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I've filled the Political Compass questionnaire.

By Robin Millette on May 16, 2007

Claims inspired by this one

• 21-1 I'm in the lower half of the Political Compass map.
• 20-6 I'm on the left side of the Political Compass map.
• 9-3 People are ultimately divided more by class than by nationality.
• 11-2 There is now a worrying fusion of information and entertainment.
• 4-7 Military action that defies international law is sometimes justified.
• 4-12 The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
• 1-11 Our race has many superior qualities, compared with other races.
• 9-6 No one chooses his or her country of birth, so it's foolish to be proud of it.
• 0-21 I'd always support my country, whether it was right or wrong.
• 13-1 If economic globalisation is inevitable, it should primarily serve humanity rather than the interests of trans-national corporations.
• 11-2 "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is a fundamentally good idea.
• 20-0 Because corporations cannot be trusted to voluntarily protect the environment, they require regulation.
• 2-8 Controlling inflation is more important than controlling unemployment.
• 2-13 Land shouldn't be a commodity to be bought and sold.
• 15-5 It's a sad reflection on our society that something as basic as drinking water is now a bottled, branded consumer product.
• 0-14 The only social responsibility of a company should be to deliver a profit to its shareholders.
• 7-3 Protectionism is sometimes necessary in trade.
• 13-3 It is regrettable that many personal fortunes are made by people who simply manipulate money and contribute nothing to their society.
• 4-5 Those with the ability to pay should have the right to higher standards of medical care.
• 4-13 The rich are too highly taxed.
• 5-6 The freer the market, the freer the people.
• 11-2 A genuine free market requires restrictions on the ability of predator multinationals to create monopolies.
• 16-0 Governments should penalise businesses that mislead the public.
• 2-22 Abortion, when the woman's life is not threatened, should always be illegal.
• 18-2 All authority should be questioned.
• 0-17 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
• 4-15 Taxpayers should not be expected to prop up any theatres or museums that cannot survive on a commercial basis.
• 9-10 Schools should not make classroom attendance compulsory.
• 0-14 All people have their rights, but it is better for all of us that different sorts of people should keep to their own kind.
• 11-11 Good parents sometimes have to spank their children.
• 19-0 It's natural for children to keep some secrets from their parents.
• 0-19 The prime function of schooling should be to equip the future generation to find jobs.
• 1-17 People with serious inheritable disabilities should not be allowed to reproduce.
• 1-13 The most important thing for children to learn is to accept discipline.
• 9-9 There are no savage and civilised peoples; there are only different cultures.
• 11-1 Those who are able to work, and refuse the opportunity, should not expect society's support.
• 6-8 When you are troubled, it's better not to think about it, but to keep busy with more cheerful things.
• 1-15 First-generation immigrants can never be fully integrated within their new country.
• 0-23 What's good for the most successful corporations is always, ultimately, good for all of us.
• 6-13 No broadcasting institution, however independent its content, should receive public funding.
• 20-0 Our civil liberties are being excessively curbed in the name of counter-terrorism.
• 6-11 A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system.
• 1-20 Although the electronic age makes official surveillance easier, only wrongdoers need to be worried.
• 13-16 The death penalty should be an option for the most serious crimes.
• 0-14 In a civilised society, one must always have people above to be obeyed and people below to be commanded.
• 1-22 Abstract art that doesn't represent anything shouldn't be considered art at all.
• 2-16 In criminal justice, punishment should be more important than rehabilitation.
• 14-7 It is a waste of time to try to rehabilitate some criminals.
• 2-15 The businessperson and the manufacturer are more important than the writer and the artist.
• 3-28 Mothers may have careers, but their first duty is to be homemakers.
• 12-2 Multinational companies are unethically exploiting the plant genetic resources of developing countries.
• 3-10 Making peace with the establishment is an important aspect of maturity.
• 1-18 Astrology accurately explains many things.
• 0-32 You cannot be moral without being religious.
• 6-13 Charity is better than social security as a means of helping the genuinely disadvantaged.
• 13-6 Some people are naturally unlucky.
• 4-43 It is important that my child's school instills religious values.
• 6-29 Sex outside marriage is usually immoral.
• 27-3 A same sex couple in a stable, loving relationship, should not be excluded from the possibility of child adoption.
• 24-3 Pornography, depicting consenting adults, should be legal for the adult population.
• 37-2 What goes on in a private bedroom between consenting adults is no business of the state.
• 1-20 No one can feel naturally homosexual.
• 5-18 It's fine for society to be open about sex, but these days it's going too far.

Similar claims

• 9-9 Far-left advocates are as annoying as, if not more annoying than, far-right advocates.
• 6-4 Those who are Far-Anything tend to be uninformed. Uninformed advocates are annoying.
• 21-1 I'm in the lower half of the Political Compass map.
• 20-6 I'm on the left side of the Political Compass map.
• 9-11 Lefties are all right.

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