- 12 Feb 2010 23:15
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"When do you ask yourself, 'Maybe everyone else isn't wrong for using the definitions of words; maybe I'm wrong for making up new definitions of words and then using them as crude slurs' -TiG
This represents everything gathered up. The only change from this to the web page will be some style issues, and the fact that the questions will be randomized and the mention of the axis removed. I envision a front page with many links and definitions for as many items as seem relevant.
Discussion on any topic is still open, from layout to issues with individual questions. I will say though, that at this point, if a question bugs you, please suggest a way to fix it, it's too late now to simply say "that sucks Demo" without helping me fix it. Also note, each axis has a bias balance, 5 questions are worded in favor of one side, 5 the other. If you suggest something make sure it fits the same bias as the one you want to replace. Also for other reasons related to coding, try and keep it as close to the original question's meaning as possible.
I am wide open to adding or changing anything in Demographic sections. Particularly if I've missed or wrongly associated some general regions to one another. (For instance, is "Western Europe" too broad?) Bear in mind, these regions will be set up to analyze over all political positions in said region.
Thanks again, and remember, the more input the better! Even if I don't appear to take it under consideration I've read and noted everything posted in this section! If you'd like to submit a link to a question or for anything else, please make it easy on me and reprint the question in your post including what axis it belongs to, and format the link as well. Thanks! For uniformity, I tried to stick with wiki for definitions, where possible.
Discussion on any topic is still open, from layout to issues with individual questions. I will say though, that at this point, if a question bugs you, please suggest a way to fix it, it's too late now to simply say "that sucks Demo" without helping me fix it. Also note, each axis has a bias balance, 5 questions are worded in favor of one side, 5 the other. If you suggest something make sure it fits the same bias as the one you want to replace. Also for other reasons related to coding, try and keep it as close to the original question's meaning as possible.
I am wide open to adding or changing anything in Demographic sections. Particularly if I've missed or wrongly associated some general regions to one another. (For instance, is "Western Europe" too broad?) Bear in mind, these regions will be set up to analyze over all political positions in said region.
Thanks again, and remember, the more input the better! Even if I don't appear to take it under consideration I've read and noted everything posted in this section! If you'd like to submit a link to a question or for anything else, please make it easy on me and reprint the question in your post including what axis it belongs to, and format the link as well. Thanks! For uniformity, I tried to stick with wiki for definitions, where possible.
The Quiz wrote:Demographic questions:
1) Which area best describes the region you most closely identify with politically, whether you were born or raised there?
A) Western Europe
B) Eastern Europe
C) North America- Central Canada- Northern US.
D) North America- US West Coast, and Vancouver
E) North America- US East Coast, Quebec and all provinces to the east, including the maritimes
F) North America- US Mid-west, All other Canadian locations
G) North American- US South
H) Latin America (Mexico and the rest of Central America)
I) Latin America (Colombia, plus all of South America)
J) Asia ( the Middle East)
K) Asia (China and Taiwan)
L) Asia (Southeast Asia)
M) Asia (India/Pakistan)
N) Asia (Japan)
O) Asia (All Others)
P) Australia/New Zealand
Q) Africa (North Africa- along the Med. Sea)
R)Africa West Africa
S) Africa- East Africa
T) Africa- South Africa
2) How old are you
1) 18-21
2) 22-25
2) 26-30
3) 31-35
4) 36-40
5) 41-49
6) 50-59
7) 60-6970+
3) What is your sex:
1) Female
2) Male
4) What is your highest level of formal education
1) Less than high school
2) High school diploma
3) Some College
4) Technical School degree/Associate’s Degree
5) Bachelor’s Degree
6) Master’s Degree (Or equivalent)
7) Doctorate
5) Prior to the test, how would you have described yourself politically? (Please choose the most accurate)
1) Conservative (American/Dutch)
2) Right Libertarian
3) Fascist
4) Liberal (American)
5) Liberal Democrat
6) Progressive
7) Social Democrat
9) Marxist, Stalin
10) Left Libertarian
11) Anarchist
12) Non-ideological
13) Other
14) I didn't know
6) Following the test, would you say your results are:
A) Very Accurate! I love you guys!
B) Mostly Accurate.
C) Somewhat Accurate.
D) You guys totally blew this one.
E) This was the worst test ever. I hate you guys!
7) How can we improve the test?
[Fill in the blank]
A) Yes
B) No
Protectionist vs Free Trader
1) It is sometimes necessary to erect trade barriers around hostile or unconcerned foreign imports, despite a larger belief in the virtues of a free market.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
2) Your nation can sell blue jeans for prices between $20-$25 per pair. Foreign competition can do so for $10 if allowed to enter the country at free market rates. However, this would eventually force your domestic jean makers to go out of business. In this case, some kind of import tax on the foreign made jeans is not only necessary but patriotic.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
3) Economics Nobel prize winner and trade theorist Paul Krugman once famously stated that, "If there were an Economist’s Creed, it would surely contain the affirmations 'I understand the Principle of Comparative Advantage' and 'I advocate Free Trade'." In considering this quote of Krugman's, you generally...
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
4) Your nation is developing its industrial capacity. However, you cannot compete with the prices of foreign made goods due to serious inequities in the labor market abroad. In order to compete and build your domestic capacity, it is only reasonable to raise tariffs on the foreign industrial produced goods that can be sold in your nation.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
5) One way a government should protect its domestic markets is through the use of the import tariff.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
6) Should your nation base it's foreign policy on the fact that, according to Herman Daly,Ricardo's Theory of Comparative Advantage is now obsolete because the new globalization regime causes capital to flow to wherever costs are lowest- that is. As this proves Absolute Advantage as opposed to Comparative Advantage, it is sound foreign policy.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
7) The Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union represents a sound policy that keeps Europe’s internal markets strong, and allows them to profit from a production surplus that would otherwise cause such a drop in prices that the entire market would go under. That other developing nations may be harmed by the policy is none of the EU member nations’ concerns.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
9) Every nation should have free and unrestricted access to every other nation’s good and services and vice versa, no matter how this affects either domestic or foreign business as this is the ultimate triumph of supply and demand, and indeed Capitalism!
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
10) An established economic theory holds that: ’The prosperity of a nation is dependent upon its supply of capital, and that the global volume of international trade is "unchangeable." Economic assets or capital, are represented by bullion (gold, silver, and trade value) held by the state, which is best increased through a positive balance of trade with other nations (exports minus imports) and assumes wealth and monetary assets are identical.’ This theory suggests that the ruling government should advance these goals by playing a protectionist role in the economy; by encouraging exports and discouraging imports, notably through the use of tariffs and subsidies and I agree with this.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
11) If a foreign nation places a hostile tariff on my nation, I would consider it an act of war.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
Controlled Market vs. Liberal Market
1. Businesses cannot be trusted to regulate themselves.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
2. Individuals acting in their own self-interest will lead to positive social outcomes via the invisible hand of the market.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
3. Monopolies are impossible in a free market.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
4. Government action is needed to stimulate the economy during economic downturns.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
5. The free market leads to the most efficient allocation of resources.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
6. Private property rights are fundamental to a healthy economy.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
7. Market solutions are inadequate for managing the commons.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
8. There are certain public services which are best provided by government.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
9. Central banks are needed to control the money supply.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
10. Government intervention inevitably creates more problems than it solves.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
11). If a necessary industry is losing money and laying off most of its workers, it is sometimes necessary for the government to take it over in order to continue to provide the people with its essential goods.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
Big Government vs Small Government
1) The Market is the best solution to any problem facing any society.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
2) I’m glad my government offers education, welfare, mail service, police, roads, and fire departments and I’d like it to continue doing so.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
3) Government should not intervene in a woman’s life, no matter the circumstances.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
4) I support a large, well funded military force capable of fighting two simultaneous wars at once.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
5) Private schools always outperform public schools because market forces are better equipped to handle education than non-profits ever could be.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
6) A government that provides healthcare to its citizens becomes bloated and will never offer this necessary service at a premium level.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
7) Bailouts are simply a way the government can reward and prop up wasteful corporations and business practices. Allowing them to fail represents a truly free market.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
8 ) We have a moral obligation to our people to intervene militarily in other nations’ affairs when these affairs affect our own national interests.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
9) Vice laws are necessary to protect public morality and enforce ethical conduct amongst the populace.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
10) Funding the arts and artists, and giving them the creative space they need to complete their works, provides much needed artistic expression to society at large, where without this funding many artistic projects would never be realized. As a result of this I always support government programs that provide funding these artists.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
11) If my Government were to subsidize automobiles due to the fact that my nation is very sparsely populated, I would consider this a necessary evil.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
Nationalist vs. Internationalist
1) The more we learn, the more obvious it becomes that everything in the world is connected
A. Strongly Agree
B. Agree
C. Neutral
D. Disagree
E. Strongly Disagree
2) The nation is a living entity that deserves respect and protection
A. Strongly Agree
B. Agree
C. Neutral
D. Disagree
E. Strongly Disagree
3) Industry within a country has a fundamental right to advance, regardless of international concerns (wages abroad, pollution, etc).
A. Strongly Agree
B. Agree
C. Neutral
D. Disagree
E. Strongly Disagree
4) External wars are a case of “Rich man’s war, poor man’s fight.”
A. Strongly Agree
B. Agree
C. Neutral
D. Disagree
E. Strongly Disagree
5) It is crucial to understand that though the development of nations happened independently and in different ways, the development of nations is part of a larger and shared world history
A. Strongly Agree
B. Agree
C. Neutral
D. Disagree
E. Strongly Disagree
6) It is difficult, and perhaps even impossible, for someone from a foreign nation to be expected to become a truly loyal citizen of my country.
A. Strongly Agree
B. Agree
C. Neutral
D. Disagree
E. Strongly Disagree
7) In an ideal system, there should be more important international forums in which to work. Perhaps, ultimately, an international government.
A. Strongly Agree
B. Agree
C. Neutral
D. Disagree
E. Strongly Disagree
8 ) The concept of a national border should be emphasized as much as possible
A. Strongly Agree
B. Agree
C. Neutral
D. Disagree
E. Strongly Disagree
9) I am a citizen of the world.
A. Strongly Agree
B. Agree
C. Neutral
D. Disagree
E. Strongly Disagree
10) Interaction with the rest of the world is more trouble than it is worth. Each nation should strive to handle their own affairs as easily and efficiently as possible.
A. Strongly Agree
B. Agree
C. Neutral
D. Disagree
E. Strongly Disagree
11) Under a world government where nations have become states or provinces under a larger social framework, the ability to mediate disputes and the sense of commonality of all people in the world would far outweigh the possible negatives of a loss of the sense of the national culture of individual nations.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
Marxist Vs. Non-Marxist
1) The workers and owners of a business both ultimately share the same interests, so they should work together to maximize profits for the business.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
2) It is completely ethical to make your fortune by manipulating money. Those who complain about this practice not contributing to society, miss the entire point of Capitalism.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
3) Society is not divided into opposing classes based on the ownership of the means of production.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
4) The ruling ideas of each age have been the ideas of the ruling class. The ruling material force is also the ruling intellectual force.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
5) One of the primary purposes of the educational system is to reproduce the existing class hierarchy rather than just educating the population.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
6) The economic means of production such as factories, machines, and tools should always be privately owned.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
7) The world is dominated by Capitalist-Imperialist powers propelled by the need to perpetually expand and invest in new markets and exploit new raw materials.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
8 ) The process of globalization is fundamentally characterized by the exploitation of the periphery countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America by the capitalist class in the metropolitan centers of North America, Australia and Western Europe.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
9) “From each according to his abilities, to each according to his need” is a fundamentally flawed idea.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
10) Capitalism will ultimately be replaced by socialism which will in turn be followed by communism in a revolution led by the working classes against the capitalist classes.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
11) If a true socialist revolution occurred and the means of production were seized by the revolutionary proletariat, it would be ethical and perhaps necessary to purge the former capitalist owners of said means of production if they continue to actively resist the new dictatorship of the working classes.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
Individual vs. Social
1) Rugged Individualism should be a way of life that everyone aspires too.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
2) If the state will ask me to lay down my life for it, It is reasonable to ask the state to help me maintain my life in return.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
3) Taxation is a form of theft from the individual.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
4) At the height of the cold war, when tensions between the former USSR and the US were at their highest, both societies were at their peaks, as both nations had a plan and a focus.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
5) If my neighbor needs help, I don’t mind pitching in as I know sooner or later, I’ll need a cup of sugar.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
6) Public schools are an example of a failed government program
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
7) Since we know in the US that “Public schools” were first begun by corporations seeking to train better employees for their factories, it is reasonable to deduct that they will never function in a much higher capacity now or in the future.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
8 ) I would be willing to pay a higher rate of taxation (up to 50%) in order to enjoy extra government benefits like free tertiary education, healthcare (if you don’t already get this), extra vacation and sick leave, as well as some kind of modest retirement package.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
9) Because the government is by nature, not-for-profit, it cannot run anything as efficiently as a for-profit corporation or other privately run business, therefore enacting social programs under the framework of government is an exercise in futility and overspending.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
10) I am my brother’s keeper.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
11) If I grow wheat and my neighbor grows chickens, the easiest solution so that we may both share in each other’s harvests to simply trade items on some mutually agreed upon even keel basis.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
Moral Absolutist Vs. Non-absolutist
1) Killing another human being is always wrong.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
2) If your spouse fell ill and you could not afford the medicine that would save his/her life, it would be morally acceptable to steal only what he/she needs to survive.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
3) It is ok to kill someone in self defense.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
4) I wouldn’t endorse outright slavery, and in some situations in the third world, where arguing a laborer’s situation is different than slavery is mostly semantics, I find the situation intolerable.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
5) If my mother were a criminal I would not help the law convict her.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
6) I would never, under any circumstances commit a white collar crime.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
7) If 90% of the people in a society agree that crimes against children are morally acceptable, then they are morally acceptable within that society.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
9) Life has no meaning other than the meaning I give it.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
10) As an employee of the company I work for I understand that it is unethical and perhaps immoral to steal from it.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
11) “I used to love her but I had to kill her”
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
Theist Vs. Materialist
1) There are “No voices in the sky. Confusion blinds the eye.”
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
2) Because there is a material basis for everything, Democritus was correct: ”out of nothing, comes nothing.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
3) The difference between humans and animals is more than just physical, it’s also spiritual.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
4) Our interaction with the world is chiefly defined by our interaction with matter.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
5) I can relate to, and have a connection with the following quote: “A sensation of 'eternity', a feeling as of something limitless, unbounded--as it were, 'oceanic'”.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
6) Ideology is a result of material conditions
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
7) Material science will eventually be able to explain phenomena it has not so far been able to explain.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
9) "Some of the most important things in life have no relationship to [the] material in any way whatsoever"
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
10) Only the wealthy can afford morality.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
11) Most of the holy books written on earth have some divine presence in them, the spiritual truth most of them contain is undeniably inspired by a higher hand than man.
A) Strongly Agree
B) Agree
C) No Opinion
D) Disagree
E) Strongly Disagree
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