I found out the political beliefs of my subscribers! - Political Compass Reaction

[@MrTerry]

Are the results what you expected? Do you think it represents KZbinr viewers as a whole?

[@honorablespartan]

Terry, you should know, the OG Political Compass test is very biased towards libleft. You should take the Sapply Values test that distinguishes between social and political freedom axes instead of mixing them up and only comparing against economy.

[@na95ku]

I have done this test a short time ago by myself ( im swiss) was also a left libertarian ( in my country i support the GLP party which is somewhat also center liberterian), but who the hell made these example countries on that site? switzerland is no where where it should be xD, looked to me more like propaganda from the far right of the us to take switzerland to promote their insanities

[@modelmaker101]

i am mainly in the majority

[@toopurge2]

It's funny, I tried the political compass and ended up pretty close to where you ended with the video. Here in the Netherlands we do have something like this called the ''stemwijzer'' but that will just tell you wich political party suits you most instead of showing where you are on the compass.

[@HANKSANDY69420]

THIS GENERATION IS WEAK! DISIPLINE IS IMPORTANT WHEN NEEDED!

[@daverockefeller7486]

I'm German and my compass puts me so far left that I basically moved back in time to write "Das Kapital" myself.

[@jayman1772]

like many young germans xD however given some of the US questions the most right wing german seems left i guess

[@SlyLilFoxo]

Hey. Not to be ignorant, and I'm sorry if this is rude, but I'm aware Germany as a whole have done their best to move faaaar away from Facism and Nazism. But I'm curious how that translates into schools? I figure they have the typical "Hitler bad" but do they take it a lot further than other countries? What do you actually learn about WW2 and modern day politics?

[@SmashingCapital]

@@SlyLilFoxo i think you should explain it first how it worked for you for him to make a comparison

[@daverockefeller7486]

@@SlyLilFoxo We learn mostly about the situation of the Weimar Republic and how that led to the rise of Facism (in Germany) then focus most on the crimes of the Third Reich (including trips to holocaust sites, museums etc.) And of of partisan groups like the White Rose and their fight within Germany. We read Anne Franks diary and watched a bunch of documentaries with commentary from actual survivors. Not so sure what you mean about the modern day politics part? I'm 30 now so it's been a while since I've been in school.

[@daverockefeller7486]

@@jayman1772 Not so sure about the last part. The AFD is a thing in Germany and they're as far right as one can get without being outlawed for outright being Nazis.

[@roycehairston7097]

In my own opinion School should be an opportunity for children and especially teens to explore their talents and passions with the guidance of experts. Of course a general education and basic job skills are necessary, but I believe the primary focus should be based on development of well rounded adults and not as much about how those adults will be making a profit for a boss.

[@joshbull623]

Schools have been getting worse and worse every generation and looking at what the rest of the world is doing, what our own data shows us, and what we have done in the past that has worked well but don't do now, it is very tough not to believe it is as bad as it is by design. I think we ignore needed subjects everyone should know even if they don't go to college and entertain too many, what would be electives & extracurriculars in college, as mandatory high school classes. The necessity of knowing personal finance, about taxes, car maintenance(if only just not to get swindled by mechanics), computer IT, how our government works, and economics is crucial yet ignored for things that could easily be after school circulars or clubs if they want to keep them in schools such as art, music, shop, home eco, health class(we already learn biology as a science class afterall), Typing class(called keyboarding now I believe) or foreign language to name a few I took in the 2000's that have not helped me or anyone I know as if interested most people actually got more from those in higher learning institutes.

[@dylanflynn1895]

@@tylerwilkes5846 well i wouldn't say that either because the american education system doesn't seem very effective at setting people up for work outside of menial labour

[@THE_REAL_POLITIK]

We can't assume everyone will have the chance to attend university or trade school. Teenagers are controlled by hormones and underdeveloped brains the frontal lobe doesn't fully develop until age 25. Most teens will not have learned what their passions are yet. K-12 should assume nothing about the child's economic potential or societal support. K-12 must provide the basic fundamentals which everyone requires in society, at higher levels you can begin to be more philosophical with them.

[@CatOnACell]

I think I should also help with learning how to work in society, like paying tax, and what parts of the tragedy of the commons certain laws are there to prevent.

[@slyfox4564]

Blue haired girls and sjw teachers get offended too much

[@Sky-pg8jm]

One of the major issues I have with the political test is that it just leaves no room for nuance and debate for 90% of the questions, you can't reject the premises of a given statement only agree or disagree with it, you can't argue about the definitions of terms used or how to conditionally apply certain beliefs to certain circumstances.

[@anonymousperson3023]

Or also the way the question was phrased. For example, the question about needing a leader which by default forces others needing to be "commanded" as the question stated. If they just phrased it literally not in the wirst way possible, I guarantee more people wouldve agreed. Or even about the I support my nation even when theyre wrong thing too

[@MrTerry]

That is true, especially when it is a poll and not a discussion forum. Feel free to discuss in the comments of those poll questions though. That’s what a lot of people did.

[@baph0met]

It's a test not an open book, obviously you can't discuss a test.

[@Sky-pg8jm]

@@baph0met Yeah, that's exactly the problem

[@baph0met]

@@Sky-pg8jm How is that a problem? Do you discuss your history test with your fellow classmates during an exam? It aint a philosophy sitting, it's a test.

[@MarcMagma]

I knew something like that would happen. Though full disclosure: While I don't know about others, personally, I didn't answer every question since some were just too american (as in: They aren't even a topic in my country) and others were about topics I simply do not know enough about to feel comfortable having an opinion/casting a personal judgement on. So that may have altered the result a tiny little bit. Anyways, it was certainly fun to see unfold. I hope you'll do something like that again.

[@krompus8180]

Same. Also I didn't actively go through all of them and just answered the ones I happened to see and felt comfortable answering because I understood the question. If I didn't get it I didn't answer.

[@MetalMann-de3xi]

Even as an American, I didn't think that most of these questions were important politically, or the questions are so extreme, or have a large gray area that you just can't answer.

[@justinbeath5169]

@@MetalMann-de3xi most of the apolitical questions were gauging how people value obedience towards authorities for the authoritarian vs libertarian axis

[@_EllieLOL_]

Yeah the results were probably skewed some by people who didn’t get to see/answer all the questions

[@MrTerry]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@mike200017]

Here's run-down of the most glaring issues with these questions (things to avoid if you ever have to design survey questions, as I have): 1) Absolute or categorical questions. Basically, asking a black-and-white question and expecting a grey-scale answer. 2) Compound questions. Having multiple clauses or categories in the statement that could be agreed or disagreed with. 3) Loaded questions. Asserting a controversial premise in the framing of the question. This will immediately annoy or confuse people who disagree with the premise. 4) Redundant or biasing qualifiers. Since the questions are statements of opinion, they obviously have to be biased one way or the other, but too much can either hammer on the point or caricature the position. 5) Hidden alternatives. Many questions are like "A is better than B", but what about C, D, and E? 6) Vague or loaded language. Vague terms that are often loaded with positive or negative connotation, even to the point that the only meaning of the term is "good" or "bad". Something like "it should serve humanity" just means "it should be good" since the positive connotation is the only meaningful content in "serve humanity", the rest is empty, vague rhetoric. 7) Negative statements. It's uncomfortable to agree with a negative. Moreover, most people hold opinions in the affirmative, i.e., they would state their position positively. So, generally, if you can't find a positive way to express a particular point of view, then you probably don't understand that point of view well enough (that's a pretty useful trick to evaluate your own understanding of an opposing view). All in all, I think these particular questions were really poorly written. Maybe about a quarter of the questions are okay, but the majority have one or more of the issues listed above.

[@ugrasergun]

To be fair these are not questions but political statements, and they're designed to be loaded and divisive. The biggest problem is, most of the statements are spesific to US politics and early 2000's. Compared to rest of the world US politics are a bit shifted to right-authoriatianism and also world have shifed to Libertarian Left in the last two decades. For anybody taking the test today, their result will be skewed towards Libertarian Left and even more so outside of US.

[@vaporman442]

Another problem with questions is using words that might be beyond the vocabulary of some test subjects. An example of this might be the response about compulsory school. If you don’t know what compulsory means, your answer won’t be valid. Another problem with negatives within questions is that people might read past them or misunderstand them-therefore answering exactly opposite their intention.

[@nowalex9964]

If this is the original than its because the only purpose of it was to prove the legitimacy and existance of the LibLeft quadrant so the questions are all biased to push you towards -x and -y

[@BillLaBrie]

You’ve done a brilliant job of listing all the characteristics necessary to make a poll like this work at all. In other words “yes…and…?”

[@Ockerlord]

"should serve humanity" it is easy for me to find examples where I definitely not want to serve humanity. "choice of sex partners should serve humanity" strongly disagree. I place individual happiness above a genetically advantageous offspring for humanity. And while I agree with the german constitution on property "Property entails obligations. Its use shall also serve the public good." many people especially in the US dont think wealthy people have an obligation to give back to society.

[@cs82271]

Could be wrong but I feel like most of these, like having a rehab focused justice system, has most of us on the side the US government isn't doing. Prison is punishment based, companies are almost encouraged to violate nature and place morals below capital gain, and the government not really wanting to help the individual but opening all their wallets when Wallstreet goes under. Just proves that the actual (mostly silent) majority is being completely ignored

[@goli8699]

But It could also Just mean that He unknowingly grew a Community that believe those things

[@uranium68]

When I was getting my criminology degree, one of my American lecturers mentioned that American politicians don't actually want to address the criminal justice system because it's always a popular talking point for re-election.

[@anthonyholroyd5359]

I wouldn't disagree. The demographics of this channel, though, tend to skew young and educated. Young and educated are like cancer to more established and conservative politics.

[@jonahmoran3751]

Prison is what you make it out to be.

[@inuyasha0413]

I don't think that the answers allowed us to be conservative rather than anything else because it is loaded all of these are, and the comments are ignored entirely

[@HANKSANDY69420]

The 2% who disagreed with children keeping secrets: Dad: disagree Mom: STRONGLY DISAGREE!!!

[@AyushSingh-jh4yw]

Asian kids: you guys keep secrets?

[@dylan8670]

The reason I disagreed was that it used the word "naturally". I don't think kids naturally keep secrets, most kids start out being honest, but they learn to do so as they grow and become older and figure out that lying has its benefits. I was surprised to see so many people disagreeing with that.

[@HashimotoDatsu]

@@dylan8670 I would argue learned behavior is natural. Keeping secrets is essentially a tactic used to avoid negative situations. I notice toddlers lying all the time once they understand the conceptin some way. I know or isn't exactly the same, but dogs that have misbehaved also seem to try to cover up, which I would argue is pretty natural

[@Rickyp0123]

@@dylan8670 I see what you mean, but I didn't think of that myself when I interpreted the question. There are a few of these questions that are too open to interpretation for me to trust their results as indicating much.

[@arjanpelle]

What, they have 98 kids then?

[@SnapplyPie]

This was really interesting to look at and take part in!

[@Freakerdepp93]

Historian from Germany here! Interesting results. It is true that the perception of politics differs in other countries compared to the United States. For example, someone who is by many people considered far left in the United States (like Bernie Sanders for example) would just be a moderate center-left social democrat here in Europe. Same on the other side: someone who is simply considerd right wing in the United States would under circumstances be considered far right here in Europe (like Donald Trump for example). If a German politican engaged in the same rhetoric as Trump over here in Germany, there would be a lot of controversies revolving around some kind of "Make Germany great again"/"Germany first" rhetoric. The Overton window seems to be way more on the right in the US compared to Europe. It is also true that the political compass test is very simplistic and usually pushes you towards libertarian left.

[@leeroydaanknz5064]

Man sieht in den Antworten sehr gut die US Propaganda. Aussagen wie Disziplin ist das wichtigste und Nationalstolz sind Dinge, die du hier nur selten hören würdest

[@David-sl6xf]

It is true that the U.s. is more right on the Overton window, but Donald Trump is considered far right for the most part in the U.s. Even his most hardline supporters wouldn't deny he's hard right.

[@i_like_chomp6382]

@@leeroydaanknz5064 Americans and Germans have different perceptions of National pride due to their upbringings. It's not propagnada it's just a different culture and mentality, both are valid in the context of their respective countries

[@leeroydaanknz5064]

@@i_like_chomp6382 no I know. That specially can't be tied to propaganda. It's just the image as a whole with a lot of details that often lead to things like this. Another example is the glorification of the military. You notice when something comes from propaganda when you ask for the justification of that opinion and it's just not well founded. There are so many subtle things we stand for that can be traced back to indoctrination

[@i_like_chomp6382]

@@leeroydaanknz5064 @Leeroy Daanknz I think the military is debateable. The most veneration you get for serving is the occasional 'thank you for your service' but that completely stopped happening after the Iraq war. Most people don't really like the military, as can be shown by the massive decrease in volunteers. Biden cut its budget by a sizeable perventage and no one seemed to disagree. Neoconservatives don't really exist in the US goverment anymore, the American right tends to be extremely isolationist. Obviously the War in Ukriane is putting the US military in the headlines more often but most people just think of the military as an alternative. Yes there is a bigger presence of the military in the US than in Germany but that's because both are fundementally different players on the world stage. Different cultures see different things so it's only natural to be weirded out or slightly confused.

[@sarahmorris4575]

I’m kinda sad I never got any of these questions in my recommended. I find this sort of thing fascinating

[@saifmehdi178]

You could do it on your own

[@MrTerry]

They should have shown up in your subscription feed. You can still go on my community page and vote too!

[@sarahmorris4575]

@@saifmehdi178 I know! I just hadn’t realised it was happening before the video came up. I’ve gone back and voted now :)

[@lewisvargrson]

@@MrTerry KZbin being KZbin to some people, perhaps. I remember not getting any notifications of your videos for around 3 months a while back, then suddenly they all showed up one day. I mean I wasn't complaining, I needed something to marathon while playing EVE Online, lol.

[@crazymusicchick]

I watch on tablet its not available :(

[@amycupcake6832]

An outlet for the government’s view on things is valuable (as it is done on mainland europe) as long as there are independent stations to challenge its narrative

[@nagasakiru8064]

Norwegian here, some questions were (personally) really hard to answer based on that fact, but i find it intersting to see it puts us (the people who answered) so much on the left side as it did, in Norway answering this way would more than likely place you smack dab in the middle. want to add that it was fun to participate and get my own reactions to seeing what the others had answered

[@purdysanchez]

The test is very biased. In the US I would be called "far right" by the "left", but I scored the same as this audience.

[@nathanjasper512]

Some of these questions depend on how you interpret them though. I'm strongly in favor of the idea that prison should be about rehabilitation but I think it would be foolish to think that there aren't people who aren't going to change. And when someone says "aren't worth the effort" are we implying we know which ones are which before hand? And we shouldn't try or just that we recognize it isn't always going to work? Also with the question of "having a one party system gets rid of the disagreements that hold back progress." I mean I wouldn't support a system like that because I think the dangers outweigh the benefits but I feel like this ultimately could be true. A dictatorship is absolutely more efficient and assuming they have good ideas they can make more rapid progress than a democracy ever could. The problem is you're centralizing power in the hands of the few and your government is only going to be as good as the ideas coming from those people, and you have no recourse if they just decide to build death camps. So it is possible to agree to then question but not think it's a great idea.

[@sevensins4842]

Personally I think rehab is always a first resort unless death is your sentence, but if rehab fails which it usually doesn't then the goal should be to punish the people unwilling to rehabilitate in order to convince them to pursue rehab.

[@MrTerry]

Thank you for sharing!

[@themanwithallthewrongopini3551]

That’s why he explained that the test has flaws in the beginning. He just chose the test because it’s the most popular and well known.

[@ralphmtsu]

I think the one party system is a fascinating question because it actually exposes flaws of democracy to some degree. Take a look at the U.S. I think one could say that our system prevents us from competing with authoritarian regimes. If China wants a hydro-electric plant and dam, they don't spend years debating the "environmental" impact. They build the dam. The Emirates in the Middle East (authoritarian regimes) have built magnificent cities with outstanding infrastructure without having the same constraints in the U.S. I'm not saying democracy is bad. I'm just saying, it is VERY inefficient which is a huge competitive disadvantage in a global economy.

[@maybeasinner8007]

I agree that rehab should be a thing but certain charges should NOT have that ability even though if the person 100% will change because the damage has already been done and there's no going back. Premeditated murder, rape, kidnapping and robberies and home invasions have led to someone being killed. I believe that if said charges if proven, the person should get a death sentence. Wasting resources and money on keeping them alive is useless.

[@andishawjfac]

"From each according to his ability" is a direct quote from Marx, super interesting to see the obvious conflict between an even split on "the freer the market, the freer the people", but a 60% agreeing with "From each according to" when those statements are directly contradictor and are pretty much the foundation of Capitalism vs Socialism. This shows that humans are complex creatures and not binary monoliths.

[@goli8699]

But given that Both were only regular agree, it could mean that with People who don't really know the context of the First sentence agree with there having to be some restrictions, and that people should get paid for how much and how well they do instead of how Long they do

[@GageEakins]

I think it just points to a pretty strong agreement on Social Democracy for the community as a whole but with a vocal minority advocating for Socialism outright.

[@user-bc7cb8uu7e]

I think most people (other than anarchists, I guess) would agree that absolute freedom is not the ideal state and that some limitations are fundamentally a good idea. You can simultaneously hold the view that freer markets make people freer, and that that's not always a good thing. I do think, however, that it is interesting to see the conflict here, as I think many socialists would disagree that free markets grant freedom.

[@GageEakins]

@@user-bc7cb8uu7e it's the difference between positive freedom and negative freedom. However most people don't understand that distinction.

[@user-bc7cb8uu7e]

@@macanaeh Agree that a market without regulation would be a nightmare, but that's typically what free market refers to (maybe with the exception of regulations to prevent things like monopolies) I definitely disagree that freer markets yield freer people, though I also am not convinced that socialism is the answer either.

[@TsunamiNR]

"The prime reason for education should be to find a job" I would never have expected a history teacher to say that he is interested to hear the rational of people who disagree... I mean, why would people who agree with this statement want history taught in schools? It doesn't help much to find a job. (Which is why I disagree with the original statement... I want to be surrounded by educated people, not just people with jobs.)

[@porsche911sbs]

I agree and I think the purpose of (primary and secondary) education is to give people the skills to self-actualize (see: Maslow) and be functional members of society, which goes beyond just getting a job.

[@longwingdetrain3183]

I mean, just because something is the Prime reason doesnt mean its the only reason. Could just be the number one.

[@Darkphoenix3450]

a person education level has nothing to do with a person's experience and wisdom/knowledge. At that I met a lot people who had far more education schooling backing, that could not do the job, because of how they are educated in those schools. They expected others to tell them what to do, while people right of the street would solve the problem them selves. yeah I don't place no respect on the level of education a person has, if they still need someone to tell them what to do in the end.

[@TsunamiNR]

@@Darkphoenix3450 And I know a lot of people who instead of asking others what they should do, always try to solve things by themselves, and then make a mess out of things. What you need is a balance of the two. And I think that the reason that educated people ask more questions then uneducated people do, is that educated people often have a better idea of the vast amount of things they don't know (see the Dunning Kruger effect). Anyway as I said, I don't really care about how well an educated and uneducated person do at their job... I want the education (that everyone pays for) to serve the common good of having a society full of knowledgeable people. If you need specific knowledge or skills for a specific job, then let the boss pay for the extra courses.

[@TsunamiNR]

@@longwingdetrain3183 I think most courses we get in school don't help to get jobs (or at least the majority of the jobs)... geography/cosmology, math, history, chemistry, physics, world literature, latin, ... in most jobs you don't need any of those, yet I think we as a society would be a lot poorer for letting those things be thrown away. If many jobs need you to have a specific skill, then we can see to maybe add it to the curriculum, but this would be of secundary importance in my mind.

[@TheKreve]

I am from Denmark and from a Danish viewpoint i would be placed as Libertarian Middle. But when i take the test it will place me far left. I had my friends and a couple of coworkers take it and only 2 out of the 10 places in the right Category, one as Lib Right and one as Auth Right.

[@andrewmartin3660]

As your demo is mostly young males, these results (left libertarian) make perfect sense. The idea that half of the voters agreed with free markets=free people but a large majority agreed with the direct quote from Marx "From each..." seems incongruous. Though maybe they didn't all know who the quote was from or what it means?

[@crowe6961]

One of those things that sounds good until the moment you try to apply it.

[@GogiRegion]

@@crowe6961 Yeah, free markets really do lead to insane wealth inequality, don’t they?

[@MrTerry]

Do you think the results would be different if there were more female viewers? If so, how do you think it would change?

[@stormjet814]

@@GogiRegion 2 billion people lifted out of poverty by capitalism And communism has uhhhhhhhh… They made some cool military stuff ig

[@anarchomando7707]

@@stormjet814 State capitalism is not communism. Capitalism is the private (or corporate) ownership of the means of production (or capital goods, goods that produce capital, factory Fields mines). Socialism is the social ownership of capital goods. (whether this be by unions taking over the company and changing it to involve Democratic control and operation, Syndicalism. or having the municipal ownership of those capital goods (communism).(syndicate is trade / labor union in French)(commune is French for a municipality) Monopolies do not create free markets. Because of the monopolization of politics via the state, including the monopolization of capital, cannot call China the Soviets or any other self-proclaimed Communist States to exist (zedipest of Mexico is slightly different but they are definitely not authoritarians 4 they are anarchists.)

[@reddrake4451]

As always this has been enlightening to see how very very few people understand basic economics and the frequency of governments creating monopolies.

[@tomslastname5560]

Wow, the irony is thick and self-awareness sparse with this comment.

[@reddrake4451]

@@tomslastname5560 please find any monopoly in all of history that was not a result of government intervention. I'll save you some time it dose not exist. The only way a monopoly can exist is for one company to have a government contract or benifitial law that another company can not get access to.

[@tomslastname5560]

@@reddrake4451 if you don't see how an unregulated market can allow monopolies to develop then you don't understand how markets work. KZbin videos are not a substitute for education.

[@reddrake4451]

@@tomslastname5560 sure they theoretically can. But the reality is that it has never in all of human history ever taken place. There are however PLENTY of examples where the governments of the world have both on purpose and by accident created monopolies. As a matter of fact to be more clear every instance of a monopoly you can possibly think of has been a result of government market manipulation. The only stretch of imagination you could contort would be something to the effect of small town or tribal traders but even those proved temporary and had far more to do with lack of demand than inability to compete.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

I see you lack a basic understanding of economics yourself... the word "market power" was coined by economists to specifically describe the fact that unregulated markets inevitably and invariably result in monopolies.

[@JackMellor498]

I took the test myself and got that average compass result too, and realised I love your videos and should absolutely be subscribed and wtf have I been doing not subscribed to your excellent channel!

[@IsakSZN-es6uj]

I think it’s great, I’m 26 now and I see so many people around my age getting involved in politics and society issues now and I think it’s awesome to see that during a time period when positive change is inevitable. Imo the results are representative for this specific demography. It’s kinda „do whatever you want as long as you don’t hurt anybody else, do your best to save the planet and just don’t be a d!ck“ huge fan of that

[@caseybrown4360]

I think it’s fascinating how 26 year olds think they know something. I’d like to see 26 year olds get control of their emotions before they try to save the world through political activism. Words are apparently still pretty “harmful” to most 26 year olds currently which is exactly the kind of weakness we don’t need in political activism.

[@afb546]

Im writing this before I watch. As someone who made sure to vote on every poll I’m excited to the results

[@MrTerry]

Thank you for participating!

[@kattharsismic]

I'm from France, I'm also a leftist and I think your question about how that scale would translate in our different countries was interesting and I wonder how it would look as well. Except for a few questions that were so clearly worded with a US audience in mind which I didn't answer, I think a lot of the questions which I did answer kind of resulted in me "agreeing" with what is already in place in France and widely consensual among all political parties except for the far right. So that is where I think that compass shows its limitations as it wouldn't be able to differenciate between left and right leaning people for the most part and would show even moderate right leaning people somewhere on the left.

[@kattharsismic]

@@delzerui4975 for sure, considering we already have all of the policies the American "radical left" (Bernie Sanders, AOC etc.) want implemented. If what is common sense over here gets so much push back from your moderate right wing I would definitely be labeled a communist even though it's not true.

[@scottsthoughtschannel9538]

This was a great video, it was intresting seeing what everyone including myself voted for. I'm 48 so getting a better understanding of your channels demographic polling stances was a good barometer of others word views.

[@MrTerry]

I appreciate your participation!

[@personifiedcat]

I think for the broadcasting one, people are thinking about PBS, BBC, CBC, and other of fairly well regarded news organizations that are funded by the state.

[@oilersridersbluejays]

CBC is not well regarded here in Canada. Only people centre-left to left usually agree with state-funded media. Us silent centre-right to right majority do not agree with state-funded media.

[@sgthrawn]

I've taken this test dozens of times since I first took in in high school in 2006/7, now at 33, and taking it today, I find myself center-right, Economic Left/Right: 0.38; Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.1. For me, some of the questions have become more nuanced as I get older, so instead of strongly agreeing or disagreeing, more of my responses were disagree or agree, and some retained their 'strongly' status, or were new ones. I ascribe this to the idealism of youth, that as we age we gather more information, ideas, concepts, meet different people. During my university years I swung widely from authoritarian up/economic right, to auth up/econ left, to liber left, econ left, but never ever crossed that libertarian down/econ right axis, even in my 20s, and now. I think it may be that psychologically, or intellectually, that part of the compass represents rampant chaos with companies being able to do whatever, and people doing whatever, with no social norms nor mores (simplified, I know). Maybe I'll change as I get older, only God knows that answer.

[@nolanhathaway8222]

Honestly most of those questions I answered with the majority but I’m more right leaning but some of those questions almost force you into the left camp

[@tony1449]

I think you might want to explore why that might be the case. Maybe your ideology isn't aligning with your own individual values.

[@nolanhathaway8222]

@@tony1449 I can assure you that is not the case. I’d say I’m center right or more libertarian but I understand some of the views of more left thinkers.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

@Vash theStampede The "problem" you're describing is cultural. Conservatism and libertarianism are fundamentally contradictory ideals, but American culture has caused people to associate them as if they're compatible when they're not. That's the thing about a test like this... if you answer it based on what you actually believe, you may find that the results disagree with what you *thought* you believed. Because you didn't actually put enough thought into your beliefs, and failed to realize that you disagree with yourself.

[@elizabethhall9334]

Art should absolutely be accessable everywhere. It breaks my heart (as someone who works in theatre with working class parents) that there is still so much classism in art.

[@ralphmtsu]

I agree art should be accessible. I disagree that the government should pay for it. I believe art should be best funded through philanthropy, patronage, and the free market. If the government wants to provide tax incentives for people to donate to art, that is okay, but for the government to directly budget taxpayer funds for art is 1) waste of money and 2) on a deep level a possible violation of the 1st Amendment.

[@Kenfren]

Art is created at the patronage of the ruling elite, everywhere and always. Because they are the ones that can afford to do so. Art is intrinsically class based.

[@podemosurss8316]

7:47 I mentioned in a comment (on that post) that in my country (Spain) the debate was solved decades ago due to the fact that the death penalty was used for political persecution of dissentors. The last people to be given the death penalty were three members of the terrorist group ETA and three members of the FRAP (Antifascist and Patriotic Revolutionary Front, a far-left organisation that opposed the dictatorship). They were executed in 1975, right before the dictator died. In 1978, the new democratic constitution banned the death penalty on its article 15th, which reads: "Everyone has the right to life and phisical and moral integrity, and cannot, in any case, be subjected to either torture or humillating or degrading penalties. The death penalty is hereby abolished, unless what the military laws can establish for wartime."

[@cronnosli]

Death penalties still happen in all countries today. But they are always covered as a civilian murderers.

[@longwingdetrain3183]

Not in America bud. But eh. You do you, we’ll do us.

[@podemosurss8316]

@@longwingdetrain3183 Obviously. I mean, I was specifically talking about Spain (and noted so), and Spain is located in Europe, so obviously not in America.

[@kefirmroku4494]

8:52 from Polish and Soviet communism experience: If there is one-party system then all the political fight happens inside that one party which starts to divide among intself into sub-parties

[@A.Martin]

or if you have enough control over your party, when people dissent they go missing.

[@kingrippzard2027]

Dread it. Run from it. Multiple parties arrive all the same.

[@kefirmroku4494]

@@A.Martin Same happens in multi-party system. If someone tries to establish a new party without agree from the ruling elite, then he and his co-workers will disappear like some 200 people in Poland between April 2010 and January 2018.

[@A.Martin]

@@kefirmroku4494 yea that happens too. Russia and Belarus are multi party, singapore too. If you run opposition though you get harassed all the way or arrested for made up crimes, in Russia you may just straight up be murdered.

[@kefirmroku4494]

@@A.Martin Getting arrested for made up crimes if you do any political activity is normal, casual standard thing here in Poland. Everyone expects this and is ready for this if he does any politic activity, Extraordinary are disappearings and "self-killings" of activists (this comes only to those who are too popular or too knowledgable to be let alive)

[@adambrooks60]

On the "able to work but refuse the opportunity" question, my issue is what constitutes refusing the opportunity? Is a new father refusing to work if he takes time to be with his child? Fundamentally I think everyone should expect society's support if they need it. As we see with international politics, integration and interdependance begets peace and stability, and overall prosperity for all nations. I see no reason why the same logic shouldn't apply to our national politics too!

[@Dimetropteryx]

That's a fair question, but as I see it, that's what the agree/disagree options are for. Personally, I don't think the father in your example is refusing the opportunity to work. I also think that the extent and type of the support should depend first and foremost on the person's needs, but also on whether they refuse (not whether they are able) to contribute to the system whose support they need.

[@catsmom129]

Also, what if someone is burnt out and needs time to recuperate and possibly figure out a new career change? Personally, I’d rather support someone before they reach the point of burn out.

[@krybling]

mostly when i find new history channels people thinks violence is bad. so not surprised subbed

[@anthonyholroyd5359]

I'm from Scotland, in the UK. I voted for what ended up being the majority vote for most of these questions. In the UK as a whole, I would probably be considered left of centre. In todays England I'd definitely be considered liberal and left-wing. In Scotland? I'm fairly typical. Again, I might be considered centre-left . . . But I would not be considered remotely extreme or unusual. Infact, my political beliefs typically align with the two largest parties in the Scottish Parliament - both of whom would consider themselves left of centre, socially liberal and progressive (their only major disagreement being on the constitutional future of Scotland. Whether its best served as a continued member of the UK or as an independent nation). For the record: - I would still vote the same for both museums and theaters if they were seperate questions as I appreciate the the cultural benefits of both. - cutting through bureaucracy is an inherent advantage of single party states, but that doesn't mean single party states are preferable to democracy (I would argue lack of oversight / checks and balances superscedes that and makes democracy a preferable system of government). - some prisoners are beyond rehabilitation but that does not mean we shouldn't at least try - "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" should come with the addendum "whilst it is convenient" or "for now". - I also voted that I did not think there was a worrying fusion of entertainment and education. For me, what is worrying is the lack of education / ability for critical analysis in the general population. One should be able to seperate the information from the entertainment in one's own mind. One should also be cognisant of potential bias and should be able to evaluate a source and its utility on that basis.

[@RyanChansler]

The end result makes sense. I've watched a few of your videos and while I can tell you try to remain apolitical, many of the comments seem to interpret it as more left. It's interesting to see the different lenses in which we all choose to view things. It reminds me and helps me assess my own lenses as well.

[@detritus10001]

Terry, you alright, sir? That cough is a little concerning. Hope you're not getting sick, we're low on sane content creators. All the best to you and yours, sir!

[@3v1lp1ngv1n]

For the support people who can work but choose not to category: This is for people with severe burnout. They should be supported.

[@niftyfiftytwo1484]

12:00 I was in the disagree section on that one, and since you asked, here's my reasoning. 1) On a general level, I want to live in an overly-compassionate society. If given the choice between helping someone too much or too little, I'd want to help too much. 2) I believe in certain societal programs for all. Universal Basic Income and Universal Healthcare being two of those positions. This could be seen as "society" sometimes supporting those without work. 3) Having a society dictate what is or isn't considered "work" becomes problematic. Who determines what is work? Is it politicians, who are greatly benefitted from corporations in the form of campaign contributions? Is it the government itself, encouraging involuntary conscription numbers for militaries? Wouldn't this incentivize forcing folks into working conditions that are actively exploitive of the people at large? If Walmart paid a bunch of politicians to pass a law saying what qualifies as work, are we just as comfortable with that? Are we concerned that all of a sudden the only thing that qualifies as work is stuff that contributes to Walmart's bottom line? Also, how can you tell when someone is working? Is it whether or not they are creating revenue? What about writers working on their craft? Famously, J.K. Rowling (not everyone's favorite person, I know) was on government assistance while writing Harry Potter. Do we want to let all writers starve, bad ones and good ones? What about entrepreneurs who are just starting up a business without a profit yet? What about folks leaving work to do good in other ways? A son leaving work to care for his ailing mother? A mother leaving work to care for her newborn? They aren't creating direct GDP, but they're providing a benefit to society. And you also don't know what folks are dealing with. Should we be trying to force someone into work who might have psychological stressors? If someone's extremely depressed to the point of being suicidal, it could easily effect their ability to maintain a job. Should out of work suicidal folks not have support in some form? A phone number to call? The ability to find help? It's a question that, when carried to it's logical conclusion, should concern collectivists and individualists. 4) The people who need social programs the most are the people not making money. If you need an expensive surgery in order to be able to return to work, society should see the value in supporting that person for their surgery, for instance. That person could work, is willing to work, wants to contribute to society - but can't unless they get support from our society. 5) A society that benefits everyone will motivate everyone to participate in it. I think a lot of people hesitate to enter the 'rat race' because it's just that. If 'work' existed only to better yourself, to fulfill yourself, I think we'd find a lot more people happily joining the work force. 6) Social programs help everyone. With Universal Healthcare, pandemics are less likely to spread. Pandemics don't care if you work or not, they spread. Having someone out of work able to get healthcare will help all of society. Homelessness is undesirable in any location. Society creating shelters for the homeless will get folks off the street, lowering crime and driving up the cleanliness and value of all urban areas. A society that invests in its people, ALL its people, will reap the rewards for itself. And it'll be kind while it does it.

[@anarchomando7707]

Comrade you sound like an anarchist, Etymology Anarchy means absence of hierarchy/ ruler Oligarchy, multiple rulers Monarchy, singular ruler Anarchy,no ruler However the classic symbol of Anarchy is@ or (A) A surrounded by an O this is actually very important The O represents order A represents no rulers So order without rulers and that's more akin to democracy No single individual rules but the collective Or how I like to put it A stateless classless egalitarian society, collectively owned and democratically operated.(preferably through a confederation of municipalities mutually working together,as to prevent the monopolization of politics via the conduit of the state). Where the means of production is owned by those who toil collectively and democratically.(through union or worker co-ops,) The means of production being quite simply the tools necessary to produce, this is farms factories Fields mines, (these are capital goods, goods to produce capital)these workers who already do all the shit get to own it collectively and democratically So it would be the social ownership of the means of production (socialism the original definition). Abolishing private property and making it social property, ,to the benefit of the community the worker would also receive satisfaction from helping those in the community. (private is the system by which corporation and the heads are reserved the Lion's share of the wealth, not to be confused with personal property, which is your house, your home, your books, your car your toothbrush the tools at which bring you comfort and satisfaction but does not affect society.) This philosophy also includes, From each too Their ability to each their own need.(mutual aid, mutual benefit.) Intersectional (there is no race but the human race, however rich and powerful people like to devide and conquer, ) Housing and food being a human right (and preferably through housing co-ops.) Also trains.(choo choo mothafuckas!)( Wherer community is first, and pain overall is lessened wealth is an illusion for all those gold collected in their Ivory towers launched into space would be useless without society Genuinely look into anarchism as a philosophy if you haven't already

[@niftyfiftytwo1484]

@@anarchomando7707 thanks for the message. My understanding of anarchy though, is that without some form of authority, there wouldn't be a way to carry out social programs. I always like to say that I'm an individualist, in that I prefer a system of government that gives the most freedoms possible to individuals, until freedoms for one harm freedoms for another.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

@@niftyfiftytwo1484 What you described in your original post was anarcho-communism, in everything but name. A society of overly compassionate people doing the right thing because it's the right thing. Helping because it's helpful and not to forward their personal agenda.

[@oldmankaens]

LOL, in all fairness I scanned your videos after my other very lengthy comment and spotted this one. I was just too curious. Skipped to the end, not surprised.

[@pomamoba]

about the one party state-for me it's wrong to call that an advantage. It takes less for a certain law to pass, because there's no real opposition, true, but it doesn't guarantee that said law would be good. And with plenty of autocratic mistakes in history, you can clearly see that as a disadvantage.

[@rhoetusochten4211]

The strength is also the weakness... but it is a strength.

[@CuriousQuasit]

@@rhoetusochten4211 I'd argue that the "strength" isn't even an actual strength. After all, the premise of the question is that a one-party state "avoids all the arguments that delay progress", but that's operating on the presumption that just because it's a one-party state it doesn't have any infighting - and there's an enormous list of examples, historic and contemporary, of how that's not the case.

[@goldie6961]

Speed always sacrifices precision to some degree. Yet neither of those are disadvantages. They are concepts to be used in tandem. That’s why any job training for emergencies train you to not only think a situation through clearly and quickly, but emphasize that you act. There’s definitely something to work out, because good ideas are only useful when you actually put them into reality, when you test them. If they stay ideas on a politicians desk forever cause it’s a democracy, then the good idea means absolutely nothing

[@Homer4prez]

America has basically one party. IMO both the dem and repub parties are controlled by corporations. On the outside we see a two party system but the inside the same type of people control both parties. Both parties maintain close relationships with the corporate media.

[@THE_REAL_POLITIK]

I am currently pursuing a degree in sustainable urban development with a minor in political psychology. To answer Mr. Terrys' question about the questions not mapping onto particular ideologies they do and they don't, the question "when you are troubled it's better not to think about it but to keep busy with more cheerful things?" A conservative response to hardship is correlated with focusing on things within their control while a progressive response is correlated with finding a solution to the problem. For context, both Donald Trump and Joe Biden would be considered academically liberal. To answer Mr. Terrys' question about taxpayer funding for theaters and museums, I largely side with the poll, however, what would change my opinion is how historical districts would be redeveloped after taxpayers withdrew. For those not in the know calling a area, a historic site has been a longstanding tactic used by NIMBYs to oppose affordable housing; so if a city wanted to tear down a failing museum or theater to build affordable housing I would be okay with that.

[@iwersonsch5131]

Purposes of criminal justice: 1. Compensation 2. Protection 3. Rehabilitation 4. Prevention by retaining credibility in the warning that crimes will be punished. Punishment in itself is not a valid purpose, but it can be necessary in order to uphold credibility in the warnings put out by the lawmaker. In cases where prevention is not achievable through the punishment of others (e.g. abortion, drug addictions), punishment is not justified.

[@ethanoppenheim404]

Have you ever heard of the rights forfeiture theory of punishment? It articulates why punishment by the state may by justified if a criminal wrongdoer forfeits his or her right not to be punished by breaking the law. You could argue it’s the least important purpose of criminal justice, but I’d argue it’s justifiable on these grounds

[@iwersonsch5131]

@@ethanoppenheim404 That sounds like in that case, committing a crime would be a voluntary agreement to a contract with the state. Which means that in that scenario, the deterrent clearly failed and, if it was truly voluntary, announcing an even higher punishment in the future could be considered based on point 4.

[@iwersonsch5131]

@@ethanoppenheim404 There could of course be scenarios where the punishment would consist of enough compensation that the crime would cease to be a bad thing overall. You can argue this to be the case with a variety of traffic or litter fines. In that case, you don't need more punishment since there's no incentive to reduce the frequency at which the crime is committed any more

[@anarchomando7707]

@@iwersonsch5131 ironically I think some of the Middle ages had some decent ideas. Laws were more about state and capital they were not about social. Crime was a social issue, and so the best way to relieve that is to take it as a social issue. A murderer Forced to make friends with the victim's family and provide at least a Year's worth of the murdered wages would be a decent idea It's supposed to be mending the strife and tearing of the society.

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

@@anarchomando7707 I feel like the making friends part punishes the victim's family more than the murderer. Providing wages is an interesting idea, but what if the murderer can't afford it?

[@arokh72]

I'm a white Australian male, with my recent ancestors born here. I'm 49 years old. I personally identify as being left of centre, and I feel a little more socialism can't hurt, especially in regard to health, housing, and education. We had a Federal Election this year, and our more left part, the Labor Party, claimed victory, and it appeared to be on the back of what are called "Teal" candidates. These are more or less conservative candidates who felt he previous, conservative, government had gone to far to the right and become too conservative, it was also on the back of their poor economy polices. Anyway before the election our public broadcaster ran their own version of the Political Compass, with general political questions and issue specific ones, and I came out as left authoritarian, which surprised me as a "live and let live" type person. Being more socialism inclined (not to the level of Neo Marxists and their ilk) left didn't surprise me in the slightest.

[@thismuricanboi7869]

For the question on theaters and museums, you hit the nail on the head. Theaters are for entertaining people. If a theater isn’t entertaining, it shouldn’t be propped up by taxpayer dollars. Museums however, in my mind, aren’t for entertainment, but preservation of historical knowledge.

[@kfiraltberger552]

Well but the whole point of preserving history is to remind us of our past, but if no one goes to it, it doesn't do it's job anyway...

[@nathanjasper512]

It depends on what is meant by "theater." If we're talking about a movie house, sure. If we're talking about a playhouse then I think that those can provide a lot of value to society even if they aren't financially lucrative. If just a handful of teenagers have a place to go after school and participate in something rather than running the streets that is awesome. If an few elderly people have a place to go where they can meet people and enjoy a form of entertainment that they grew up with I think that can hold tremendous value. Plays and musicals and operas and such are almost like their own museums in a way because many popular plays are quite old and you're looking at the culture and social commentary of a by gone age.

[@nathanjasper512]

@@kfiraltberger552 Also what if we subsidized a theater that exclusively played old movies and documentaries? That could be cool.

[@kfiraltberger552]

@@nathanjasper512 Is that... an argument? A statement? A thought? Feels like just a sentence...

[@Skeletorino]

Books are a lot cheaper, and do the same thing.

[@cantseetheforestforthetree9673]

The percentages given for “I’d always support my country, whether it was right or wrong.” added up to 101%. There were a few others that seemed off at a glance that I didn’t bother taking the time to confirm, but yeah, that’s not how percentages worked last time I checked.

[@CALndStuff]

They round each individual percentage

[@marekb1556]

Well im from Europe so while in my region I would be considered a center-left progressive, in America they would probably call me a communist

[@wallacewallaby5782]

In Australia our center-left is more in-line with America's far-left progressives (eg Bernie Sanders, AOC) with our conservatives being closer to Democrats than Republicans. We don't really have anything as far-right as Republicans here, but there are a few fringe parties that come close.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

In regard to some of those questions not having any sort of inherent political leaning. In reference to astrology, it implies a soft belief in a greater hierarchy or order that exists as a basic part of reality. This, however subtly, implies a natural tendency toward more authoritarian thinking. I don't think it's a strong connection, but I do think it does indicate a person's leanings. In reference to the question about ignoring your troubles instead of focusing on them, that shows a fairly strong conservative leaning... after all, the question is effectively asking whether you'd prefer to maintain the status quo or risk doing something to change it. Could also just be that they throw in some questions that don't feel as directly targeted, as a way to kind of reset the mood of the person taking the test.

[@lha2241]

I did that same test with the same questions but it was "calibrated" to represent politics in Finland. I gave pretty much the same answers, not like 100% the same but pretty much anyway, and it put me in the kinda center-right position (center in authoritarian-libertarian axis, halfway from middle to the right), so yeah I think it varies very very much from country to country.

[@TheFallenSerpent]

I'm Canadian. Your left is right of center to us. I'm Canadian left (NDP), which probably falls if your chart

[@GITRDONE7117]

Inflation can equal unemployment because the expenses to various company’s are also going up. This might put company’s (especially smaller ones) in a losing position and lay-off or reduce the amount of employees or just foreclose entirely. Essentially, inflation makes everybody lose.

[@nerdstrangler4804]

You are right, Inflation is bad for employment. But it is more a case of uncertainty. It is difficult to budget and plan for things like hiring more workers when you have no idea what anything will cost in the future. Frankly its not even really an opinion as far as I am aware. I am pretty sure inflation is just factually all-around worse. Then again, I guess the assumption is the person being asked isn't an economist and doesn't realize the two are inter-connected. But still kind of a bad question if there is a factually correct answer.

[@richardlyd7450]

Im form the UK...im always trying to get to the truth of everything thank you for your help in this matter..

[@Jay-Ryan]

I think not only would the result vary by country, I think the result could be manipulated by skillfully changing the wording of each question... Most questions appeared to leave some artistic license to reword, asking the same question, but interpreted differently by the reader. It appeared to be a fun exercise!

[@trobitman]

I liked thinking and answering those interesting questions.

[@zippolight2002]

My issue with this test, is that there is a lot of them where my answer would be "it depends". For example, the Abortion question. It depends. We talking 1st trimester, 2nd? 3rd? Then you had the rehab question, same thing it depends. To much of this is black and white for it to really give you a good example of where you stand. In order to get an actual representation of where you stand, not only do the questions need to NOT be essentially yes/no AND more specific WITH more options, you need to be able to weight them to how much they matter to you. IMO, you really already know where you stand and this test is just a way of validating yourself or making you think you're a certain way and thus should vote that way. "I thought I was 'x' but then I took this test and it told me I'm 'y'. I should vote for 'y' regardless because that's what this test told me how 'y' more coincides with the beliefs I hold according to this test." This is assuming you don't understand how many flaws there are in this test (as you mentioned in your video).

[@cronnosli]

The test intends to make you agree/disagree with your core beliefs. To answer that you need to simulate all kinds of societies in your head. Eg. If you were in Nazi Germany being asked if you agreed or not to classroom be mandatory. Or if you live in a communist country and agreed or not that TV Channels should receive public support. This test has four cardinals. Totalitarian Anarchy and Comunism Capitalism. There is not a neutral position!

[@ezra7088]

I mean it clearly says should abortion always be illegal, unless the mother's life is in danger. If you believe someone should ever be able to get an abortion for a non-health related reason, such as being only 6 weeks pregnant, you would disagree. Was your confusion deliberate or were you just not carefully reading the question?

[@addey2449]

@@ezra7088 The problem with the question is that "disagree" and "strongly disagree" aren´t any different, same with the agree side. It is a poorly worded question, since it is basically a yes or no question. People tend to interpret "strongly disagree" and "strongly agree" as the extreme pro-life or extreme pro-choice positions, since what is the point in having these when you already have agree and disagree saying the same thing?

[@constantineergius1626]

outside of life of the mother cases i support the death penalty for getting an abortion, this includes day after pills... use a condom or dont have sex its murder and should be prosecuted as murder

[@shelbyherring92]

@@constantineergius1626 I would wonder if you extend that penalty to victims of sexual assault as well...

[@aznomads1579]

Wow, you can really see how young your viewers are with some of these answers. Fun video.

[@howradisit]

The class vs nationality thing is interesting. Seeing this in action is how Irish, Italian, and other immigrants were initially seen as a different race but were included as white once they reached a certain level of economic status

[@austinhan6998]

And yet at the same time we American Asians have more economic success than white people, but are still seen as "others"

[@kevinbell5674]

They were only seen as white after more than half a decade of blending with other nationalities and minority culture started to form and became the new societal underdog. It wasn't like other nationalities were waiting for them to reach a certain economical standard and went "Congratulations! You're white now!". Discrimination towards other nationalities continued all the way to the turn of the millennium. It wasn't like it was 80 years ago at that point, but it still existed.

[@Dystisis]

That is not true. People of those backgrounds have always been regarded as 'white' both officially and unofficially in USA. What is true is that there has been discrimination on the basis of background that includes discrimination against people of Irish and Italian descent. Source: Bernstein, D.E., 2022, Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America

[@Alaplaya9]

@@Dystisis I wonder what the founding fathers had to say on the race of Germans.

[@ОлегСимаков-у2э]

Good point, but isn’t class and income are different things?

[@napoliskey]

regarding Museums and theaters, I would NOT want public funds going towards theatres, but 100% I would want it going to to museums.

[@HeadGodoftheGodCouncil]

What should always be available (free): Housing Food Education (pre-k to college) Healthcare Public Transport (a functioning one, not like Americas public transport) Internet Electricity

[@travissmith2848]

Which usage of "college"? Here the term is nearly interchangeable with "university" it simply matters on the size of the school.

[@jamesoakes4842]

My take on an early that you were wondering about how it related to political ideology: Astrology- This is a question that is a different angle to the questions asking about religion. People that have more religious thinking, believe in the supernatural, etc. will often feel as if many worldly problems are ultimately not solvable, and that trying to do so is a waste of effort. This is actually a fairly major divide between liberal and conservative thinking. For instance, Liberals will see poverty as a systemic failing and seek systemic solutions. However conservatives will see poverty as the inevitable state that people will fall into due to a lack of effort, moral fiber, etc. That's why liberals wonder why conservatives seem to lack any empathy, and conservatives wonder why liberals want to dedicate resources to enabling those who choose to make poor life choices.

[@Kishandreth]

The biggest issue I have with the questions is that some have built in exceptions and others are absolute. Every case is different. Take the question "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" it's absolute, compare it to "The enemy of my enemy could be my friend against my enemy". It's the same idea, but it understands that sometimes differences cannot be overcome. A clear example, is the two questions about prison. Sometimes no matter how hard you try, some people are just too far gone (or lack the will) to be rehabilitated. I can't fix someone who doesn't want to be fixed, no matter how hard I try. However, at the same time imprisonment should be about rehabilitation and not merely punitive. That means, push for rehabilitation but at the same time understand that there will always be a few rare individuals that cannot be rehabilitated. As a whole the your audience isn't as moderate as I am, but then again these political spectrums no longer reflect the political dynamics. Your audience is basically in the moderate range for US politics, the issue is that both parties are heading to the extremes. One party keeps pushing further and further out into crazy town. Every question could have a nice long debate about the answers, and on another channel I would have participated, but I thought this wasn't an appropriate forum. It's not what your channel is about.

[@MrTerry]

I appreciate your feedback!

[@ezra7088]

I think everyone has the ability to be rehabilitated, and we should at least try with everyone. If they don't also try, then we can give up, but if you give up on people too soon your going to miss out on helping a lot of people

[@Kishandreth]

@@ezra7088 Exactly. You can teach anyone that is willing how to play the piano, but if you were try to forcibly teach someone to play the piano it wouldn't work at all. While there needs to be some investment/ willingness on the person who needs to be rehabilitated, the government should always have it's hand outstretched to help.

[@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei]

From the FAQ of the political compass: "But it’s important to realise that this isn’t a survey, and these aren’t questions. They’re propositions - an altogether different proposition. To question the logic of individual ones that irritate you is to miss the point. Some propositions are extreme, and some are more moderate. That’s how we can show you whether you lean towards extremism or moderation on the Compass. The propositions should not be overthought. Some of them are intentionally vague. Their purpose is to trigger reactions in the mind, measuring feelings and prejudices rather than detailed opinions on policy. Incidentally, our test is not another internet personality classification tool. The essence of our site is the model for political analysis. The test is simply a demonstration of it."

[@seanvogel8067]

@@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei if so, it is a broken model.

[@mr.imperial8721]

9:00. I don't care about democracy I care about my rights and as Mel Gibson once said "why should I trade 1 tyrant 3000miles away for 3000 tyrants 1 mile away...legislature can trample an man's rights just as easily as a king can"

[@bryanr8897]

Democracy is a terrible form of government........everything else is worse.

[@KaiHenningsen]

(1) It seems to me that "libertarian" in that chart marking the opposite side to authoritarian is rather problematic, as (US, few other places use the term) libertarian has a lot more connotations than just anti-authoritarian. (2) I got the impression that the result had a heavy US bias, especially in those places where there's currently quite a bit of propaganda around in the US. Would have been interesting to see them split by geography. (3) Far too many of these questions really needed a lot more detail in the question of the answer to really make sense. To pick just one example, the "are there criminals that can't be rehabilitated" one. More importantly, _how many_ such prisoners are there? And what should we conclude from that information?

[@CatOnACell]

For the first point, in the US the Red scare was bias against the left and the libertarian effectively wiping out that quadrant of the map and the moderate libertarian parties for an entire generation. Edit to explain the bias against libertarian. The reason it ended up bias against libertarian was because the people with authoritarian views fell in line and didn't end up protesting or pushing for their beliefs as hard.

[@cronnosli]

Here in Brazil libertarian means almost 90% to anarcho-capitalists. But, if you take libertarian in the historical context, it is a nickname for anarchists(Left, centre and right).

[@tendyking2092]

49% of the US prison population is incarcerated for non violent drug offenses. Also keep in mind we make up 6% of the worlds population but 25% of the worlds prisoners. A better future is possible under a better and more rehabilitation focused prison system instead of the current one that exploits them for a constant source of cheap labor.

[@constantineergius1626]

property rights are everything

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

@@cronnosli anarcho-capitalist is an oxymoron. They're fundamentally contradictory ideals.

[@dsmiley53]

As a parent with a 7-year old, I know she's going to keep some secrets from me. She already has, and she will do it more in the future. :) But that's not necessarily bad, in fact it's probably necessary on some level. It's part of her journey of moving from a child completely dependent on her parents for survival, to becoming an independent person who can make her own choices. I think it's fine as long as it's clear to her she can choose to talk to me about anything and it'll be a safe conversation for her, with some exceptions (if someone violates her bodily autonomy, for example, I need to know -- that's not a secret she can or should keep). I found the national pride question interesting. Juxtaposed with the other questions which showed a lot of left-leaning thought, that national pride answer felt quite nationalist which seems incongruous with a lot of the other sentiment. Really interesting how that happened.

[@MrTerry]

Thanks for responding! All the best to you and your family!

[@chere100]

I want a no-party state system.

[@raistormrs]

Homemaker... such a weird term, it always reminds me of star trek tng, when they found people from the past and in a womans file it said "occupation: homemaker" so Data theorised that she must have been some sort of construction worker...

[@daquanleshawnda149]

I wonder how many people chose an option then switched when they saw what everyone else was saying

[@Kno_Buddy]

Charity depends on the whim of others, social security you get regardless (as long as they don’t keep slashing the budget because as it’s going we will pay into it our whole lives for the current generation and our parent’s generation to live on, but it will be completely gone by the time we are old enough to collect it.)

[@kapiteingrasparkiet7574]

I actually did the test right before the questions came xD. I guessed that the end product would be libertarian left and I was right :D

[@OP5redsolocup]

Regarding the question involving museums and theaters, my answer would have been different had the two been separated.

[@kurbstomp100]

When I took the political compass test by myself, I placed right in center libertarian. I'm all for freedom to do whatever you want, even if it makes me personally uncomfortable.

[@AzguardMike]

im a liberal fascist according to mine, so you know. Enjoy your freedom. OR ELSE!!!!!

[@KlaustheViking]

So CP is okay in your eyes?

[@crowe6961]

@@KlaustheViking That violates the non-aggression principle that libertarians traditionally hold in high regard, because children lack the mental development to consent to it.

[@kranodor]

The fun thing about the political compass is: They have evaluations of political party platforms for different elections across the world and placed them on the map. There you see, basically, kind of a cultural Overton window, with where the respective parties are situated. Spoiler alert: Most parties in most countries are very much in the upper right quadrant. I think most political views are supposed to fit in there, and any country has it's centre somewhere else in the compass. Personally, I'm further left and further libertarian than the viewership, but I'm European, and I'm pretty heavily left-leaning for that, even, so... yeah. Regarding the museums / theatres question: I wouldn't vote differently, I think both should be supported. Both serve to provide a low barrier of entry to culture and somewhat "cultured" entertainment. Especially smaller venues that either are very niche or are in a place where there aren't a lot of similar venues around, are usually not profitable, even if there's no competition.

[@cidford6235]

In the realms of rehabilitation vs punishment I'd argue it falls down to the crime & context of it. A mass murderer vs a kid that got wrapped up in shady dealings type of situation. Less a lack of consistency and more of context needed for each statement.

[@camilox6666]

I think the question goes to the dilemma "prison to rehab vs prison to isolate" kind of thing.

[@cronnosli]

Punishment doesn't mean killing all criminals. what would you prefer as a person if your car is stolen? Has it recovered, car or money? Or pay taxes to maintain the criminal rehabilitation? A well-executed punishment is the only way to a peaceful society. Punish(to impose a penalty for a fault, offence, or violation) is not something bad, instead, it means applying justice

[@camilox6666]

@@cronnosli if your car gets stolen, punishing a criminal won't bring it back, most likely.

[@cronnosli]

@@camilox6666 Why not? If he is punished, then he has to pay for what he stoles!!! That is the meaning of punishment in justice. It is not talking about physically punishing someone! Punishing is not the same as beating! Sometimes punishment means even rehab!!!

[@Streunekater]

Some of the questions and many of the answers are absolutely shocking for me as a German.

[@MrTerry]

Like what? I’m interested

[@LagMasterSam]

That art question really got to me because something can't be abstract if it doesn't represent something. It should just say, "Art that doesn't represent anything shouldn't be considered art at all."

[@tahoemike5828]

I believe there are only two arts; storytelling, and the art of war. All other art FORMS are derivative of one of those two. All art tells a story of some kind. Sometimes the story being told is, "The artist is a vapid air head with nothing interesting to say beyond, 'I was here' ."

[@destineeryan6773]

@@tahoemike5828 I don’t think making an art piece purely to say “I was here” is vapid and airheaded, *inherently.* For example, someone making art for fun in their house painting nothing in particular, just finger painting or what have you, does not make them vapid, it means they’re doing it just for fun and don’t feel the need to insert a story into something that will likely never see the light of day. And art is in the eye of the beholder, so maybe someone painted something blaisé faire, but someone else who saw it enjoyed the raw energy and speed brought to the painting’s brushstrokes by the artist’s mindset of “I’m gonna paint this as fast as I can cause idgaf”, so even when an artist is genuinely vapid, that does not mean someone else might not find joy in it. And depending on the circumstances, even things that literally just say “I was here” can be considered art in the right context, such as the graffiti on the walls of areas in Pompeii. They finally translated some of the sentences and half of them are dick jokes or literally saying “So and So was here”, but because of the context they’re surrounded by it is now historical graffiti wall ‘art’ worth preserving, and I’m sure if you could tell Mr. So&So his “I was here” graffiti would become a beloved piece of bittersweet, optimistic yet saddening art in the eyes of people from the future, he would find that laughable, as it was never intended to be art-just a statement, but one that now rings profound through the lens *we* see it through. Now, to SELL an art piece that only says “I was in existence” for millions of dollars and claim it’s the best painting you’ve ever seen or sold-that’s a different story. That’s disillusioned. The dude who taped a banana with duct tape to a blank canvas and it was sold for millions in the name of “absurdism”-I don’t even think he was vapid, I think that dude just didn’t wanna work that day and wanted to see what level of BS people would still pay for, and took advantage of a bunch of air-headed rich folks with too much time and money on their hands. 😂 The idiots that bought it for millions are the air-headed ones there lol. Absurdist art is cool, but it can be so much more than a banana duct-taped to a canvas. That particular sale was upsetting to me. So certainly it can be vapid, but I don’t think inherently so, and I also don’t think that is always inherently a bad thing depending on who is viewing it. I have seen meaningless and meaningful abstract art much more beautiful than full painted sceneries full of meaning to the painter, and found their meaning and painting grandiose, unevocative, or unimportant to me. And vice versa, I’ve seen really ugly slapdash abstract that even with a good meaning I dislike, and beautiful subject paintings made with focus but not meaning. Subjectivity and not needing to know or care what the artist intended is the fun part of art. They can make art commentating on communism or for no reason at all but hey-if it’s evocative, it’s evocative.

[@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei]

@@tahoemike5828 "I was here" art is one of the oldest things of humanity. Especially vikings really liked to curve messages like that everywhere.

[@david-1775]

A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system. --- Ok, well, I would tend to say two things can be true at the same time. Yes, it is an advantage but it is like saying - driving 60mph in a neighborhood is an advantage because you can get places faster... yeah but it is incredibly dangerous at the same time.

[@Acaykath]

Political Compass: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Viewers: Agree. Me: More people need to read the 70 maxims of maximally effective mercenaries: 29. The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less. Imagine, one group killing everyone in the name of their God, Another group is killing everyone in the name of their enlightened leader. Which one would you like to kill you as you befriend them?

[@cyber_rachel7427]

I choose the secret third option: I kill myself, because screw that noise

[@travissmith2848]

I prefer "The enemy of my enemy is an ally of convenience at best.", you can't automatically trust such but they may prove a useful tool in a specific situation.

[@moodchanger3470]

thats the problem with these tests. too many variables

[@draketheduelist]

As I stated on that very question, the enemy tries to kill me first, while the enemy of my enemy has to wait in line.

[@jamesm7072]

The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy, but I use him to weaken my enemy with psychological warfare, ez

[@-----REDACTED-----]

It’s probably rare but it can happen that the top vote does not reflect the majority sentiment: In cases where there is no clear majority (let’s say >50%) you probably should tally up the pro and con side and choose the lightest option on the side with most votes since there are two diametrically opposed answers without neutral ground, i.e.: Strongly agree: 28% Agree: 26% Disagree: 30% Strongly disagree: 16% Total: 100% Pro-stance: agree + strongly agree = 54% Con-stance: disagree + strongly disagree = 46% Here “disagree” may be in the lead, the overall majority sentiment however is on the pro side, thus you should ultimately choose agree to reflect that reality.

[@cpmahon]

I wonder how the answers would breakdown if the results were by country?

[@Rogeryoo]

I'd be interested if they could be divided by strictly USA users, as this is very geared towards them than the rest of us. Not to mention how the majority of us is not from the US, even if by ~4%, we can definitely skew these votes.

[@MrTerry]

I’d love to see that data.

[@25BDominique2021]

This was a really cool video and thought experiment. I would love to see this done on a national level so that we could see where the parties as a whole align.

[@blubbfisch98]

I'm from Germany and relatively close to the results (-2.63, -5.49). I'm considered right-libertarian over here. I'm definitely more capitalistic than the average person. I don't know about social values tho, I studied economics and IT, both of those don't give you too much insight in that regard and I'm probably prone to a bias.

[@shadowprince4482]

Yeah in America the Overton Window has shifted radically to the right. Anything that isn't ultra-conservative is labeled ultra-left. It's extremely annoying. Honestly I think roughly 70% of Americans are left leaning libertarians. The problem is that the legalized corruption and tribalism is preventing any real populist from getting elected let alone actually getting anything done which is why so many Americans feel hopeless.

[@constantineergius1626]

i got like 10,8... i

[@Kuhmuhnistische_Partei]

Well, "right" in the political compass isn't really the definition of "right" we usually use.

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

7:10 STRONGLY AGREE Is there ANY society without hierarchy? Is there ANY society without rules and laws? By embracing the truth that civilisation needs hierarchy we can go on to build a fair of constructive hierarchy that benefits all. By rejecting it we subject ourselves to either bad hierarchy or constant chaos and revolution wich ALSO leads to a bad hierarchy. Every revolution that tried to abolish hierarchy ended with mass executions, tyrrany and either guillotines or gulags. And in anarchic chaos, barbarian strongmen rule by "might makes right", unrestrained by rules, laws and never giving their power away peacefully. In order to make a peaceful and prosperous civilization some must take orders and some must give them. Once we have established that we can move on to questions of how much power do those orders have, who makes them, who obeys them, how do people change their place in the hierarchy and so on.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

Yes, and then no. To your two questions. Hierarchies cannot exists without laws, but laws do exist without hierarchies. Societies do exist without hierarchies. But, natural laws form in any social dynamic. Most of these go entirely unspoken and unwritten, yet understood, because that's how being alive works. And this is true even of creatures that have no way of effectively communicating with each other.

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 there is still a hierarchy in any society even if informal. In all social spieces as well. Famously even lobsters have hierarchy

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

@@stanisawzokiewski3308 Definitive proof that hierarchies are not universal exists within every living creature's personal experience. All you said here is that you personally aren't smart enough to have noticed that fact. Just as an example, think about houseflies. Their interaction with people is undeniable. It just is a connection that exists. However, there's no hierarchy between them. They are not equal, and there is no relationship between their influence either. We coexist, neither respecting each other as a societal class in the first place. A lack of hierarchy.

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

@@dontmisunderstand6041 we clearly arent a society with houseflies. Also Insults arent arguments

[@shuushirakawa]

I found many agreeing "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" to be particularly disturbing.

[@FCGroningen1987]

That's modern diplomacy for you. The west isn't friends with India and Saudi Arabia because of their human rights situations. They are vital in oppositition to Iran and China though.

[@shefchenko111]

@@FCGroningen1987 They agree with Trudo.

[@jennifers550]

Right? The enemy of your enemy can still also be your enemy and waiting to take you both out.

[@Asahamana]

Glad to hear why you did those polls I was worried that Mr. Terry sucks now so I'm very happy that's not the case 😄😅

[@MrTerry]

I still suck.

[@Asahamana]

@@MrTerry If you say so but you dont suck for me 😅

[@ronmaximilian6953]

This is a modified version of the world's smallest political test, which is originally designed to promote libertarianism. I'll be interested to know if the LP is still pushing this or if this was a private reworking of the test. It is considerably more socially liberal than the original test from the 1970s and the one that I took 25 years ago. And frankly, it still has many of the same flaws. Firstly, socially liberal and economics are only two of many political axes. I would think that nationalism versus internationalism and post nationalism should be up there. Also, some of the questions don't really even work for politics. I'm not sure where astrology stands on the political spectrum. But let's look at something like the way that people feel about homosexuals or drugs. One can disagree or find certain behavior to be immoral without necessarily thinking that the government should have anything to do with it. There are plenty of libertarians who would disagree with pornography etc, but don't really think it's up to the government to promote it. Likewise, there are libertarians who support gay marriage strongly, but who don't like the government forcing its recognition on to people and institutions.

[@OP5redsolocup]

Well I’m a card carrying member, and a party official in my county’s LP. I’m not aware of the party pushing this test nowadays. Not saying it isn’t happening, just that I haven’t seen it happen.

[@ronmaximilian6953]

@@OP5redsolocup it certainly has been used by the party and by activists in the past.

[@toptester301]

I kinda figured the result. I like most of us want to get along with each other, but imma have to pass on smelting my tools comrades

[@pomamoba]

About the broadcasting institution: Both state -funded and private funded institutions have biases. Difference being-state officials are elected, or put in place by someone who is elected, so there is a person who can be held responsible by public. It's still not perfect, hence why it's not Strongly disagree, but it is at least something. Even that isn't a thing with privately sponsored institutions. There's a common myth about consumers getting outraged and voting with their wallet which has many times been proven false. Coca Cola hired military groups to kill union leaders in Columbia, most of chocolate on the market is made with child or slave labor, amazon working conditions are well known, and Tesla has a terrible history of racism in their factories. Doesn't seem to bother those companies, somehow they are still doing fine.

[@camilox6666]

For me the most interesting part of the question is "no matter how independent the content is" because I don't think I have seen truly independent broadcasts so far. It's hard to not be biased to some extent and every person is in my opinion

[@constantineergius1626]

government shouldnt be owning the means of production, any attempt to seize private assets should be generally regarded as treason

[@bernie2237]

Interesting , and yes , it is true I'm a left libertarian in my country (social and ecology totalitarist but keeping freedom of will , it's clearly showing that my party is the true one for me (liberal ecology) )

[@anarchomando7707]

I'm an Anarchist Etymology Anarchy means absence of hierarchy/ ruler Oligarchy, multiple rulers Monarchy, singular ruler Anarchy,no ruler However the classic symbol of Anarchy is@ or (A) A surrounded by an O this is actually very important The O represents order A represents no rulers So order without rulers and that's more akin to democracy No single individual rules but the collective Or how I like to put it A stateless classless egalitarian society, collectively owned and democratically operated.(preferably through a confederation of municipalities mutually working together,as to prevent the monopolization of politics via the conduit of the state). Where the means of production is owned by those who toil collectively and democratically.(through union or worker co-ops,) The means of production being quite simply the tools necessary to produce, this is farms factories Fields mines, (these are capital goods, goods to produce capital)these workers who already do all the shit get to own it collectively and democratically So it would be the social ownership of the means of production (socialism the original definition). Abolishing private property and making it social property, ,to the benefit of the community the worker would also receive satisfaction from helping those in the community. (private is the system by which corporation and the heads are reserved the Lion's share of the wealth, not to be confused with personal property, which is your house, your home, your books, your car your toothbrush the tools at which bring you comfort and satisfaction but does not affect society.) This philosophy also includes, From each too Their ability to each their own need.(mutual aid, mutual benefit.) Intersectional (there is no race but the human race, however rich and powerful people like to devide and conquer, ) Housing and food being a human right (and preferably through housing co-ops.) Also trains.(choo choo mothafuckas!)( Where community is first, and pain overall is lessened. wealth is an illusion for all those gold collected in their Ivory towers launched into space would be useless without society Genuinely look into anarchism as a philosophy

[@jorgeroque1995]

You should do this again but use the Sapply Values test and see if the results are different

[@purdysanchez]

It's almost identical. It just slightly rewords the questions.

[@theskyisteal8346]

By far, the most important thing for children to learn is communication for it is by that that we learn everything else.

[@KittenLove536]

the only question i strongly hated on this poll is the question regarding abortion because *EVERY PREGNANCY CARRIES AN INHERENT DANGER AND RISK TO THE BIRTHING PARENT*. Some go well, some dont, all of them are risky and require time to recuperate after.

[@tylermoseley935]

Very true. That was a poorly worded question.

[@wplacke]

Threat isn’t a great term, “consent” and “mortal danger” would have been better. There are people arguing that mild emotional distress is a “threat”

[@therealrockguy100]

I'd like to see this redone every year to see whether people become more libertarian/conservative as they get older, assuming you keep your followers. Historically this is what should happen, but it would be interesting to see if viewer demographic changes as well. Cheers, Chris

[@Lleanlleawrg]

I think that might have been a problem of mixing up correlation and causation. You're absolutely right that as people have gotten older, they've become more conservative historically speaking. But it might be a step removed from being the actual cause here. The more nuanced explanation is that as you get older, on average people tend to be more well off economically speaking. Their income goes up because they climb the career ladder, and their expenses go down because they pay down their debts and already have things like a home and a car and all that, and their kids move out and stop being an expense, etc. Not saying this happens for everyone, but it's been the typical way of life for most people for a long time. Anyway, I think it's that relative wealth that comes with age that causes the shift to more conservative politics. Gen X/Y show signs of breaking this pattern because a much larger chunk of us will be debt slaves until we die, and a lot more of us stay more left wing than previous generations did.

[@LongLiveRockAnRoll]

The "divided by class not nationality" question is true up to a point. Sure I as a British person might have a lot in common with Americans/Canadian/Aussie/Kiwi etc of the same class but when you get countries where society is way different I'm more likely to have stuff in common with a British person of a different class.

[@constantineergius1626]

meh people rob a store in a large group ie a riot they should all face execution

[@DDanV]

Public funding doesn't need to mean State controlled. It's just another degree of separation of powers, the independence of the media must remain absolute, but it also has to have a way of subsistence, hence: public FUNDED , not State controlled.

[@ivanradstrom9939]

Being from Sweden it would probably land slightly in the right leaning side and being almost in between authoritarian and libertarian.

[@8pril34]

Hi Ivan

[@travissmith2848]

Odd....... another guy claiming to be from Sweden (can you ever know for sure on the internet?) said that he's as right as right can get at home but seen as left as left can get here in the US.

[@ivanradstrom9939]

@@travissmith2848 Well I meant that based on what the community answered it would land where I said it would in Sweden. I did not disclose where my personal opinion would. However no matter what Swedes would generally be more to the left than the US counterpart but with the guy you referred to be extreme right would not be extreme left in the US. The difference is not that gigantic.

[@jpotter2086]

"choose not to work" .... there's a lot of priviliege and assumption in that wording!

[@bartekjamroz3360]

26:44 "Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.“ - Ernest Hemingway.

[@Crimsonwhocares]

So if you are invaded and fight a war to defend yourself you are commiting a crime?

[@Joe-rp8xn]

Saw the fallout vault boy and clicked on the video. "Apolitical high school history teacher": yep, this is where I'm meant to be.

[@jacob.r2676]

As an Australian this chart skews way left. Abortion and gay marriage just aren't issues here, dealt with yonks ago.

[@TheGooseIsLoose9000]

I mean sure they might not be issues for you, but they are still a factor in lib vs auth. Because it is an issue of bodily autonomy as a freedom. Your country went nuts with lockdowns and forced vaccines onto people which is 100% auth as heck and the opposite of bodily autonomy so it isn't as simple as you might think. But I agree, this skews left hard.

[@wallacewallaby5782]

@@TheGooseIsLoose9000 The "lockdowns" probably aren't quite what you think they were. We were free to leave our homes for shopping (obviously), for exercise, walk the dog, for work etc. My life was mostly unchanged during them. The vaccines are a non-issue just like wearing pants is a non-issue. They're free, easy to get and have minimal or no side effects in the interest of protecting the population. The US also has forced vaccinations for various diseases already.

[@matthewdemarey4762]

Living in the U.S and seeing the results of this test genuinely makes me wonder...why is the Silent Majority still silent? I mean, I am part of it so I can probably answer that question, but...at the same time I also wonder how long we can live in a world we clearly hate before we start speaking out. I've always wondered if I should ever just speak out in my community, maybe try and rally something peaceful together that would eventually unite enough of the country to push for the real change I believe most of us want. Big dream, I know. But I dunno. Either way this was really interesting. I know it's heavily skewed towards the U.S but I live in it, so this really gave me some good insight on some things

[@russellharrell2747]

The silent majority is still a product of a society that values order and stability. We are very comfortable in our living situations usually but also have no time outside of work and other responsibilities to get involved in politics. We are too busy propping up a broken system to be able to fix. And that’s by design.

[@dontmisunderstand6041]

They're not silent. The majority does not and has never ruled America. We have no power here.

[@jayburn00]

I'm pleasantly surprised in a way, since authoritarianism seems to have made a comeback both in Europe and the US to a degree (look at Hungary, Turkey, Poland to a somewhat lesser extent, and even the US). I think your subscribers are probably better educated than the average viewer though.

[@ambralemon]

It's a complex topic really. Europe has this issue because of the very old population it has and most of said demographic has a shallow education. One example I could bring about is how a person I know kept talking about being socialist, while for years they were actually wrongfully stating that, since I found out what they meant was actually that they supported the Italian *SOCIAL* Movement (MSI), a far right fascist movement.

[@kevinbell5674]

@@ambralemon Either way your friend was authoritarian.

[@constructapex2021]

education isnt limited to school, the irony is that in school it is sometimes taught that it is the only way to receive education