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UK and North American politics. => A look at British politics in the light of the decision to leave the EU. => Topic started by: Vertigo Swirl on May 19, 2020, 11:31:12 PM
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Although this is an American test, I still found it worth doing. I matched with social liberalism, what about you?
https://www.idrlabs.com/8-values-political/test.php
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Although this is an American test, I still found it worth doing. I matched with social liberalism, what about you?
https://www.idrlabs.com/8-values-political/test.php
Theocratic Socialism. Yes, interesting test.
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It reminds my of multiple-choice tests at school (and later my gripe with polls and social research). :) I guess my thought processes tend to favour "It depends", which is rarely a possible answer and doesn't equate to "no opinion".
I'd correspond to a Social Democrat (US definition, i.e. Obama).
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It reminds my of multiple-choice tests at school (and later my gripe with polls and social research). :) I guess my thought processes tend to favour "It depends", which is rarely a possible answer and doesn't equate to "no opinion".
I'd correspond to a Social Democrat (US definition, i.e. Obama).
From the last 40 years who would be your preferred PM, whether they achieved that role or not ?
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From the last 40 years who would be your preferred PM, whether they achieved that role or not ?
I'd have to have a think about that...
No one on the far left or the far right, which narrows things down a little.
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I'd have to have a think about that...
No one on the far left or the far right, which narrows things down a little.
It does. That’s why I’d be interested in your answer.
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I'm not sure how the weighting works on that test, though.
On the four axes in the "result":
Economic: centrist
Diplomatic : Peaceful
Civil: Liberal
But then...
Societal: Progressive
I have a problem with that one as my views are far more towards the middle than my score shows. The scale is Tradition versus Progress.
Yes, I'm in favour of automation (but only to a certain extent), science and technology... but not at any price.
For example, even though I sometimes waver depending on the situation and the urgency, on the whole I support small handicraft businesses over mass-produced items. Rustic furniture over Ikea. Corner shops in villages over hypermarkets. IMO, if you kill the corner shop, you kill part of the social fabric that binds communities.
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I'm not sure how the weighting works on that test, though.
On the four axes in the "result":
Economic: centrist
Diplomatic : Peaceful
Civil: Liberal
But then...
Societal: Progressive
I have a problem with that one as my views are far more towards the middle than my score shows. The scale is Tradition versus Progress.
Yes, I'm in favour of automation (but only to a certain extent), science and technology... but not at any price.
For example, even though I sometimes waver depending on the situation and the urgency, on the whole I support small handicraft businesses over mass-produced items. Rustic furniture over Ikea. Corner shops in villages over hypermarkets. IMO, if you kill the corner shop, you kill part of the social fabric that binds communities.
Either/or questions are a blunt instrument. I once wrote a survey with yes or no answers. The general public answered quite happily. Students from a local university pointed out that yes and no answers aren't enough.
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Either/or questions are a blunt instrument. I once wrote a survey with yes or no answers. The general public answered quite happily. Students from a local university pointed out that yes and no answers aren't enough.
Agree. I was once involved in a research project in which explanations of views were taken into account. The explanations turned out to be the most revealing of all.
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Which somehow brings us back to yes/no referendums and... hmmm, Brexit.
I would have accepted the result if people had had factual information on which to base their views as opposed to what seems to have been a psyops operation.
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Which somehow brings us back to yes/no referendums and... hmmm, Brexit.
I would have accepted the result if people had had factual information on which to base their views as opposed to what seems to have been a psyops operation.
Every election is based on roughly the same principles.
How can you guarantee that the electorate have read and understood the information provided to them.
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Every election is based on roughly the same principles.
How can you guarantee that the electorate have read and understood the information provided to them.
There is no guarantee, but what's the point of a democracy if people are misled into believing lies?
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There is no guarantee, but what's the point of a democracy if people are misled into believing lies?
As long as all sides can and do lie it’s democracy 😜
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Either/or questions are a blunt instrument. I once wrote a survey with yes or no answers. The general public answered quite happily. Students from a local university pointed out that yes and no answers aren't enough.
the survey doesn’t require yes /no responses- did you give it a go?
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There is no guarantee, but what's the point of a democracy if people are misled into believing lies?
Every point.... It's the best there is. Don't you think every party tells lies.
What's the alternative...
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the survey doesn’t require yes /no responses- did you give it a go?
I'm a social democrat
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I'm a social democrat
Snap.
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As long as all sides can and do lie it’s democracy 😜
Now, who's depressing? ;)
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I'm a social democrat
Isn’t that what Jeremy Corbyn is supposed to be?
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Isn’t that what Jeremy Corbyn is supposed to be?
Is he?
I get confused with these labels.
The conclusion of my test was "Social Democrat". As it was a US test, I took it to mean someone with similar views to Obama.
For me, Corbyn would equate more to Bernie Sanders.
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Is he?
I get confused with these labels.
The conclusion of my test was "Social Democrat". As it was a US test, I took it to mean someone with similar views to Obama.
For me, Corbyn would equate more to Bernie Sanders.
I think that’s the label his supporters gave him to make him seem more electable.
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I think that’s the label his supporters gave him to make him seem more electable.
Do you mean Corbyn?
The term seems to be somewhat elastic.
As does "conservative", for that matter. In the US, the term means way off to the right.
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Do you mean Corbyn?
The term seems to be somewhat elastic.
As does "conservative", for that matter. In the US, the term means way off to the right.
Yes, Corbyn the “social democrat”.
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I'm spending the third anniversary of the Manchester "bombing" watching "Manchester - The Night Of The Bang", by Richard D Hall. True to form, Richard scrutinises every little detail that was reported in the press and shows it up to be another absolute shitshow of a psyop.
Brilliant stuff, Richard, as always... 😊
https://youtu.be/0jlZAZ8eWIw
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I'm spending the third anniversary of the Manchester "bombing" watching "Manchester - The Night Of The Bang", by Richard D Hall. True to form, Richard scrutinises every little detail that was reported in the press and shows it up to be another absolute shitshow of a psyop.
Brilliant stuff, Richard, as always... 😊
https://youtu.be/0jlZAZ8eWIw
Fascinating I'm sure but this is not a thread for discussing loopy conspiracy theories so kindly start a new thread if you wish to discuss this nonsense further.
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Fascinating I'm sure but this is not a thread for discussing loopy conspiracy theories so kindly start a new thread if you wish to discuss this nonsense further.
It’s a great indication towards ,my political views’
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It’s a great indication towards ,my political views’
Is it? Not to me it isn't. Conspiracy theorists come from both the left and the right of the political spectrum, though I'm inclined to thing Richard Hall probably appeals more to the right wing.
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Is it? Not to me it isn't. Conspiracy theorists come from both the left and the right of the political spectrum, though I'm inclined to thing Richard Hall probably appeals more to the right wing.
Are the Monster Raving Looney Party right wing
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It’s a great indication towards ,my political views’
Monster Raving Looney Party?
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Are the Monster Raving Looney Party right wing
No, they're Wrong Wing.