02-06-2004 13:32									#61
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Economic Left/Right: 0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.31

Am I too centric

	02-06-2004 13:41									#62
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Economic Left/Right: -8.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.51

Yeah, I'm a commie

	02-06-2004 16:16									#63
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VJ made this a while ago.

edit: link: http://apolyton.net/forums/showthre...30&pagenumber=1

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	02-06-2004 19:50									#64
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Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.21

'bout the same as all the previous times I've taken it, I think...

	02-06-2004 21:01									#65
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Make another one of those charts.

	02-06-2004 21:02									#66
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It's not that good a test - a lot of the questions I thought, "The way they worded it, I have to disagree, even though I agree with what I think they're asking" or the reverse... and there's no "abstain" option.

	02-06-2004 21:21									#67
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Economic Left/Right: 2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.62

So slightly right of center and averse to government interference.

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	03-06-2004 08:20									#68
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quote: Originally posted by Whoha Make another one of those charts.

Yes, please. That one is hardly complete. Excluding people will skew the data. Why was that?

	03-06-2004 08:38									#69
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If you do make a chart, use my latest results. My "ideological" rseults.

	03-06-2004 11:18									#70
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yeah, make a complete chart. And we can have the chart at the top of off-topic so anyone entering off-topic will know the political views of everyone in it

	03-06-2004 14:40									#71
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It was amazing to see that the majority of us, myself included, are in the left/liberal quarter. Anyone want to take a stab on analyzing why that is?

	03-06-2004 20:23									#72
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Well, part of it has to do with where the axes intercept. It's pretty arbitrary, if you think about it. Another part would be the wording of the questions and how they are open to different interpretations. Yet another part would be the fact that there just tends to be more "liberal" minded people here. Like attracts like, and all that.

	03-06-2004 20:45									#73
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Its has nothing to do with the libertarian/authoritarian axes, almost everyone on the chart is libertarian. Its just that the majority here are political lefties.

	03-06-2004 20:54									#74
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What's the precise definition of dead-center? Why isn't something slightly less authoritarian and little more to the left economically the dead-center? Or the opposite?

You're right about the mix of people here, though.

	03-06-2004 21:14									#75
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quote: Originally posted by Vince278 It was amazing to see that the majority of us, myself included, are in the left/liberal quarter. Anyone want to take a stab on analyzing why that is?

I dunno but I guess people here are more intelligent/highly educated than I'd imagined.

	03-06-2004 21:21									#76
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Am I officially the Apolyton Centric person?
Since I'm about as exact centric as possible.....

And why so many people here are leftish?
Churchill said:
"Young people who are not leftish have no heart
Old people who still are leftish have no brains"

Poly is populated mostly by young people.
And old people who still hang on internet forums obviously have no brains

Economic Left/Right: 0.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.31

	04-06-2004 07:09									#77
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Economic Left/Right: -7.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.26

Hmmm... My ideas of a free market, Co-Op-based Socialism pulled me to the right economically.

	04-06-2004 08:46									#78
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quote: Originally posted by MikeH I dunno but I guess people here are more intelligent/highly educated than I'd imagined.

Considering some of our common interests I'm not surprised we are above average but I thought our political beliefs would be all across the spectrum. I was surprised I came out near Gandhi when I thought I'd be a highly authoritarian right like Hitler (just ask my kids ). I guess maybe I'm more of an enlightened dictator (like Attaturk).

	04-06-2004 08:59									#79
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Economic Left/Right: -1.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.44

What the hell?

	04-06-2004 11:28									#80
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quote: Originally posted by CyberShy Am I officially the Apolyton Centric person? Since I'm about as exact centric as possible..... And why so many people here are leftish? Churchill said: "Young people who are not leftish have no heart Old people who still are leftish have no brains" Poly is populated mostly by young people. And old people who still hang on internet forums obviously have no brains Economic Left/Right: 0.25 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.31

I consider myself centric. Although in economic terms I consider myself slightly conservative.

yet the test put my slightly to the left and libertarian. go figure.

	04-06-2004 13:46									#81
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Economic Left/Right: -8.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -1.79

Hmmm, I'm sliding farther left as I get older. I used to be a lot more Centralist than I am now...At least I'm gaining in Authoritarian beliefs.

	04-06-2004 14:28									#82
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quote: Originally posted by Frankychan Hmmm, I'm sliding farther left as I get older.

I'm starting to lean right when I walk.

	04-06-2004 14:41									#83
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why so many people here left-wing? simple. apolyton is dominated by white bourgeious.

	04-06-2004 14:55									#84
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Any future chart that is to be made should be based on how different Apolyton posters stand relative to my own personal ideological beliefs.

	04-06-2004 14:55									#85
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Being a random sampling of people we should average out but don't. I think that perhaps the test, like Albert, is biased and we just proved it.

	04-06-2004 15:56									#86
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The relatively high numbers of europeans and canadians compared to americans also skews the distribution. The left side is 66% non-american compared to 44% on the right.

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	04-06-2004 16:15									#87
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I think I encounter a significant right shift, since I last time made the test.

Economic Left/Right: -0.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.46

	04-06-2004 21:07									#88
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quote: The relatively high numbers of europeans and canadians compared to americans also skews the distribution. The left side is 66% non-american compared to 44% on the right.

That's why I added the flags, you can easily check out what is the rough average of US' posters.

I'll see if I'm bored enough to update the chart tomorrow morning (EET).

	04-06-2004 23:44									#89
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quote: Originally posted by Vince278 Being a random sampling of people we should average out but don't. I think that perhaps the test, like Albert, is biased and we just proved it.

We're not exactly a random sampling...

	04-06-2004 23:52									#90
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quote: Originally posted by CyberShy Am I officially the Apolyton Eccentric person? Since I'm about as eccentric as possible.....