Phædrus
03-30-2008, 09:03 PM
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This is my take on the major political divisions, using US terminology. Most of the US populace falls in a semicircle starting in Democrat, sliding down through Republican and the right end of Centrist, through Right Libertarian, and into Social Libertarian. The world as a whole would be fairly random, but with an average falling in the lower-left quadrant of Centrist.
Note, that these are approximate and that there is some overlap. Also, there is ambiguity at the extreme ends of some sectors.
For an idea of where some major political figures would fall on the graph, here's my estimate (economic, social). These are just my interpretations, from what I know of these people:
US
George Bush - 7, 6
Barack Obama - 3, 2
Hillary Clinton - 2, 3
Ron Paul - 8, -1
World
Hugo Chavez - -6, 1
Vladimir Putin - -3, 5
Fidel Castro - -6, 3
Dalai Lama - -4, -5
Tony Blair - 1, 4
Saddam Hussein - 1, 8
Historical
Adolf Hitler - 2, 10
Joseph Stalin - -9, 10
Vladimir Lenin - -10, 4
Franklin Roosevelt - 0, 1
Thomas Paine - 7, -7
Me: 1, -5
By the way, though the graph is from Political Compass, I think that the Political Compass test has some bias in some of the questions and also paints some issues in black and white when there are third solutions.
This is my take on the major political divisions, using US terminology. Most of the US populace falls in a semicircle starting in Democrat, sliding down through Republican and the right end of Centrist, through Right Libertarian, and into Social Libertarian. The world as a whole would be fairly random, but with an average falling in the lower-left quadrant of Centrist.
Note, that these are approximate and that there is some overlap. Also, there is ambiguity at the extreme ends of some sectors.
For an idea of where some major political figures would fall on the graph, here's my estimate (economic, social). These are just my interpretations, from what I know of these people:
US
George Bush - 7, 6
Barack Obama - 3, 2
Hillary Clinton - 2, 3
Ron Paul - 8, -1
World
Hugo Chavez - -6, 1
Vladimir Putin - -3, 5
Fidel Castro - -6, 3
Dalai Lama - -4, -5
Tony Blair - 1, 4
Saddam Hussein - 1, 8
Historical
Adolf Hitler - 2, 10
Joseph Stalin - -9, 10
Vladimir Lenin - -10, 4
Franklin Roosevelt - 0, 1
Thomas Paine - 7, -7
Me: 1, -5
By the way, though the graph is from Political Compass, I think that the Political Compass test has some bias in some of the questions and also paints some issues in black and white when there are third solutions.