The Political Compass

A friend sent me a link to a site called The Political Compass earlier today. The basic premise on this site is that we have over simplified how we view politics. They propose that rather than a simple spectrum from left to right, it is more accurate to look at politics in a quadrant. They have a lot of information about how they ended up with this idea, and you can take a quiz on their site to figure out what quadrant you fit into. I ended up in the one occupied by Nelson Mandela, Ghandi, and the Dalai Lama, which is pretty friggin cool (if you ask me). Try it yourself and find out all of the people you align with politically :)