Political compass for US general election

[Robert]

Got this from comments section on Ars so no idea of the veracity of it and tend to take these things with a pinch of salt anyway but thought it worth posting all the same:

Interesting to me how close the two cheeks of the same arsehole that comprises the Trumpton are to each other. (Assuming any of this means anything at all, which is debatable.)

I did the test myself and it's probably no surprise to anyone here that I'm closest to Stein, albeit I'm apparently more left wing and more libertarian:

The test is here if anyone is interested:
https://www.politicalcompass.org/

 

[redrumloa]

Yeah I don't know about those questions. Anyhow, this is where I am according to it.

 

[ilwrath]

Yeah I don't know about those questions.

Agreed. I come out as

Your Political Compass
Economic Left/Right: -5.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.36

Which puts me solid in green. That really isn't correct, though. On social issues, it's probably fairly close. The state doesn't need to regulate which invisible sky myths I choose to believe, nor do they need to be concerned about who is in my house with me, provided they are legally consenting to be there.

But I'm fairly mid to slightly conservative on economic issues. The problem is that we've removed all the systems and checks that can foster a free market. Free market doesn't mean that companies are free to trample every personal liberty and monopolize every market through the unfettered collection of wealth by any means necessary. While a company's purpose is to make money, there needs to be a framework of regulations to ensure that it is accomplished in a way that doesn't damage the market or liberty, itself.