NP&E Economic & Social Spectrum

[Downward]

No idea what it means

[Blaster72]

It's actually quite hard to get it to give you anything other than centre or left results.

This was after giving it a deliberate far right set of answers.

[Smollet]

Another Gandhi wannabe. No wonder I like curry

[grumbledoak]

I think the problem with unpleasant and sociopathic attitudes in NP&E is becoming all too clear.

[anonymous-user]

GroundEffect said:

What that means about me is:

• I believe that people ultimately should look after themselves but it's not perfect so a limited social state is required (makes me economically a bit left of centre)
• People should fundamentally be free if what they believe in doesn't harm anyone, i.e. gay marriage, religion, etc (makes me libertarian)

I think I'm probably the same as you as I agree with your statements.

I'm a bit of an odd mix as well. I think criminals should be lined up and shot, people should look after themselves and generous benefits should be slashed, social housing should be cut, capitalism should be unrestricted, I believe in free market etc.

Yet I completely support gay marriage, LGBT rights, immigration, abortion, the de-classification of drugs, multiculturalism, and all that kind of jazz. People should be free to do pretty much whatever they want as long as it doesn't hurt others.

Edited by NinjaPower on Saturday 18th February 20:35

[drainbrain]

https://www.politicalcompass.org/yourpoliticalcomp...


I take it this means I have to go to some kind of re-education camp

[Goaty Bill 2]

drainbrain said:

https://www.politicalcompass.org/yourpoliticalcomp...


I take it this means I have to go to some kind of re-education camp

You sir are the problem.

[Insanity Magnet]

Errm okay...

Not sure my family would agree with this!

[foxsasha]

Neither here nor there

[loafer123]

This is very interesting.

My own results are below.

One reason why we are mainly ending up as lefties is probably because it is referencing against a US cohort...i.e. our right wing is still their left wing.

More importantly, in my view, this lays bare the UK liberal's (small "L") misconception that people who vote Tory or Leave are right wing nutters. In fact we have balanced and principled beliefs of our own which are balanced in a wider context.

[alangtt]

[SKP555]

While it's a bit more telling than a simple left-right spectrum it still relies on categorising opinions on a very broad basis.

For example disagreeing strongly with the statement that "What's good for the most successful corporations is always, ultimately, good for all of us" doesn't necessarily mean you are less economically liberal than someone who does agree with it.

I think we will really be getting somewhere when we accept that people's that people's political outlooks are too nuanced and diverse to be boiled down to a simple visual representation with any accuracy at all, and that it's better to take each issue on its merits than to attempt to divide people into political clans across a broad range of unrelated issues.

[Pesty]

Changed a bit I'm usually in the green a bit.

[m3jappa]

another gandhi here.

Just proves how wrong these lunatics are describing people like me as racist etc which i find thoroughly insulting tbh. interesting to see how many others are in the same region as well.

Thinking about it id describe that bit as being a fair and reasonable person.

[brenflys777]

Labour voter in 1997. Conservative voter until 2010. UKIP voter in 2015. Brexit voter in 2016. Gandhi in 2017.

I think its broke.

[alfie2244]

brenflys777 said:

Labour voter in 1997. Conservative voter until 2010. UKIP voter in 2015. Brexit voter in 2016. Gandhi in 2017.

I think its broke.

Snowflake next

[Laurel Green]

We've had this before (some time ago). Anyway:

[Eric Mc]

I was never any good with Rubik's Cubes.

[sidicks]

Interesting!

[Higgs boson]

'looks like I'm not alone ...