Where do you consider yourself political PART 2

A good chunk are, I'll sometimes dress like a chav.

The last thread I created raised a lot of controversy with a lot of people questioning the descriptions I used to describe each of the political positions. The descriptions weren't meant to be literal, but rather to give you an idea of the some of the principles associated with that particular political allegiance. Instead, I thought I'd create a more realistic political compass consisting of both domestic and economic policies.

Mark yourself out of 10 and plot yourself on the graph below.

Domestic (x/10):
1) You believe in institutional racism and the patriarchy.
2) You believe in gay marriage.
3) You believe in euthanasia.
4) You believe in restorative justice. - Depends
5) You believe in drug decriminalisation.
6) You believe in positive discrimination.
7) You believe in gender equality.
8) You believe in multiculturalism.
9) You believe in social justice and the common good.
10) You believe in secularism.

Economic (x/10):
1) You believe in the free market.
2) You believe in less red tape and regulation.
3) You believe in individual prosperity and "The American Dream".
4) You believe in globalisation and transnational cooperation.
5) You believe the minimum wage hurts businesses and employment.
6) You believe in equality of opportunity over equality of outcome.
7) You believe the rich are entitled to a better quality of living.
8) You believe in small government and privatisation.
9) You believe in a flat rate of income tax.
10) You believe the engineer is more important than the writer.



Just if anyone's interested, I'd consider myself (5) for domestic and (9) for economic.

Remember to register your outcome on the poll, too!

Minor stuff: unsavoury stuff said to me, police acting funny with me like if they came to do some kind of workshop/talk-every year about the 'dangers' of Halloween at my school, and passive aggressive things about race while clearly directed at me during discussions. It's got better now though because my college is very mixed ethnically, but my school was predominantly white.

To me that sounds like just regular racism at worst, not institutional racism. I mean, the police have been a bit funny with me sometimes and I have had security follow me around shops occasionally and I'm white.

Of course a major limitation with personal experience is not being able to live as somebody else to make a comparison. And we may often be inclined to believe people are treating us in certain ways for particular reasons, when really we have no clue. The conclusions we make can also be rooted in biases or what we've been taught by others. For example, if a police officer is harsh or unfriendly to me, I'm not going to assume this was due to racism, whereas a black person more likely would.

For all we know, most 'racism' people experience in day-to-day life was never actually racism in the first place. But our assumptions then feed a self-affirming cycle of confirmation bias.

The last thread I created raised a lot of controversy with a lot of people questioning the descriptions I used to describe each of the political positions. The descriptions weren't meant to be literal, but rather to give you an idea of the some of the principles associated with that particular political allegiance. Instead, I thought I'd create a more realistic political compass consisting of both domestic and economic policies.

Mark yourself out of 10 and plot yourself on the graph below.

Domestic (x/10):
1) You believe in institutional racism and the patriarchy.
2) You believe in gay marriage.
3) You believe in euthanasia.
4) You believe in restorative justice.
5) You believe in drug decriminalisation.
6) You believe in positive discrimination.
7) You believe in gender equality.
8) You believe in multiculturalism.
9) You believe in social justice and the common good.
10) You believe in secularism.

Economic (x/10):
1) You believe in the free market.
2) You believe in less red tape and regulation.
3) You believe in individual prosperity and "The American Dream".
4) You believe in globalisation and transnational cooperation.
5) You believe the minimum wage hurts businesses and employment.
6) You believe in equality of opportunity over equality of outcome.
7) You believe the rich are entitled to a better quality of living.
8) You believe in small government and privatisation.
9) You believe in a flat rate of income tax.
10) You believe the engineer is more important than the writer.



Just if anyone's interested, I'd consider myself (5) for domestic and (9) for economic.

Remember to register your outcome on the poll, too!

Domestic (7/10):
1) You believe in institutional racism and the patriarchy.
2) You believe in gay marriage.
3) You believe in euthanasia.
4) You believe in restorative justice.
5) You believe in drug decriminalisation.
6) You believe in positive discrimination.
7) You believe in gender equality.
8) You believe in multiculturalism.
9) You believe in social justice and the common good. <--- depends on what is meant by social justice
10) You believe in secularism.

Economic (8/10):
1) You believe in the free market.
2) You believe in less red tape and regulation.
3) You believe in individual prosperity and "The American Dream".
4) You believe in globalisation and transnational cooperation. <----More or less. I don't like the UN and international law
5) You believe the minimum wage hurts businesses and employment.
6) You believe in equality of opportunity over equality of outcome.
7) You believe the rich are entitled to a better quality of living.
8) You believe in small government and privatisation.
9) You believe in a flat rate of income tax.
10) You believe the engineer is more important than the writer.