# The Political Compass- where do you stand? **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [July 18, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-political-compass-where-do-you-stand/15794 "2008-07-18T14:56:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![GuySajer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/guysajer/32/446_2.png) [@GuySajer](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/GuySajer)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 2:56pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-political-compass-where-do-you-stand/15794/1 "2008-07-18T14:56:34Z")
**Your political compass** **Economic Left/Right: 5.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 4.36** I’m at about the same level of conservatism as Nicholas Sarkozy. Take this test, and it maps out where you stand politically. There are four different quadrants- left authoritarian, left libertarian, right authoritarian and right libertarian. It’s a pretty interesting test. [The Political Compass](http://www.politicalcompass.org/) ---
**Author:** ![renny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/renny/32/2104_2.png) [@renny](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/renny)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-political-compass-where-do-you-stand/15794/2 "2008-07-18T16:13:00Z")
Economic Left/Right: 8.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.05 Friedman If anybody feels the test is showing them to be more authoritarian than they feel try channeling John Cleese when you read the questions. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Savage\_mone](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/savage_mone/32/1792_2.png) [@Savage\_mone](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Savage_mone)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-political-compass-where-do-you-stand/15794/3 "2008-07-18T18:31:23Z")
I am hanging with The Dalai Lama. ---
**Author:** ![Wrlprchnx](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/wrlprchnx/32/1360_2.png) [@Wrlprchnx](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Wrlprchnx)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 7:04pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-political-compass-where-do-you-stand/15794/4 "2008-07-18T19:04:41Z")
**Your political compass** **Economic Left/Right: -3.00 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.51** Ghandhi - makes sense considering how appealing the tenets of buddhism are to me ---
**Author:** ![bubblebob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/bubblebob/32/2120_2.png) [@bubblebob](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/bubblebob)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-political-compass-where-do-you-stand/15794/5 "2008-07-18T19:23:05Z")
**Economic Left/Right: -8.38 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.74** ---
**Author:** ![Daedelus76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Daedelus76](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Daedelus76)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2008, 11:57pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-political-compass-where-do-you-stand/15794/6 "2008-07-18T23:57:46Z")
When I took it a couple years ago, I was close to the Dalai Lama or Gandhi. Now… I don’t like talking politics, so I won’t take it 🙂 Oh, and Gandhi was a liberal Hindu influenced by Jainism, not a Buddhist. Although the worldviews are similar, there are also distinct metaphysical differences in the beliefs. ---
**Author:** ![chads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2acd7d/32.png) [@chads](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/chads)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-political-compass-where-do-you-stand/15794/7 "2008-07-19T05:23:31Z")
3.38 -1.59 Odd how there are no Democrats portrayed by the professional team. I wonder why. ---
**Author:** ![Daedelus76](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Daedelus76](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Daedelus76)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 6:02am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-political-compass-where-do-you-stand/15794/8 "2008-07-19T06:02:06Z")
> [@chads](#): > > Odd how there are no Democrats portrayed by the professional team. I wonder why. I’ve seen a Political Compass map where John Kerry wasn’t that far from George Bush- Right Authoritarian. Near Jose Zapatero on the map, maybe a little to the right from what I recall? Anyways, I think the political compass is a simplification and might even be a bit distorted in how different some peoples beliefs are. It seems skewed with too much room on the left and too little on the right. Maybe more European in perspective than American. Zapatero would be on the left in American politics, but he’s centrist in European politics. ---
**Author:** ![renny](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/renny/32/2104_2.png) [@renny](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/renny)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 10:11am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-political-compass-where-do-you-stand/15794/9 "2008-07-19T10:11:41Z")
> [@Daedelus76](#): > > I’ve seen a Political Compass map where John Kerry wasn’t that far from George Bush- Right Authoritarian. Near Jose Zapatero on the map, maybe a little to the right from what I recall? > > Anyways, I think the political compass is a simplification and might even be a bit distorted in how different some peoples beliefs are. It seems skewed with too much room on the left and too little on the right. Maybe more European in perspective than American. Zapatero would be on the left in American politics, but he’s centrist in European politics. Yes, it seems very European and rather Ivory Tower as well…hence pretending that John Cleese is reading the questions makes it more fun! ---
**Author:** ![data4](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/data4/32/272_2.png) [@data4](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/data4)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 10:22am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-political-compass-where-do-you-stand/15794/10 "2008-07-19T10:22:12Z")
Economic Left/Right: 3.62 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.92 Pretty much right in between Zapatero and Merkel. -D4 ---
**Author:** ![bubblebob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/bubblebob/32/2120_2.png) [@bubblebob](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/bubblebob)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 10:59am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-political-compass-where-do-you-stand/15794/11 "2008-07-19T10:59:08Z")
> [@data4](#): > > Pretty much right in between Zapatero and Merkel. Oh, didn’t see that our chancellor was in there, too! If our secretary of interior would be on there, he’d show up in the far right top corner… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Phya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@Phya](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Phya)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-political-compass-where-do-you-stand/15794/12 "2008-07-19T21:39:09Z")
Economic Left/Right: -5.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.28 Not too surprised. I grew up in Berkeley after all.. ---
**Author:** ![copycat](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/copycat/32/896_2.png) [@copycat](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/copycat)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2008, 9:09am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/the-political-compass-where-do-you-stand/15794/13 "2008-07-20T09:09:30Z")
Economic Left/Right: -2.75 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.95 Hmm, I’m not surprised much by my results. (Kinda like when I took the MMPI and they determined that I have a problem with authority. Oh _really_??) Now I’m wondering… Does Gandhi have a problem with authority too? Cool little tool! Thanks for sharing! ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pheromonetalk/original/2X/0/081674226acb16d49eb9e72bfcd35249be2cddb3.jpeg)