america-wakiewakie:

In the hopes of prodding along some curiosity in understanding why liberals and conservatives are more like cousins who bicker than two entities with real substantive differences, I am posting these photos from the Political Compass. This is not a perfect representation of political or socioeconomic ideology, however, it was certainly helpful to me in developing my political understanding of the world. My compass test results are the bottom photo. As an anarchist communist, this is pretty accurate of my standing. I encourage the youth following this blog who have questions about where they stand to take the Political Compass test and start asking themselves questions about it. 

For more information, use this essay as a starting point to dig deeper: Democrats & Republicans: A Political Cartel.