Social attitudes survey

[bunn]

Here is a social attitudes survey, via huinare
I found this somewhat hilarious, because it kept asking questions in the form 'Our country' or 'We' without taking into account that the facts about'our country' or 'we' are going to be dramatically different depending on which country / 'we' is involved.

It concluded:
"Radicalism 72
Socialism 18.75
Tenderness 40.625

These scores indicate that you are a moderate progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with a liberated atheist. It appears that you are skeptical towards religion, and have a pragmatic attitude towards humanity in general.

Your attitudes towards economics appear laissez-faire capitalist, and combined with your social attitudes this creates the picture of someone who would generally be described as libertarian.

To round out the picture you appear to be, political preference aside, a centrist with few strong opinions."

I have few strong opinions! I am pretty sure that anyone who has met me for more than about 20 seconds would be somewhat amazed by this verdict. I think what they mean is, I can instantly come up with two diametrically-opposed scenarios for almost any question. The ratings for 'socialism' surprised me a bit too!

Comments

[eglantine-br.livejournal.com]

I am a radical tenderhearted socialist-- 91, 87, 50. No surprises there. But, as with many such tests, i wished that the questions had been more detailed.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I think you are the tenderest AND most socialist result I've seen!

I tend to think of those things as not going together but I suppose that is because I immediately think of examples of situations where they haven't, rather than how they *should* be.