Trivia

[liv]

So, according to that political survey thingy that's doing the rounds, I'm at (-4.8, 1.6), defined as 'fairly internationalist and rehabilitationist' and 'fairly free-market and pro-war'.

That I'm west of all the Tories and 90% of everybody doesn't surprise me at all, because I would definitely define myself as internationalist and rehabilitationist. That I'm north of the central axis is a little less expected; I think I must be something of an anomaly compared to their sample population because I am significantly anti-war, particularly anti the current Iraq war, but at the same time I'm pretty capitalist and pro free-market. (For the old political compass thing, I score as right-wing on economic grounds but left-wing on social grounds, a reason why the political compass appealed to me as I am happy to see those two axes separated.)

The other point of this post is to mention that I've reviewed Zadie Smith's The Autograph Man.

Comments

[khalidz0r.livejournal.com]

It's been a while since I've taken the political compass test, but I always forget about it when I'm in front of the PC. :P Thanks for reminding me.

I'll probably post about this, but anyway. I've got:

Economic Left/Right: -5.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.95

(Just like the Dalai Lama, it seems :P)

Way more left than I was last time (Especially in the economic regards), but last time I took it (over 2 years ago), I didn't understand much of the stuff mentioned there, and my opinions had changed a lot.

The other one is specific to the UK, it seems, so it makes no sense if I take it. :P

[elemy.livejournal.com]

Yes, I looked at that test, but didn't take it because I was confused by the implication of an absolute connection between being pro war and pro free market. Can anyone explain?

[emma]

I'm about the same on the political compass. I don't remember my scores exactly, but yeah.