The Ultimate Political Graph
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I don't get this. Progressives are closer to conservatives and ultra capitalists than socialists?
According to the Political Compass test, I fall somewhere in the Anarcho-Socialist range.
That puzzled me, too.
In this era "progressive" has become synonymous with "liberal" or even a tad left of mainstream liberal. But perhaps it's sort of like "populist" which can be left or right leaning.
Clearly we need to dig deeper into this.
The other thing that leaped out at me is the positioning of liberal. Dead center. Which is what I've argued a lot, but never thought to see reflected in a graph that otherwise seems to make pretty good sense as long as you don't get too anal about it.
Sure. Or where you think you are. And then you can take the quiz at
https://www.politicalcompass.org/test/
Me, too.
In real life I tend to think of myself as left libertarian. But apparently left libertarians are a bit more centrist.
Syndicalism
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Syndicalism
Syndicalism is a type of proposed economic system, a form of socialism, considered a replacement for capitalism. It suggests that industries be organized into confederations or syndicates. It is "a system of economic organization in which industries are owned and managed by the workers".[1]
Its theory and practice is the advocation of multiple cooperative productive units composed of specialists and representatives of workers in each respective field to negotiate and manage the economy. Syndicalism also refers to the political movement (praxis) and tactics used to bring about this type of system.
For adherents, labour unions and labour training (see below) are the potential means of both overcoming economic aristocracy and running society fairly and in the interest of informed and skilled majorities, through union democracy. Industry in a syndicalist system would be run through co-operative confederations and mutual aid. Local syndicates would communicate with other syndicates through the Bourse du Travail (labour exchange) which would cooperatively determine distributions of commodities.
Syndicalism is also used to refer to the tactic of bringing about this social arrangement, typically expounded by anarcho-syndicalism and De Leonism. It aims to achieve a general strike, a workers' outward refusal of their current modes of production, followed by organisation into federations of trade unions, such as the CNT. Throughout its history, the reformist section of syndicalism has been overshadowed by its revolutionary section, typified by the Federación Anarquista Ibérica section of the CNT.[2]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Syndicalism
Syndicalism is a type of proposed economic system, a form of socialism, considered a replacement for capitalism. It suggests that industries be organized into confederations or syndicates. It is "a system of economic organization in which industries are owned and managed by the workers".[1]
Its theory and practice is the advocation of multiple cooperative productive units composed of specialists and representatives of workers in each respective field to negotiate and manage the economy. Syndicalism also refers to the political movement (praxis) and tactics used to bring about this type of system.
For adherents, labour unions and labour training (see below) are the potential means of both overcoming economic aristocracy and running society fairly and in the interest of informed and skilled majorities, through union democracy. Industry in a syndicalist system would be run through co-operative confederations and mutual aid. Local syndicates would communicate with other syndicates through the Bourse du Travail (labour exchange) which would cooperatively determine distributions of commodities.
Syndicalism is also used to refer to the tactic of bringing about this social arrangement, typically expounded by anarcho-syndicalism and De Leonism. It aims to achieve a general strike, a workers' outward refusal of their current modes of production, followed by organisation into federations of trade unions, such as the CNT. Throughout its history, the reformist section of syndicalism has been overshadowed by its revolutionary section, typified by the Federación Anarquista Ibérica section of the CNT.[2]
Comparing this chart with the scores for the 2016 candidates...
Sanders is a barely left of center LIBERAL.
Hillary is on the border between TRADITIONAL and ULTRA-CAPITALIST.
Trump and Bush are FASCISTS.
Cruz is on the border between FASCISM and FUNDAMENTALISM.
Rubio is a FUNDAMENTALIST.
Sanders is a barely left of center LIBERAL.
Hillary is on the border between TRADITIONAL and ULTRA-CAPITALIST.
Trump and Bush are FASCISTS.
Cruz is on the border between FASCISM and FUNDAMENTALISM.
Rubio is a FUNDAMENTALIST.
I can see how this would have some appeal a century ago, but it hardly seems to translate to our new world where more and more people work in some sort of service industry and where most of the money is made moving money and paper around in the financial sector.
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: 4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.92
This puts me about equally close to Progressivism, Libertarianism, and Libertarian Capitalism.
Economic Left/Right: 4.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.92
This puts me about equally close to Progressivism, Libertarianism, and Libertarian Capitalism.
Congratulations on being about as libertarian as Ralph Nader and about as liberal as Hillary Clinton.
Did you eat paint chips as a kid?Comparing this chart with the scores for the 2016 candidates...
Sanders is a barely left of center LIBERAL.
Hillary is on the border between TRADITIONAL and ULTRA-CAPITALIST.
Trump and Bush are FASCISTS.
Cruz is on the border between FASCISM and FUNDAMENTALISM.
Rubio is a FUNDAMENTALIST.
Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.33
Aw snap. Anarcho-socialist reporting in.
Economic Left/Right: -6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.33
Aw snap. Anarcho-socialist reporting in.
Congratulations on being about as libertarian as Ralph Nader and about as liberal as Hillary Clinton.
Clinton is actually farther to the right and much more authoritarian than I am. She's in the upper right quadrant and I'm in the lower right.
All the good guys are anarcho-socialists, it seems. You, me, THE_DEVIL, 2faced . . . who else?Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.33
Aw snap. Anarcho-socialist reporting in.
Here's the problem that I've always had with this quiz. It asks you about personal preferences on things like child punishment. What does that have to do with political affiliation? The quiz should stick to asking you about the functions of government if they really want to know where you stand.
Now, I understand that many of you wish to push your personal morals on others, but not all of us are like that. The quiz leads many people to be described as anarchist, who are really authoritarian. Still, it's always neat to look at, as long as you take it for what it is.
Now, I understand that many of you wish to push your personal morals on others, but not all of us are like that. The quiz leads many people to be described as anarchist, who are really authoritarian. Still, it's always neat to look at, as long as you take it for what it is.
Not nearly as conservative as you sometimes seem to think you are. Which is probably why we can agree on a wide range of things.
I'm a live and let live sort of guy but I like to win as well...some days that competitiveness shines trough a little more than other days.
It's basically the discourse on the right. And obviously Libertarians don't love Jesus enough if they don't want to impose their religious beliefs on all Americans.
