the best way of organising economic activity, but you combine this with adherence to more traditional social values of authority and duty. (100%)         

You are a Christian democrat - or, in the UK, a "One Nation conservative"; in other words, although you share the usual conservative belief in stability and duty, you believe that such duties include a responsibility on the part of the better-off to help those who are less fortunate. You will be socially conservative, but in favour of a mixed economy where the state does have a role in providing public services. Christian democracy arose after World War II, succeeding more doctrinaire Catholic parties dating from the 1870s. (79%)         

You are a market liberal. You adhere to the traditional liberal belief in freedom, and take this to mean negative rather than positive freedom - i.e. a slimmed-down state is the best guarantor of freedom. You will therefore support a laissez-faire economic policy, and you will be reasonably tolerant on the social front - though less emphatically so than social liberals. (76%)         

You are an anarcho-capitalist. Anarcho-capitalists take the Jeffersonian belief that "that government is best which governs least", and extend it - "that government is best which governs not at all". The theory of anarcho-capitalism is that the market can replace the state as a regulator of individual behaviour (resulting in private courts, private policing etc.). (67%)         

You adhere to the Third Way. The Third Way is a fairly nebulous concept, but it rests on the idea of combining economic efficiency - i.e. a market economy with some intervention - with social responsibility. The focus is emphatically on the community as a whole, and not necessarily equality per se. Adherents of the Third Way range from moderate to conservative in their social views, and have recently been willing to take a "tough" line on a range of social issues. (60%)         

You are a fascist. You combine a strong belief in the nation with authoritarian social values, and a willingness to impose your views upon others. You strongly oppose immigration, and are willing to take radical action to combat it. (52%)         

You are a social liberal. Like all liberals, you believe in individual freedom as a central objective - but you believe that lack of economic opportunity, education, healthcare etc. can be just as damaging to liberty as can an oppressive state. As a result, social liberals are generally the most outspoken defenders of human rights and civil liberties, and combine this with support for a mixed economy, with an enabling state providing public services to ensure that people's social rights as well as their civil liberties are upheld. (50%)         

You are a social democrat. Like other socialists, you believe in a more economically equal society - but you have jettisoned any belief in the idea of the planned economy. You believe in a mixed economy, where the state provides certain key services and where the productivity of the market is harnessed for the good of society as a whole. Many social democrats are hard to distinguish from social liberals, and they share a tolerant social outlook. (32%)         

You are an ecologist or green. You believe that the single greatest challenge of our time is the threat to our natural environment, and you feel that radical action must be taken to protect it - whether in the enlightened self-interest of humanity (in the tradition of 'shallow ecologism') or, more radically, from the perspective of the ecosystem as a whole, without treating humans as the central species (deep ecologism). (21%)         

You are a classical socialist, believing in equality of outcome as a principle. This might mean greater equality (e.g. Old Labour), or as close to absolute equality as possible. However, you will believe in an extensive public sector, covering not just public services (transport, healthcare etc.) but probably also the 'commanding heights' of industry (e.g. iron and steel). Your views on personal morality will be reasonably tolerant, in general, but there is considerable variation within this political group. (4%)         

You are a communist. You believe, at least in theory, in absolute equality of income - and you oppose the whole capitalist system per se. You want to abolish the market economy and replace it with one in which the workers (usually meaning the state) control the building blocks of the economy. Your views on personal morality will vary; traditional communists tended to be more authoritarian, while modern "eurocommunists" tend to take a liberal line. (3%)         

You are an anarcho-communist, aiming for a society without the state, based on small, decentralised groups living communally. (0%)

[DavidB.]

The Snobby Nationalist
67% Utilitarian, 76% Nationalist, 47% Liberal and 68% Individualist!

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Well, I don't agree with the idea that I'm a "snobby nationalist" and I do, actually, think people know what's good for them, as opposed to the government, and that's why the government should stay out of people's lives as much as possible.

[DavidB.]

44 on the libertarian purity test.

"31-50 points: Your libertarian credentials are obvious. Doubtlessly you will become more extreme as time goes on."

I guess not, because in January 2013 I scored 45.

[DavidB.]

You scored 27% liberal and 73% conservative!

You are a conservative. You believe in a free market that has no government control. You are also a conservative socially, as you oppose gay marriage, affirmative action, gun control, and many social issues. You support a strong American military, you oppose internationalism, and you advocate states' rights. In addition to that, you support a capitalist system. It can be argued that conservatism tends to represent the interests of the Establishment. Yet, this is not always the case. Considering the conservative's opposition to political abstractions, the "true" conservative ought never support a contrived social state, be that on the left (Communism) or on the right (Fascism). There is an independent justification of the attitude of conservatism, which tends to favor what is organic and has been shaped by history, against the planned and artificial.

[DavidB.]

Your Complete Results:
   1.   Aristotle (100%)         More Info
   2.   Thomas Aquinas (79%)         More Info
   3.   Ayn Rand (74%)         More Info
   4.   Stoics (72%)         More Info
   5.   John Stuart Mill (70%)         More Info
   6.   Epicureans (68%)         More Info
   7.   Jeremy Bentham (67%)         More Info
   8.   Cynics (64%)         More Info
   9.   Benedictus Spinoza (63%)         More Info
   10.   Plato (63%)         More Info
   11.   Immanuel Kant (60%)         More Info
   12.   Jean-Paul Sartre (54%)         More Info
   13.   St. Augustine (53%)         More Info
   14.   Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (53%)         More Info
   15.   David Hume (53%)         More Info
   16.   Thomas Hobbes (49%)         More Info
   17.   William of Ockham (41%)         More Info
   18.   William James (35%)      
   19.   Prescriptivism (31%)         More Info
   20.   Nel Noddings (28%)         More Info
   21.   Jean-Jacques Rousseau (8%)

[DavidB.]

A rather odd result. I don't understand how it says that I agree so much with left-wing parties. Maybe because of my views on health care, SSM and drugs.

[DavidB.]

Democratas 82%
Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira 80%
Partido de los Trabalhadores 53%
Partido de lo Movimento Democratico Brasileira 51%
Partido Socialista 41%
Commies 36%
Greens 30%
Partido Democratico Trabalhista 30%
Partido Social Cristao 21%

[DavidB.]

3.0 = Ronald Reagan

[DavidB.]

https://home.isi.org/quiz-which-conservative-thinker-are-you

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Same.

[DavidB.]

Polspectrum:

Equality-Hierarchy: 20% left
Modernity-Tradition: 33% right
Liberty-Duty: 80% right
Altruism-Kinship: 40% right
Nurture-Nature: 20% left
Material-Spiritual: 81% right

Overall: 30% right

Knesset voting compass: exactly on Israel Beiteinu

And:

[DavidB.]

Your Result: Fusionist (78%)

Fusionism is an American political ideology using libertarian means in a conservative society to produce traditional social ends. Prominent fusionists include Ronald Reagan and Barry Goldwater.

Libertarian: 63%
Neoconservative: 57%
Lunatic: 28%
Paleoconservative: 17%

[DavidB.]

How I think about it if I'm being nuanced:

How I think about it if I eliminate the "maybes":

Still a bit of a Western Ukrainian, perhaps. Calling me "libertarian" is obviously nonsense though.

[DavidB.]

https://www.motivaction.nl/en/mentality

I like this one a lot.

Got:
1. New conservatives
2. Postmaterialists
3. Traditionals
4. Cosmopolitans
5. Postmodern hedonists
6. Modern mainstream
7. Social climbers
8. Convenience oriented

[DavidB.]

49% Democratic, 51% Republican, "too close to call"

Role of the govt: 57% Dem
Economy/Jobs: 59% Dem
Values: 55% GOP
Defense/Foreign Policy: 70% GOP
Budget & Taxes: 56% Dem
Energy & Environment: 56% Dem
Civil Liberties: 57% GOP
Immigration: 67% GOP
Healthcare:  57% Dem
Education: 50/50