I also did the ISideWith, and I nearly fell out of my chair laughing at this.
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Move the fuck over, Bernie "right-wing fascist neo-Nazi punk" Sanders!
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Being a pain to get the photo on a phone.
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I slightly disagree with this one on the justice aspect. I think it got skewed because I said there are cases the death penalty is justified and disagreed with abolishing prisons. (I mean fuck, what kind of question is that? You still use the fucking things even for rehabilitation, they're not just all Shawshank.)
I also think it just kinda didn't know how to respond since there were many I just didn't have an opinion on or care about, like lowering the retirement age. I'm in my fucking 20s in a generation that likely will never be able to retire. Fuck do I care about retirement?
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I don't remember a single question about religious matters on the isidewith test at all, and I viewed every single question.
I also refused to answer the questions about which candidate or party I support. You tell me, that's what your site is for after all.
Why does this thread make me feel like a moderate compared to the rest of the forum? I have been called a wing nut for so long, but I uh....
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Yeah....
Had a go at the other one
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Put the progressism and laissez-faire up a bit more and it'd be accurate.
Hilarious they consider Bernie to be an "extreme" socialist.
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Looks mostly right to me.
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Pretty much what I expected really
Is there a source on all the flags?
Their twitter banner seems to have a lot of flags so i assume there should be one somewhere
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I have no idea how I got this opinion-less result
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I love many of Bernie Sanders ideas, so Democratic socialism is a plus!
Ok, not saying anything about you personally, just the test result. The way it looks is like it's saying, "You are fascism." Like the living embodiment of it or something. Same thing with all of them like my "Libertarian Socialism"
Facism is aesthetic
They have an anime avatar, of course they embody fascism.
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A lot of these questions were far too vague to answer honestly, such as "research should be pursued at all costs" - what does that even mean? What kind of research? Medical or military, cultural or political?
Found it amusing that one test said I'm more nationalist while the other said I'm more internationalist. These test always seem kind of bullshit. I probably could get different results if I take it again tomorrow.
I will update this with my results when I am finished with the tests, but already on question five in Politiscales I find a obviously biased question. Offshoring and outsourcing are "evil" stuff guys, don't do it.
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I think I fundamentally don't understand the drives of "Nationalism". The fuck is the point of it?
I mean, I'm proud of my heritage and my country(at least right now anyway), but ya I think more in terms of the human race in general, not in nationalist terms. If my country does something terrible I don't soften my criticism, and if another country does something great I have no problem giving beaming praise. I really wish more people would do away with petty nationalism, but so long as hyper nationalist nations such as Russia and China exist, it really isn't a great idea(given just how powerful nationalism can be in terms of morale).
I hope that when a legitimately working global system of peace is found, we can slowly begin to combine into a true planetary society, not a species with numerous arbitrary boundaries that do nothing but stagnate growth.
theres nothing inherently wrong with nationalism which i don't think a lot of people understand, it's just pride in your nationstate/nation. what people actually get upset about is chauvinism/jingoism.
But why have pride in that?
You were born there, you did nothing to earn it. Pride is for personal achievements.
This thread has been really fun. I'm glad we can post stuff like this in Polidicks now, having it be a general politics discussion/news forum works really well.
I mean there are a lot of people who disagree and feel that even things you didn't personally achieve are worthy of pride, whether it's wear you were born or whatever. Pride is weird like that because is basically, "I'm glad for this and want to show it." Like no kidding it's not logical but the same can be said for a lot of shit, it's just emotional with virtually no logical thought put in to it.
could you clarify what you mean by this? emotion isn't grounded in logic whatsoever
For example,im prood to be greek because of the rich history of my country all the way from the ancient times and how it has shaped and was shaped by history,its a way to show that we are happy that we are the descendants of those who came before us and we want to make them prood by building upon the foundations of our country like them and stand for our values,atleast that is how i see it.
I don't put much stock in these tests but they are a guilty pleasure.
im dumb man i dont know what half of these terms mean
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You have pride in it because a nation and its people are an extended family, it's a shared identity and set of norms that A) lets you relate to people in a cohesive fashion beyond your capacity of knowing 150 people B) mitigates social conflicts with accepted social norms C) is a framework to have children in, which you yourself inherited and grew up within
Pride is not just for personal achievements, pride is also for the piece in a social fabric you make up which itself is a source of stability in a chaotic world. If nobody takes pride in what is commonly held, it falls to pieces to the loss of everyone since we're connected to it whether we like it or not
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