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Old Mar 5, 2012 | 07:51 PM
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I don't think anyone has made a thread about this yet. Post your results else your a big fat Nancy-boy.

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Economic Left/Right: -0.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.15
Old Mar 5, 2012 | 08:03 PM
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Economic Left/Right: 1.03
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -10.0


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Old Mar 5, 2012 | 08:13 PM
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Economic Left/Right: 1.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.69


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Old Mar 5, 2012 | 08:14 PM
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Economic Left/Right: -5.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -0.97

Huh, up there with Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and the Dalai Lama. Interesting.

I do wish a number of those questions had a "unsure" answer, as I am just not educated enough to answer them correctly. I also fee ashamed about a few of my answers :/
Old Mar 5, 2012 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by curly
I do wish a number of those questions had a "unsure" answer, as I am just not educated enough to answer them correctly. I also fee ashamed about a few of my answers :/
Me too! Definitely some things I wouldn't say in public.
Old Mar 5, 2012 | 08:23 PM
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Economic Left/Right: 0.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.18




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Old Mar 5, 2012 | 08:24 PM
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Always thought I was more right and more libertarian. Guess wisdom DOES come with age.

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Old Mar 5, 2012 | 08:36 PM
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7.12 -3.33


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Old Mar 5, 2012 | 08:45 PM
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opcorn: Brainy's the biggest neo-liberal in the thread.
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WTF, how comes it says I'm between Stalin and Gandhi, thought I was at least a little bit of a Hitler.
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Pretty much where I expected to land.
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Originally Posted by blaen99
opcorn: Brainy's the biggest neo-liberal in the thread.
im just awesome. I did this test when my wife was shopping at The Limited, exploiting small children, while I sat on the benches in one of the largest malls America.


but a lot of those answers i was apathetic to.
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Attached Thumbnails Political Compass test-leftright.jpg  
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Sheesh, Brain. You need the pretty picture to tell what the numbers mean?
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I giggled a bit at this.

Such a great chart.
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Originally Posted by Jeff_Ciesielski
Pretty much where I expected to land.
You are the Dalai Lama.

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Old Mar 5, 2012 | 09:42 PM
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Economic Left/Right: 1.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.26



I don't believe it. *shrug*
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Originally Posted by Gearhead_318
You are the Dalai Lama.

Damn, I didn't realize it was that close :P
Old Mar 5, 2012 | 10:06 PM
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Economic Left/Right: 5.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.13

It's perfect. I wonder why, of 16 leaders, none of them are in the lower right quadrant...
Old Mar 5, 2012 | 10:09 PM
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Economic Left/Right: 0.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.49



I have no idea what it means though.



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