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David Cobb takes the Political Compass test

Back in the early days of this blog, I talked about the Political Compass, a site that puts political thought on a grid, as opposed to a simplistic, one-dimensional spectrum.

One of the pages it has is an analysis of the 2004 Presidential candidates. Notice that Kerry is right of center (as is every single European government, but that's another topic). More to the point, they have Ralph Nader and David Cobb positioned so close, they overlap. My friend Ron Garcia, in Nicaragua, was suspicious of this, and invited David to take the test for himself -- so he did.

The site currently has him placed at about 3 notches left of center (out of ten), and about 3 notches toward Libertarian (on the Libertarian-Authoritarian spectrum). David reports that in fact, he should be at 8 Left and 9 Libertarian.

For the record, my own score was 8 Left and 8.05 Libertarian. What's your score? Leave a comment and tell us!

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Well, it changes a bit each time I take it

but the results I got today were:

Economic Left/Right: -4.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.72

Not 100% sure what that means, but the way I describe my philosophy is, it's better for people to work than not work. It's better for people to live in peace than in conflict. We need to respect other's opinions and attitudes. We need to dramatically curtail the damage we are doing to the global environment. Corporations, government and wealthy individuals are, by and large, in control of what happens, so they must be responsible for the situation we find ourselves in. I'd rather trust and empower my neighborhood than empower a congressman who is already overly empowered.

But, that's just me...

  • By Gregg Jocoy at 2007-05-18 16:12
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