http://www.politicalcompass.org/

Two dimensional political orientation:  basically, authoritarian versus
libertarian on the ordinate and communist versus neo-liberal on the
abscissa.

Short quiz to place you on the map, and a very interesting perspective
on where world political figures stand.

Mike H.

On 9/14/06, Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl> wrote:
> > but most people
> > think of Hitler as having been far right wing.
>
> I don't think seeing AH as leftie is that rare. If leftie means
> egalisation of wealth and a very active government he sure qualifies.
> OTOH militarism is often more associated with rightie than leftie (but
> does that make Stalin and Mao righties? most americans - USA sense -
> won't agree).
>
> Some people say that the opposites meet at the extreme ends of the
> spectrum. I think there is a lot of truth in that opinion.
>
> There are also many more distinctions than right and left, for instance
> religious versus secular.
>
> Wouter van Ooijen
>
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