From The Political Compass:
“There’s abundant evidence for the need of it. The old one-dimensional categories of ‘right’ and ‘left’, established for the seating arrangement of the French National Assembly of 1789, are overly simplistic for today’s complex political landscape. For example, who are the ‘conservatives’ in today’s Russia? Are they the unreconstructed Stalinists, or the reformers who have adopted the right-wing views of conservatives like Margaret Thatcher?
On the standard left-right scale, how do you distinguish leftists like Stalin and Gandhi? It’s not sufficient to say that Stalin was simply more left than Gandhi. There are fundamental political differences between them that the old categories on their own can’t explain. Similarly, we generally describe social reactionaries as ‘right-wingers’, yet that leaves left-wing reactionaries like Robert Mugabe and Pol Pot off the hook.”
Take five minutes and see where you stand on the Political Compass. Click on the image up top to go to the website. On the main page, there is a link at the top left of the page to start your quiz.
It shows that I’m: Economic Left/Right: +4.75
It shows that I’m: Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: +2.97
Meaning: Authoritarian Right (and so are most world leaders, like Thatcher and Hitler!)
OR, take The shortest political quiz (literally 30 seconds) and see where you sit. It shows I’m conservative.