Found a more-worthwhile-than-usual political self-tester at www.politicalcompass.org. It’s a short multiple-choice test that asks you a bunch of questions to determine where you fall on two axes: authoritarian vs. libertarian and economic left vs. right. Here’s the site’s self-description:
On the standard left-right scale, how do you distinguish leftists like Stalin and Gandhi? It’s not sufficient to say that Stalin was simply more left than Gandhi. There are fundamental political differences between them that the old categories on their own can’t explain. Similarly, we generally describe social reactionaries as ‘right-wingers’, yet that leaves left-wing reactionaries like Robert Mugabe and Pol Pot off the hook.
So, take the test and post a comment to let the rest of us know where you stand.
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