We’ve all heard of “The World’s Smallest
Political Quiz”, but are you ready for the strangest? Then I
suggest you check out the “5 Dimensional Political Compass”, which
has been making the rounds, to much merriment, on Twitter
today.
Because the survey measures attitudes in five different
political dimensions—collectivism, authoritarianism,
internationalism, tribalism, and liberalism—and applies a
corresponding label to each, it ends up generating some pretty
silly-sounding results. I, for instance, was deemed a Conservative
Anarchist Isolationist Humanist
Libertine. Reason magazine Editor-in-Chief Matt
Welch got Right-Leaning Anarchist Non-Interventionist Progressive.
Former Reason staffer Cathy Reisenwitz was labeled a
Centrist Anarchist Total-Isolationist Humanist Libertine.
While some of these terms may sound contradictory—conservative
libertine? centrist anarchist?—it helps to remember that each label
applies to a different political dimension. The quiz also gives you
a score, from 100 percent to negative 100 percent, on your
collectivist, authoritarian, internationalist, tribalist, and
liberal tendencies. Here’s mine:
Before anyone goes getting all huffy about how this quiz is
imprecise, meaningless, Buzzfeed-worthy drivel: Of course it is!
It’s also fun. Enjoy.
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