I saw a reference to a political compass on a post on Reddit. Instead of just left (liberal) and right (conservative), another dimension is added in an attempt to group people politically. There is a short introduction video on the website linked above:
In addition to left and right, the second axis measures authoritarian vs. libertarian. If I were asked to place myself on the 2×2 grid before taking any tests, I would be slightly right and slightly libertarian. When asked about politics, I am usually slight-left on social issues and middle-right on fiscal issues.Here is my result from The Political Compass (TPC) after taking their online test:
The results placed me pretty close to where I expected: I want the government to leave me alone, and I think my taxes are too high. There is another website that examines your Reddit comment history and an algorithm will evaluates you on the same axis.
This result still has me as a libertarian but at 86%, it is more confident than TPC. However, the same analysis has grouped me as a liberal with 72% confidence. I am unsure which comments in my history pushed the analysis heavily to the left. I would love to understand the algorithm that make the determinations.
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So the California governor recall was yesterday (9/14/2021), and it looks like Gavin Newsom won by a landslide with two-thirds of the vote. Reading some of the comments online, many people thing it was heavily swayed by having Larry Elder as the top Republican candidate. Regardless of your politics, I think supermajorities for either party is dangerous. Democracy needs a vigorous opposition, or you end up with authoritarian governments like China or Russia. I wish the current Republican Party would disavow Trumpism and put up candidates that are electable. Same for Democrats. I want to vote FOR someone instead of always trying to find the lesser evil during elections.
Life with chronic diseases 