Actually should have posted this one first as the "World's Smallest Political Quiz" is a take off on another called "The Political Compass," that's been circulating Blogs of late.

 

For the Political Compass Quiz you should read the introduction, it explains the inadequacies of the traditional left-right line:

Here:

 

Some  of the questions in the Compass Quiz are a trip..although I'm not sure how accurately it gauges ones political leanings...it was interesting.

 

This question was tough (actually a few were) for me considering the context of the quiz and way I answered some of the others..it called for one of those 'yes but' type answers.

Question:

"Making peace with the establishment is an important aspect of maturity."

Available answers:
Strongly Disagree
 Disagree
 Agree
 Strongly Agree

 

"It attempts to measure your political leanings on a two-dimensional scale, with a left/right axis and a libertarian/authoritarian axis. Lawrence Solum has collected some of the results here.

 

This guy graph's some of the results:

Source:

 

World's Smallest Political Quiz:

The Political Compass Quiz:

 

Results explained:

If we recognise that this is essentially an economic line it's fine, as far as it goes. We can show, for example, Stalin, Mao Tse Tung and Pol Pot, with their commitment to a totally controlled economy, on the hard left. Socialists like Mahatma Gandhi and Robert Mugabe would occupy a less extreme leftist position. Margaret Thatcher would be well over to the right, but further right still would be someone like that ultimate free marketeer, General Pinochet.
That deals with economics, but the social dimension is also important in politics. That's the one that the mere left-right scale doesn't adequately address. So we've added one, ranging in positions from extreme authoritarian to extreme libertarian.

 

So my political take is: I was pleased to be in the company of Ghandi and the Dalai Lama..smack dab in the middle of the left graph sits my little red dot. Now if only I could contribute to the planet like they did and still do...

 

Have fun with it if you choose to take it.

(can't ya tell I haven't done any posting in a while I'm going right off and posting long ones).

 

Ah my first hit of HofH  how sweet it is!