They really are terribly written, though. I think he and Ben both went along explaining the problems with the premises and vagueness of them to show how there's no 'correct' answer to some of them, because it's asking the equivalent of "When will you stop beating your wife?" or "Why are you a racist?"
The questions start out bad, get better, then get bad again. If you really think making someone buy into a premise to answer a question is a good survey then you shouldn't even be talking.
When Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev spent two weeks in the U.S did that make the U.S Soviet sympathisers?! I believe the term you are looking for is Diplomatic Relations And in Sanders case also killing two birds with one stone. My God critise Bernie Sanders, nobody is above criticism but whenever I hear this honeymoon "talking point", Whoever made it sounds stupid, and no yeah just really dumb, It takes five seconds of reading to figure out why, so using it is either lazy or dishonest!
@@stevenengland7244 Vermont had started a Sister city campaign "Lake Champlain launched a sister-city program with Yaroslavl, located 160 miles northeast of Moscow". Sanders in his official capacity as Mayor of Burlington, as a gesture of goodwill and in the interest of Diplomatic Relations used this opportunity to visit said City. To this day many U.S states have Russian sister cities. What was the appeal for Nikita Khrushchev to visit the United States? Are you saying politicians don't perform diplomatic visits? And they only ever make these visits for ideological reasons?
@@WiloPolis03 they actually were. Similar to the Persians our perception today is highly colored by political propaganda of the time. The Persians were a highly progressive and tolerant empire, which had made great advances in technology and thinking in some cases even more so than the greeks.
Only people with no clue about Astrology wouldn't agree with that comment. ON January 12, 2020 Saturn (planet reflecting structure, boundaries, karma and discipline) attained a conjunction with Pluto (planet reflecting transformation through death and the unveiling of deeply buried (secrets, treasures, etc.) in the zodiac sign of Capricorn (area of governments, corporations, and other institutions (media, the collegiate circuit, etc.) Most powerful clash of these forces that has been experienced in the last 400 years. Made more impactful as Jupiter (planet of expansiveness) conjuncted Pluto at the end of March. Nothing in any of these areas will remain unchanged.
imagine michael being on a first date “michael if you could have any superpower what what it be” “well that’s a completely bogus question i can’t have any superpower”
Well it's a bit confusing, because one could assume it's in a string of conclusions, like "If children are primarily educated in public schools, then the state controls education. If the state controls education, then students can be indoctrinated in its agenda". We commonly use 'if' even when the statement is something we believe to be fact simply to demonstrate that the conclusion follows from that premise. Michael was assuming the political compass test was presuming economic globalization inevitability as fact. Besides, the political compass test isn't written to illicit one's political philosophy or policy preferences, it's meant to illicit emotional reactions to different alternatives, attempting to classify people politically according to their psychological values. If anything's stupid it's the test.
@Elsewhere He agreed some people are naturally lucky and didn't strongly disagree about race superiority. Add astrology to this. Basically he believes some people are just born better. You can guess where his train of thought is going ...
Abwehr 888 The joke is that the media has been calling everyone “literally Hitler” for years now. Just like with racism, sexism etc., it’s getting old. But yeah no that’s fine call him a Bolshevik.
@@ooheeh2264 Except it says the country not government. Loads of people in Nazi Germany risked their lives hiding Jews from the Nazi's. They still supported their country as they were the Germans to rebuild it under Allied Supervision but they by no means supported the fascist government.
2020vision 03 I’d always support my country “wether it were right or wrong.” This questions context recognizes the government and says that if my country is doing something wrong, i.e the Holocaust, then you choose to recognize the wrong and fight back OR accept it or even get involved murdering innocent people.
@@ooheeh2264 country does not equal government. The US doesn't become a new country every 2 years (when elections take place). The US is the same country it was since it was founded, despite numerous changes of government. You can do what's best for your country aka support your country by going against an evil dictator. If someone took down the Nazi's from inside Germany and installed a good form of government, wouldn't that be beneficial to Germany since it would then have a better foundation to stand on? Would you say the Framers of the Constitution were traitors to the US since they created a better government than the one set up by the Articles of Confederation?
I present to you: Earth's dumbest man, truly a high bar, the competition was fierce, but this guy, through grit and determination won out. Congratulations! (This is a description of Knowles, not the commenter).
“Has many superior qualities” There wouldn’t be cultural exchange or so called appropriation if it weren’t true. But even on the biological level, melanin alone can have a pretty big impact on where you can live without either getting burned or be dependent on vit d supplements.
@@moej3911 that’s not really a valid read, but by sentence was convoluted to some extent. I’m saying superiority and inferiority are the same thing as preference, which is subjective and personal. Want to go into a tight cave? Being smaller is likely preferable, i.e. superior. Same thing in reverse with basketball. Same thing also with wine that displays certain characteristics in Italy but also less formally with wines that are aged longer. To cut to the chase, high melanin is a superior quality for anybody who wishes to endure a high dose of solar irradiation, while avoiding skin cancer as well as skin degradation. Except for the health opposing masochists, for whom the opposite would be true. Therefore any group, be it genetic, or social, is almost guaranteed to have members who are knowingly, as well as unknowingly, superior and inferior in multiple ways, in contrast to other groups. And btw, whiteness is an adaptation to lower radiation in northern latitudes. Since less uv light is absorbed by pigment, vit d production is higher. Conversely high melanin in northern latitudes equates to a low vit d status without artificial supplementation.
I'm not personally religious but it seems to be perceived as an outright character flaw these days, which is absurd. Christians in particular seem to be demonized
Lexi 1992 well , its also supposed to give a defining label (right/left; authoritarian/libertarian) based on your responses. If the responses are flimsy because the questions are written with ambiguity how can it generally label a person into the most appropriate quadrant. There probably are some assumptions made for certain responses to the questions
@@ingwerschorle_ I dont drink tho, I never said anything about alcohol. Drugs, alcohol and Smoking are all bad unless its medical or alcohol used in moderation.
I cannot imagine a person answer or think about these question in a more idiotic manner. *Overanalyzes a question meant for an eighth grader to seem really smart*
@Usuário Sarcástico They are written in a way that an eight year old could understand. Stop being obtuse to be obtuse. Also, eighth graders should care about politics and government.. they also will likely will take a government class in high school in the next few years.
@Usuário Sarcástico I have to assume english is not your first language, so we can just part ways since you cannot understand the words which I have typed, sorry about that.
Even less so. At least the crystals are pretty and the oils smell good. Astrology doesn't even work with accurate star charts anymore, nevermind the metaphysical bunk.
Read born on a rotten day... Also what does my belief in astrology have to do with my politics. Also if you’re going to call bs on one bit of faith based thinking don’t you have go full atheist or are your faith based beliefs legit because.
@@loganmarlow5519 the daily wire cant tell the difference between socialism, communism, marxism, liberalism, social democracy, fascism, and the welfare state. When Michael Knowles says that the quiz was made "by a lib," I bet you he thinks that liberal means left wing or socialist, which it does not. There is no reason to listen to the Daily Wire. There are very highly rated sources that lean slight right like the Economist. And they are liberal. The Daily Wire also has a "mixed" fact check rating. Which is not good.
@@user-oj3vv1yz5w That would be ignoring ideologies such as Leninism, State Capitalism, Stalinism, and on the flip side, Right-Libertarianism, Anarcho-Capitalism, Minarchism, and Jeffery Epstein
@Usuário Sarcástico 19:49 'What goes on in the private bedroom between CONSENTING adults...' How in the fuck did he manage to fuck this question up so hard?
@Usuário Sarcástico See, now you're doing the exact same thing. The question clearly isn't meant to be about abuse. It's about a persons freedom to do what they like in their own home so long as it doesn't infringe upon someone else's rights. To read it your way is to completely disregard what the quiz is trying to figure out about you. In other words you're trying to outsmart a fucking quiz.
@Sauce Money Yeah. his answer on the government being able to dictate what consenting adults do in their private bedrooms disturbed me. Until then I disagreed with him, but understood his answers and was fine with them. That however, is just a step too much to totalitarianism.
@Sauce Money Going with the last thing you wrote I assume you also strongly disagree with his view on the Government dictating the sex life of consenting adults, right? I still find this answer of him much more disturbing than the cannabis one, as much as I disagree with that as well.
@Sauce Money Good to know ;) . What about his opinion that you need to be religious to be moral? That is one thing I also disagree with him. I believe that Christianity was a main factor in forming our western (in my opinion superior) morals, but you don't need to be religious to live these morals.
A Stinky Boy The issue is that half of them aren’t even political questions. Tell me where “modern art” or “is being gay a choice” lands. That’s rhetorical of course, but the test is absolutely stupid
When everyone says “questions” but they’re actually generalized statements that span all across the political spectrum to see where you stand on that spectrum. They aren’t questions. It’s to best gauge your generalized idea on politics. You should know your beliefs. If you jump all over the place with these statements, how can one say they have a firm political belief?
I agree with him though. Your leader can be very wrong, but the collective group of people almost always are good and right. Even in the most corrupt countries this applies. Also, you need patriotism or your country can't ever improve. You shouldn't be cocky, but you still need patriotism.
@@coolperson4644 It depends how you define country in this particular context I viewed the question to mean a action taken by the leader on behalf of the nation. So when Richard Nixon bombed Cambodia.....that is the Us bombing Cambodia....which is wrong imo. But it is vague for sure.
@@coolperson4644 "you still need patriotism" why? like seriously why? and that's not what the question is trying to get at. it's clearly more in reference to stuff like military action and foreign relations. that's the only time it makes sense to refer to the actions of an entire country. he tried to sound smart and accidentally admitted to nationalism.
Right? Like I myself don’t want to do that kind of thing in the bedroom, but that’s my personal choice. Why tf should I care about what another couple wants to do in the privacy of their own bedroom ? As long as it’s consensual, and they aren’t minors then why should anyone care
@Usuário Sarcástico there is a line between consent and psychological manipulation. Determining consent can be difficult. My comment was just pointing out that Knowles’ explanation wasn’t very substantive
Well, why should they be able to? The argument that it's two consenting adults is arbitrary, because what constitutes consenting adult? Why ages 16 or 18? You're the problem, not him, the difference is you're too ignorant to look in the mirror and know that you're the problem. Funny how you're complaining about someone being judgmental, by judging them, and also learn how to capitalize "God".
If you're a Christian, you believe in demons and the devil. You probably also believe that demons can influence people, including being able to impart knowledge to them. Demons aren't incapable of telling the truth, and I assume they frequently do so in order to establish credibility with astrologists. If you're not a Christian, or spiritual in another way, then yes, astrology would seem phony, but so would Christianity.
I like watching people elaborate on these questions. It shows a lot more about their thoughts and assumptions on reality than the answers they could give on the test.
Likely because race is a meaningless issue to many, they arent racist but they either see little to no racism or they see hate groups like BLM or KKK cancelling each other out. Race isnt a big deal, you may also just say disagree if you feel like races have different cultures or a hat you like goes better with a black or a white person.
@William Magee Again, this is just a different view of the question. I put strongly disagree but me and many others, some of them would say just disagree, just dont feel strongly on race at all.
@@karlstrauss2330 I dont know what that has to do with what I said. The idea that international laws have any meaning is idiotic though because there is no international body to enforce them. Laws do not go beyond a border, never have and never will.
@@PengWinUA-cam UN peacekeepers have a reputation for leaving an area when it begins to become dangerous, and the UN security council has the downside of having geopolitical adversaries on the council. Russia can veto anything against itself, the US can do the same, and so on. Most international bodies like these suffer from the fatal flaw that there is no international consensus on what their policy should be. There are serious human rights abusers who sit on the UN human rights commission, so that's never going to accomplish anything as long as they get a say in its policy. International law is probably the weakest form of law, and the least enforced.
Has this guy never been asked a hypothetical question before? "If economic globalisation is inevitable..." It's not. "Those with the ability to pay should have access to higher standards of medical care." They do.
His comprehension is awful: Q: State doesn’t have any business in what goes on in the bedroom between two CONSENTING individuals Knowles: Well what if the man is abusing his wife? Dude thinks he’s so much smarter than he is.
@@roohitlal7087 Would you let someone who has a problem with cutting themselves cut themselves? Consensual abuse is an illness and is classified as a paraphillia. Always has been. High co-morbidity with other illnesses as well.
@Trade Bum Simmons nope germany was wrong at the time because leaders control the country really obvious alsk the question asked if knowles would support his country's wrongdoings he said agree
@Trade Bum Simmons country isnt anything except a piece of land the question was obviously directed at how the humans on the land are within that piece of land thats pretty obvious
@Trade Bum Simmons no one refers to the land that you live in when they say a country is wrong it was a meaningless argument in a desperate attempt to appear smart
These questions are very leading and slanted to make the taker think they are a communist, interesting. Not as good as the original World’s Smallest Political Quiz and certainly not unbiased.
I had a professor in college ask whether we thought women should be allowed to vote and be paid the same wage as a man if she did the same job as him, and when we all assented to these perfectly uncontroversial premises, she declared that we were all feminists and just hadn't known it.
@@Cryptic0013 If by 'feminist' the professor was harkening to the original feminists, then yes. If the professor means the majority of people calling themselves such today, very much no.
Arturius Rex 8 Considering the context and the fact that this was a statement meant to generate outrage (rightly so at that), I would say the implicated timeline is more modern.
Arturius Rex 8, the point is not about how feminist the students were or were not. The point is the test does results do not say enough to be used to make claims about it.
Agreed. How is a plant that grows with zero help in the wild a new thing? Just because the Bible didn't explicitly mention it doesn't mean it should be illegal. The Bible also says God supplied medicine in nature
I'm a conservative against death penalty, but only because of the risk that the state executes someone innocent. Morally I feel that there are some crimes so gruesome that could only deserve death.
I'm conservative against death-penalty, mainly because I'm of the belief that we as people have no right to take another's life (this goes for abortion, too). However, I believe it's good to have something like that in our justice system, otherwise, with no certain risk of death for more serious crimes, less would take it and the laws seriously. Just my opinion, though.
I conditionally support death penalty only if they make investigations more about cases. It should be enforced if criminals aren't successfully rehabilitated.
I support the existence of the death penalty. But I do not support as widespread use as some conservatives. I would never use the death penalty for one murder, for example. And I would also make sure the evidence is overwhelming. I would use the death penalty for someone like Timothy McVeigh or John wayne gacy.
Lol "bored enough and self obsessed enough to waste 25 minutes taking a quiz about what you already knew" I love it. And I am sitting here watching it on UA-cam. This is great ironic comedy here
@@josephsaab7208 Yeah, but he’s also pro choice, wants to legalise weed, and wants to reduce the number of people in prison. That doesn’t sound very authoritarian.
Conclusion: There's a manipulative agenda behind vaguely phrased questions. Apparently the only questions he answered immediately are the only straightforward questions.
A. Alzate I actually checked out the quiz online, and it said that the “questions” were intentionally vague “to trigger reactions in the mind, measuring feelings and prejudices rather than detailed opinions on policy.” I’m not arguing that it’s a good or reliable test, I’m just saying that the people (whoever they are) who wrote the test worded the questions that way on purpose.
@@Tinmann_77 Notice also how they plot Hitler, Stalin, Thatcher, Gandhi, and Friedman, with such precision despite the fact that none of these people have ever actually taken the test.
This is the first thing on their FAQ Some of the questions are slanted Most of them are slanted! Some right-wingers accuse us of a leftward slant. Some left-wingers accuse us of a rightward slant. But it’s important to realise that this isn’t a survey, and these aren’t questions. They’re propositions - an altogether different proposition. To question the logic of individual ones that irritate you is to miss the point. Some propositions are extreme, and some are more moderate. That’s how we can show you whether you lean towards extremism or moderation on the Compass. The propositions should not be overthought. Some of them are intentionally vague. Their purpose is to trigger reactions in the mind, measuring feelings and prejudices rather than detailed opinions on policy. Incidentally, our test is not another internet personality classification tool. The essence of our site is the model for political analysis. The test is simply a demonstration of it.
It all makes more sense if you read the introduction. "Please note that this isn’t a survey, and these aren’t questions. They’re propositions. To question the logic of individual ones that irritate you is to miss the point. Some propositions are extreme, and some are moderate. That’s how we can show you whether you lean towards extremism or moderation on the Compass. Your responses should not be overthought. Some of them are intentionally vague. Their purpose is to trigger reactions in the mind, measuring feelings and prejudices rather than detailed opinions on policy."
which is the stupidest possible way to judge where someone sits politically. politics is litterally all about policy. to ignore peoples thoughts on policy in favor of a subjective measure on "extremism" is beyond stupid
Using your "example" of Nazi Germany, he's correct. The government doesn't = the country. Many people in Nazi Germany risked their lives to protect their Jewish neighbors. The only way for the "country" to be wrong would be to have a monolith country of people like Hitler, in which case that's impossible.
@@ooheeh2264 You know you should really stop using words that you don't know the meaning of. Fascism is a complete takeover of the economy by a highly authoritarian government. That doesn't match Michael at all. You can't defeat my point so you throw around words your professor told you that have nothing to do with the statement you're arguing against.
Connor Storey Though I mostly agree with Hayek and Friedman, Economics doesn’t encompass the entirety of one’s political beliefs. Traditional conservatives are as libertarian on economics as the next, but hold communitarian views on social issues.
Ned Prendergast Cunningham I understand that. I’m not your enemy lol. My only intention is to explain why one might be conservative and not libertarian. Conservatives think of cultural issues a bit differently. The degradation of a country’s culture leads to its demise- see Ancient Rome. That’s not an “authoritarian” view either. This pathetic little political test is 1.) biased and 2.) a MAJOR oversimplification.
I like how he said that everyone should be worried about government surveillance, and then in the same test said that what happens in a private bedroom between two consenting adults is the business of the state. what a fool.
Ben has described his talent for reading a room and being as charming or as insufferable as he wants to be. So, yeah, I'd imagine that he could and would infuriate whomever wrote this test if they made the mistake of chatting him up, and he'd enjoy himself doing so.
Could you just IMAGINE the left if somebody mistakenly got Hitler due to the terrible wording, because no doubt that's what the test wants of the right
Eighth leg of the Phantom Troupe Ah yes, the hitlerman was totally on the right wing Despite the fact that Hitler himself led the “national socialist” party, called his country “beyond socialism,” not controlling the companies (because that always leads to economic collapse and he wasn’t *that* stupid) but instead controlling the people. He considered the people as property to the government, and did a small variation on socialism’s “class warfare” to instead be “race warfare.” He had a 4 year plan in the latter years of his rule and repeatedly praised Germany’s communist rule in the same. He also was considering becoming communist himself because of Germany’s apparent success (from the outside) and would’ve jumped on the bandwagon earlier if not for his doubts about the political model. I just learned a lot of this recently from MisesU (I’ll find the specific video), but he was definitively far left, and it’s a shame to see the outright misinformation from the MSM. Edit: I believe this one is it. ua-cam.com/video/17DkMDvKqw0/v-deo.html Why does this keep getting shadowbanned.
"no, we are not sacrificing freedoms in the name of anti-terrorism" "yes, even those who follow the law should be worried about government surveillance"
The questions are so incredibly open to interpretation that I would have quit half way through over frustration of trying to figure out what the question is asking.
Some are intended to be open or vague. It literally states that. You aren’t meant to overthink it, it’s meant to see your biases, prejudices, and interpretations
The questions were pretty damn basic. Imagine being able to screw up the interpretation of "two consenting adults". He HAS to skew and muddle the meaning of the questions to make the blow of his answers less impactful. For example, a business should also be responsible for the safety of their employees and their impact on the environment around them, not just delivering profits to shareholders, however if he were to even begin to admit that aspect of it you might begin to question his intentions.
thats where the "businesses need to be regulated to protect the environment" question comes in. Businesses in a vacuum only need to generate profit, but the government's small role is to protect other parties like employees and the environment. So yeah its not immoral to say agree to that question
@@Adam-zy9fv its not govts role to protect its employees it forces bussiness to do that just like a parent cant harm their kid as the govt forces them not to
Man of them were leading questions that had no correct answer. It is like me asking you if you stopped beating your wife. Yes or no? If you answered yes, that means you admit you were beating your wife. If you answered no, that means you are still beating your wife. For most people there is no correct way to answer the question.
It doesn't say race. It says people should stay with their own kind. That can mean political ideologies, social class, race, religion, basically anything. For example if you answered disagree when it's talking about social class, guess what you support a fascist idea, but if you answer agree when it's referring to race you're a segregationist.
@@marcusvergara6193 well considering I don’t think of other races a “different kinds of people”. I’d say class. Your race doesn’t make you a “different kind of person”. Whereas class is a legitimate difference.
@@vision-dz6cm just because you’re not racist doesn’t mean that the interpretation of the question changes. I don’t think that race changes your personality, however that’s what it’s asking you. It’s asking you about race. Just because you disagree with the question doesn’t mean you get to change the definition.
@@marcusvergara6193 keep in mind what the quiz says at the beginning. They don’t want you to think about it, just get an immediate reaction. For me the immediate reaction is agree because I don’t think of race. Some KKK member’s immediate reaction would also be agree, but for the opposite reason. The quiz is tremendously flawed in this sense, and this goes for other questions too, and is really just entertainment.
To say Michael has italian heritage he does look like Michael corleone from the godfarther. My favourite movies by the way look it up poeple he looks similar
Pretty interesting to see you and Ben both take this and coming up with very different answers (and different interpretations of the questions)! Thanks for uploading both
How can you say we aren't sacrificing civil liberties for counter terrorism AND say we should be wary of government surveillance? Those two options are mutually exclusive.
When English classes are giving out political tests you know there are indoctrination shenanigans going on. Once had a Spanish class where the teacher gave out copies of a newspaper talking bad about the president. Next thing you know we will be talking about his hand size in anatomy class.
Darken De la Espada if the teacher in this scenario is specifically trying to convey a message or grading a students responses then fair enough that’s wrong, but there’s nothing wrong with having them do some self reflection. I did this in high school too and it got me actively thinking about politics more than I had been.
I think the isidewith test is the most accurate because it ranks people not based on someone's arbitrary opinion but aggregate data on self identification and questions developed by everyone. It also includes more nuanced answers to more accurately represent people. Also, the data they provide afterwards is much more detailed than just a graph that doesn't really explain much
Andrew S. Boyanton yeah, I didn’t really understand where that came from either. But I think he means the country as a concept isn’t right or wrong, it’s decisions made by its administration and people that are wrong.
Leeor Vardi I figured the same thing, but if his overarching point is that the literal patch of dirt we call America can’t be wrong, than he’s an even bigger idiot than the video indicates.
I did this quiz at the same time as watching the video, found myself agreeing with Knowles on easily more than half of the questions, and yet I'm sitting at Liberatarian Left
The writers of this test also write poll questions and 1: don’t acknowledge biases in the questions, 2: are surprised the polls are wrong and 3: still believe they are morally and intellectually superior to the recipients of the questions!
I don’t agree with this guy, but I liked the video. I asked for a political compass video, I got a very descriptive one. I don’t care I think he has absurd ideas or that he’s wrong imo
"What goes on in a private bedroom between consenting adults is no business of the state." The key word there, Michael is "consenting." The man (or woman or whatever is applicable) smacking the partner around and putting out cigarettes on his/her forehead is likely (likely) to be functioning in the realm of non-consent, therefore invalidating the question. And if it is the business of the state, who gets to mandate right or wrong in our bedrooms? That person would be very powerful indeed. Not in my bedroom, thank you very much. I pay my taxes, State, now go away.
Question #1
Michael "This is a very dumb question"
Oh man, this is gonna take a while.
They really are terribly written, though. I think he and Ben both went along explaining the problems with the premises and vagueness of them to show how there's no 'correct' answer to some of them, because it's asking the equivalent of "When will you stop beating your wife?" or "Why are you a racist?"
The questions start out bad, get better, then get bad again.
If you really think making someone buy into a premise to answer a question is a good survey then you shouldn't even be talking.
I know that feel...Same way I'd respond though.
When Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev spent two weeks in the U.S did that make the U.S Soviet sympathisers?!
I believe the term you are looking for is Diplomatic Relations
And in Sanders case also killing two birds with one stone.
My God critise Bernie Sanders, nobody is above criticism but whenever I hear this honeymoon "talking point",
Whoever made it sounds stupid, and no yeah just really dumb,
It takes five seconds of reading to figure out why, so using it is either lazy or dishonest!
@@stevenengland7244 Vermont had started a Sister city campaign
"Lake Champlain launched a sister-city program with Yaroslavl, located 160 miles northeast of Moscow".
Sanders in his official capacity as Mayor of Burlington, as a gesture of goodwill and in the interest of Diplomatic Relations used this opportunity to visit said City.
To this day many U.S states have Russian sister cities.
What was the appeal for Nikita Khrushchev to visit the United States? Are you saying politicians don't perform diplomatic visits?
And they only ever make these visits for ideological reasons?
This dude literally said Genghis Khan to avoid saying Hitler.
I bet he doesn't even know about Alden's number lmao
@@andresfernandez4268 hahaha
Weren't the Mongols actually relatively very liberal and tolerant when it came to multiculturalism and religion, anyways? At least for their time?
@@WiloPolis03 they actually were. Similar to the Persians our perception today is highly colored by political propaganda of the time.
The Persians were a highly progressive and tolerant empire, which had made great advances in technology and thinking in some cases even more so than the greeks.
@@sirherbert6953 I mean, relative to their time, yeah
"my race has superior qualities"
Knowles: this is a tough question
"Astrology accurately explains many things"
Knowles: I guess I agree with that
I dunno how everyone else feels about it but it sounds pretty facsist to me
he probably mistaken it for astronomy. I did the same. *facepalm*
CanadianRM4 No he meant astrology, he’s just not very smart
Only people with no clue about Astrology wouldn't agree with that comment. ON January 12, 2020 Saturn (planet reflecting structure, boundaries, karma and discipline) attained a conjunction with Pluto (planet reflecting transformation through death and the unveiling of deeply buried (secrets, treasures, etc.) in the zodiac sign of Capricorn (area of governments, corporations, and other institutions (media, the collegiate circuit, etc.) Most powerful clash of these forces that has been experienced in the last 400 years. Made more impactful as Jupiter (planet of expansiveness) conjuncted Pluto at the end of March. Nothing in any of these areas will remain unchanged.
@ravioliandsalsiccia all religions can be divisive Christianity, Islam, astrology, Catholicism, Mormonism, Evolutionism. Anything
imagine michael being on a first date
“michael if you could have any superpower what what it be”
“well that’s a completely bogus question i can’t have any superpower”
Right lol the key word is “IF”
Who would ask that on a date? What is he dating? An 8-year-old?
Oh yea, he's a conservative...
“I would have to very very strongly agree with that but again very dumb question”
Well it's a bit confusing, because one could assume it's in a string of conclusions, like "If children are primarily educated in public schools, then the state controls education. If the state controls education, then students can be indoctrinated in its agenda". We commonly use 'if' even when the statement is something we believe to be fact simply to demonstrate that the conclusion follows from that premise. Michael was assuming the political compass test was presuming economic globalization inevitability as fact. Besides, the political compass test isn't written to illicit one's political philosophy or policy preferences, it's meant to illicit emotional reactions to different alternatives, attempting to classify people politically according to their psychological values. If anything's stupid it's the test.
@@nathanemslie9972 Lmao no one cares nerd
Alternate title: "Michael Knowles Comes Out of the Closet about Believing Astrology"
@Trash Series neither make sense in that sense
He probably thought it meant astronomy.
@Elsewhere He agreed some people are naturally lucky and didn't strongly disagree about race superiority. Add astrology to this. Basically he believes some people are just born better. You can guess where his train of thought is going ...
@Elsewhere he has pretty low iq
Michael knowles is even further right and further authoritarian.
CNN: "Noted conservative pundit Michael Knowles admits he's Hitler-adjacent."
The Comedy News Network's Hitler thing is getting really old. Isn't it time to move on to fresher material... like Attila the Hun-adjacent?
Abwehr 888
The joke is that the media has been calling everyone “literally Hitler” for years now. Just like with racism, sexism etc., it’s getting old.
But yeah no that’s fine call him a Bolshevik.
Alright then Albert.
Ok almond.
I believe that counts as a death threat.
@Abwehr 888 You're full of shit. Nice attention grabbing though.
"I'd always support my country wether it was right or wrong"
Germans in WW2: Strongly agree.
David Ávila This guys a fascist, not surprised he answered it that way.
@@ooheeh2264 Except it says the country not government. Loads of people in Nazi Germany risked their lives hiding Jews from the Nazi's. They still supported their country as they were the Germans to rebuild it under Allied Supervision but they by no means supported the fascist government.
2020vision 03 I’d always support my country “wether it were right or wrong.” This questions context recognizes the government and says that if my country is doing something wrong, i.e the Holocaust, then you choose to recognize the wrong and fight back OR accept it or even get involved murdering innocent people.
2020vision 03 You’re an idiot, by the way.
@@ooheeh2264 country does not equal government. The US doesn't become a new country every 2 years (when elections take place). The US is the same country it was since it was founded, despite numerous changes of government. You can do what's best for your country aka support your country by going against an evil dictator. If someone took down the Nazi's from inside Germany and installed a good form of government, wouldn't that be beneficial to Germany since it would then have a better foundation to stand on? Would you say the Framers of the Constitution were traitors to the US since they created a better government than the one set up by the Articles of Confederation?
“How can your country be wrong”
This guy...
Is he serious
He can’t be
I present to you: Earth's dumbest man, truly a high bar, the competition was fierce, but this guy, through grit and determination won out. Congratulations! (This is a description of Knowles, not the commenter).
Germans in 1939: “How can my country be wrong? I guess total war it is...”
*north Korea has entered the chat*
well it’s called loving your country and having pride to always be in your country side whether it’s right or wrong, it’s called nationalism
@@finny7834 NO! Loving your country means to oppose and fight back when fascism is on the rise.
Michael is the oldest young person ever.
No, that would be Matt Walsh
Andrew Klavan is the youngest old person ever
Lol true.
@Jacob Howell he's 28 or 29, going on 50.
@@carsonianthegreat4672 He has a nintendo switch and regularly plays new games, so yes yes and yes
The differences of politics between Michael and Ben really come out from watching these…
Tyler Vargas Same lol
Funny, because I'm aligned much more with Michael than Ben. I'm definitely more of a traditionalist than a libertarian.
True. Despite the test being fantastically dumb.
@@LukeSM2024 Me to, most European conservatives like me agree more with Michael then Ben.
And I just found out I have more in common with Michael than Ben
“My race is superior.”
Michael: *This is a TOUGH question-*
Bruh I facepalmed after that
“Has many superior qualities”
There wouldn’t be cultural exchange or so called appropriation if it weren’t true.
But even on the biological level, melanin alone can have a pretty big impact on where you can live without either getting burned or be dependent on vit d supplements.
@@Sheeshening bruh are you saying people with more melanin are superior?
@@moej3911 that’s not really a valid read, but by sentence was convoluted to some extent.
I’m saying superiority and inferiority are the same thing as preference, which is subjective and personal. Want to go into a tight cave? Being smaller is likely preferable, i.e. superior.
Same thing in reverse with basketball. Same thing also with wine that displays certain characteristics in Italy but also less formally with wines that are aged longer.
To cut to the chase, high melanin is a superior quality for anybody who wishes to endure a high dose of solar irradiation, while avoiding skin cancer as well as skin degradation. Except for the health opposing masochists, for whom the opposite would be true.
Therefore any group, be it genetic, or social, is almost guaranteed to have members who are knowingly, as well as unknowingly, superior and inferior in multiple ways, in contrast to other groups.
And btw, whiteness is an adaptation to lower radiation in northern latitudes. Since less uv light is absorbed by pigment, vit d production is higher. Conversely high melanin in northern latitudes equates to a low vit d status without artificial supplementation.
@@Sheeshening I mean I guess
"Watch Michael Knowles try to outsmart a political compass test"
But you're just a radical marxist communist who supports the radical stalinist Demorcats >:((((((((((
@@WiloPolis03 ‘radical Stalinist democrat’ is literally an oxymoron
@@chloeloleita7357 Lmao I was joking, at this point I don't blame you for not recognizing the irony though
@@WiloPolis03 sorry haha there’s a lot of people who say stuff like that
key word "try"
If Knowles is authoritarian, I wonder what Walsh would be
Same as Knowles: Catholic.
@@michaelshelbyedwards And that's a good thing! Extra ecclesiam nulla salus!
I'm not personally religious but it seems to be perceived as an outright character flaw these days, which is absurd. Christians in particular seem to be demonized
@@michaelshelbyedwards I'd gladly join their ranks. No matter what the term! Catholicism is the most intellectually honest and rational religion.
I’m Catholic and authoritarian. Honestly makes no sense to be catholic and libertarian... you must be extremely conflicted.
Notice how the interpretations of the questions changes the answers completely!
You look kinda like Shapiro.
I thought so too.
The whole point of the test is to test how you react to the questions...
I had to click your name to get a better look at your face... i thought your profile pic was a photoshopped ben Shapiro for a sec
Lexi 1992 well , its also supposed to give a defining label (right/left; authoritarian/libertarian) based on your responses. If the responses are flimsy because the questions are written with ambiguity how can it generally label a person into the most appropriate quadrant. There probably are some assumptions made for certain responses to the questions
“Marijuana is just some new foreign lib thing” 😂
Yes I support marijuana legislation as it is for the freedom to choose since its your body and you decide what you want to do with it.
Except it makes you die young...
Note: This post was made by a right wing liberal
@@Phelena alcohol does too, and even more so
Except it's literally been around for thousands of years and one of the first types of papers in europe was made of it.
@@ingwerschorle_ I dont drink tho, I never said anything about alcohol. Drugs, alcohol and Smoking are all bad unless its medical or alcohol used in moderation.
I cannot imagine a person answer or think about these question in a more idiotic manner. *Overanalyzes a question meant for an eighth grader to seem really smart*
The opposite he's pretending to be so stupid to justify his answers.
vaush gang rise up
@@liora.5003 We know lol
@Usuário Sarcástico They are written in a way that an eight year old could understand. Stop being obtuse to be obtuse. Also, eighth graders should care about politics and government.. they also will likely will take a government class in high school in the next few years.
@Usuário Sarcástico I have to assume english is not your first language, so we can just part ways since you cannot understand the words which I have typed, sorry about that.
Uhm, astrology is about as legitimate as crystal mysticism or essential oils
Even less so. At least the crystals are pretty and the oils smell good. Astrology doesn't even work with accurate star charts anymore, nevermind the metaphysical bunk.
More like Anton Chigurh. Call it head or tails..What are we betting on? It doesn't matter. Just call it..
@Karen Rehardt You mean Astronomy. Not Astrology..
Still not sure if you was joking.
@Luis Villalobos what do you recommend for acne removal?
Read born on a rotten day...
Also what does my belief in astrology have to do with my politics.
Also if you’re going to call bs on one bit of faith based thinking don’t you have go full atheist or are your faith based beliefs legit because.
Am I the only one that found it interesting to see how Michael's responses differed from Ben's responses?
Very different
Josh Zitovsky who is Ben?
Coffeeisnecessarynow Ben Shapiro
Sawyer Morgan oh ! Is that the guy who left the BBC interview??
Coffeeisnecessarynow yea
“Marijuana is just some new foreign lib thing...” this guy must be high rn lmao
Culturally (in our Western, European culture) it is new and that's what he meant.
You mean hundreds of years ago when the founders grew hemp farms? You sound dimb
I'm high right now that'd for sure
@@majinkermit8328 fuckin right on brother puff puff pass
@@violet.c Bruh he literally said alcohol was fine because Jesus had it XD so no, he's just a political hack.
Bernie Sanders is not auth-left lol I really hope that was a joke. Auth-left is like Stalin or Mao.
most conservatives think Bernie is the communist bad man
@@loganmarlow5519 the daily wire cant tell the difference between socialism, communism, marxism, liberalism, social democracy, fascism, and the welfare state. When Michael Knowles says that the quiz was made "by a lib," I bet you he thinks that liberal means left wing or socialist, which it does not. There is no reason to listen to the Daily Wire. There are very highly rated sources that lean slight right like the Economist. And they are liberal. The Daily Wire also has a "mixed" fact check rating. Which is not good.
Auth-left cannot exist just like Lib-right cannot.
@@user-oj3vv1yz5w gonna have to disagree with you on that one.
@@user-oj3vv1yz5w That would be ignoring ideologies such as Leninism, State Capitalism, Stalinism, and on the flip side, Right-Libertarianism, Anarcho-Capitalism, Minarchism, and Jeffery Epstein
The enemy of my enemy is my ally, not my friend.
What if the enemy of your enemy is also your enemy though?
Alex Lloyd a person to use maybe.
The enemy of my enemy could be your enemy as well.
@@radiatormike then it's just a FFA and you should let the other guys duke it out first and then move in to clean up the softened up winner.
I like that!
I would love to see an IQ test taken between the Daily Wire Podcasters.
iq doesn't matter cause intelligence is relative.
what we really need is a big orgy between the daily wire podcasters, that's something i'd pay to see
shrewdmeister That’s very crass but I have to admit that did get a chuckle out from me.
Surprisingly, my money's on the Klavan. 😄
Ben Shapiro would win
Imagine fighting with a test and losing
Imagine you taking this serious Michael is just having fun with it
are you a joke?
@@superviolentia The test is obviously biased and is seeking to claim that anyone on the right is homophobic or racist
@@joseangelbeltranrodriguez7267 seethe more you fucking dumbass ua-cam.com/video/yBM3y0FrPkA/v-deo.html
@@joseangelbeltranrodriguez7267 no it's bias to put people in the left
These questions are easy but the right is stupid
Is this the only person who's managed to get the answers to a subjective political test wrong?
Hey don't pick on him! He's fucking moron, he can't help that lol
@Usuário Sarcástico No. Because he misinterprets like half the questions in some weird attempt to outsmart the whole thing.
@Usuário Sarcástico Yeah of course you can, so long as you actually understand the question. This guy misinterprets so many of them.
@Usuário Sarcástico 19:49
'What goes on in the private bedroom between CONSENTING adults...'
How in the fuck did he manage to fuck this question up so hard?
@Usuário Sarcástico See, now you're doing the exact same thing. The question clearly isn't meant to be about abuse. It's about a persons freedom to do what they like in their own home so long as it doesn't infringe upon someone else's rights.
To read it your way is to completely disregard what the quiz is trying to figure out about you. In other words you're trying to outsmart a fucking quiz.
Can we have a video of Ben reacting to this?
Ben already took the test. Its in one of his episodes but i cant remember which.
@Sauce Money you can clearly see in ben's answers that he is a jew
@Sauce Money Yeah. his answer on the government being able to dictate what consenting adults do in their private bedrooms disturbed me. Until then I disagreed with him, but understood his answers and was fine with them.
That however, is just a step too much to totalitarianism.
@Sauce Money Going with the last thing you wrote I assume you also strongly disagree with his view on the Government dictating the sex life of consenting adults, right?
I still find this answer of him much more disturbing than the cannabis one, as much as I disagree with that as well.
@Sauce Money Good to know ;) .
What about his opinion that you need to be religious to be moral?
That is one thing I also disagree with him. I believe that Christianity was a main factor in forming our western (in my opinion superior) morals, but you don't need to be religious to live these morals.
I took the test and a lot of the questions were so open-ended and weren't specific enough to accurately gauge one's political stance.
Yeah that’s what I think too.
A Stinky Boy
The issue is that half of them aren’t even political questions.
Tell me where “modern art” or “is being gay a choice” lands.
That’s rhetorical of course, but the test is absolutely stupid
yeah, the answers I had to give to these biased questions could never accurately describe my beliefs. pointless.
@@obviouslykaleb7998 This questions are for the vertical axis, which is as much about personality as politics.
When everyone says “questions” but they’re actually generalized statements that span all across the political spectrum to see where you stand on that spectrum. They aren’t questions. It’s to best gauge your generalized idea on politics. You should know your beliefs. If you jump all over the place with these statements, how can one say they have a firm political belief?
“How can your country be wrong?” Lol
FR
I agree with him though. Your leader can be very wrong, but the collective group of people almost always are good and right. Even in the most corrupt countries this applies. Also, you need patriotism or your country can't ever improve. You shouldn't be cocky, but you still need patriotism.
@@superviolentia I was just about to say that. That's one of the exceptions.
@@coolperson4644 It depends how you define country in this particular context
I viewed the question to mean a action taken by the leader on behalf of the nation. So when Richard Nixon bombed Cambodia.....that is the Us bombing Cambodia....which is wrong imo.
But it is vague for sure.
@@coolperson4644 "you still need patriotism" why? like seriously why? and that's not what the question is trying to get at. it's clearly more in reference to stuff like military action and foreign relations. that's the only time it makes sense to refer to the actions of an entire country. he tried to sound smart and accidentally admitted to nationalism.
NO KINKY SEX ALLOWED. He literally thinks people shouldn't get to do what they want in the bed room oh my god.
Right? Like I myself don’t want to do that kind of thing in the bedroom, but that’s my personal choice. Why tf should I care about what another couple wants to do in the privacy of their own bedroom ? As long as it’s consensual, and they aren’t minors then why should anyone care
@Usuário Sarcástico keep in mind that that question said “consenting” adults and Michael completed disregarded the word consent in his quasi-analysis
@Usuário Sarcástico there is a line between consent and psychological manipulation. Determining consent can be difficult. My comment was just pointing out that Knowles’ explanation wasn’t very substantive
Well, why should they be able to? The argument that it's two consenting adults is arbitrary, because what constitutes consenting adult? Why ages 16 or 18? You're the problem, not him, the difference is you're too ignorant to look in the mirror and know that you're the problem. Funny how you're complaining about someone being judgmental, by judging them, and also learn how to capitalize "God".
@@Cami-ls1ki he said himself he expected to be auth right, I don't think he's denying that this was representative of his beliefs lol.
"I side with" is a better test.
Much better
'I side with' is also biased
@@jash3881 Probably, but much less so than any other political compass quiz I have seen.
@@ictoan5966 nah, spekr is shite. good questions but the frickin circle wont move lol
Pretty long though, especially if you answer all the questions
Did Michael Knowles just say he believes in astrology....
If you're a Christian, you believe in demons and the devil. You probably also believe that demons can influence people, including being able to impart knowledge to them. Demons aren't incapable of telling the truth, and I assume they frequently do so in order to establish credibility with astrologists.
If you're not a Christian, or spiritual in another way, then yes, astrology would seem phony, but so would Christianity.
@@nanowasabi4421 Right on!
@@nanowasabi4421 I guess that's why they both seem phony to me lol
@The Bloody Doctor I have a hard time being embarrassed about not believing astrology lol
Astrology is still bit accurate in some ways, but I believe it's all coincidence.
I like watching people elaborate on these questions. It shows a lot more about their thoughts and assumptions on reality than the answers they could give on the test.
He really only put ‘disagree’ to the race superiority question 💀💀
Likely because race is a meaningless issue to many, they arent racist but they either see little to no racism or they see hate groups like BLM or KKK cancelling each other out.
Race isnt a big deal, you may also just say disagree if you feel like races have different cultures or a hat you like goes better with a black or a white person.
@William Magee Again, this is just a different view of the question. I put strongly disagree but me and many others, some of them would say just disagree, just dont feel strongly on race at all.
@@Phelena If you don't feel strongly about race why is there any doubt in your mind some are superior.
@Luke If I don't feel strongly about any race I wouldn't think that any race is superior because I just think they are the same and don't care much.
@@Phelena Then they means that you should strongly disagree, not mildly disagree.
Very good. Now I would like to see the Klavan take the test!
And Walsh!
Yess.
I hope they get on the train soon.
Klavēn
"There is no such thing as international law"
That is why mike is my guy.
Josh Hunter ‘Merica
@@karlstrauss2330 I dont know what that has to do with what I said. The idea that international laws have any meaning is idiotic though because there is no international body to enforce them. Laws do not go beyond a border, never have and never will.
LOL Josh, Theres bodies to enforce them. You just sound ill informed here
Josh Hunter yea nice comeback lmao facts don’t care about your feelings safespacejosh
@@PengWinUA-cam
UN peacekeepers have a reputation for leaving an area when it begins to become dangerous, and the UN security council has the downside of having geopolitical adversaries on the council. Russia can veto anything against itself, the US can do the same, and so on. Most international bodies like these suffer from the fatal flaw that there is no international consensus on what their policy should be. There are serious human rights abusers who sit on the UN human rights commission, so that's never going to accomplish anything as long as they get a say in its policy. International law is probably the weakest form of law, and the least enforced.
1:50 "How can your country be wrong " HAHAHAHAHA
Has this guy never been asked a hypothetical question before?
"If economic globalisation is inevitable..."
It's not.
"Those with the ability to pay should have access to higher standards of medical care."
They do.
His comprehension is awful:
Q: State doesn’t have any business in what goes on in the bedroom between two CONSENTING individuals
Knowles: Well what if the man is abusing his wife?
Dude thinks he’s so much smarter than he is.
@Usuário Sarcástico yes, yes it does, consent makes it okay.
@Usuário Sarcástico it's not rape if there is consent that's like ummm IMPOSSIBLE
@Usuário Sarcástico what are you talking about? Rape, definitionally, is non-consensual.
@Usuário Sarcástico okay...So what is wrong with consensual abuse? I thought you guys were meant to be the champions of individual liberty?
@@roohitlal7087 Would you let someone who has a problem with cutting themselves cut themselves? Consensual abuse is an illness and is classified as a paraphillia. Always has been. High co-morbidity with other illnesses as well.
19:49 knowles clearly doesn't understand the concept of "consent." somewhat concerning ig
Yeah, really hard to watch. Stupid ass.
If two people wanna get rough they can do it if there’s consent that’s that. Bet he doesn’t understand that no means no too.
Im pretty sure hes just against porn
He explained it right on the spot. Significant parts of bodily harm and mistreatment are illegal in many states.
Someone could still consent to those things...
"How can a country be wrong?"
Pick up a history book and you'll find out, Mikey Boi
@Trade Bum Simmons nope germany was wrong at the time because leaders control the country really obvious alsk the question asked if knowles would support his country's wrongdoings he said agree
@Trade Bum Simmons country isnt anything except a piece of land the question was obviously directed at how the humans on the land are within that piece of land thats pretty obvious
@Trade Bum Simmons no one refers to the land that you live in when they say a country is wrong it was a meaningless argument in a desperate attempt to appear smart
@Trade Bum Simmons you didnt understand what i said knowles fanboy
@Trade Bum Simmons being too dumb to not understand my argument doesnt mean you exposed me
1:07 "...because globalisation is not inevitable."
Hence the word 1:03 "If."
He DID answer to that "if" didnt he?
Dont tell me just didnt notice 2 mins of discussion he made about whether it should serve humanity or not
These questions are very leading and slanted to make the taker think they are a communist, interesting.
Not as good as the original World’s Smallest Political Quiz and certainly not unbiased.
I had a professor in college ask whether we thought women should be allowed to vote and be paid the same wage as a man if she did the same job as him, and when we all assented to these perfectly uncontroversial premises, she declared that we were all feminists and just hadn't known it.
@@Cryptic0013 If by 'feminist' the professor was harkening to the original feminists, then yes. If the professor means the majority of people calling themselves such today, very much no.
Arturius Rex 8
Considering the context and the fact that this was a statement meant to generate outrage (rightly so at that), I would say the implicated timeline is more modern.
bobwatters, this guy scored near center, so not very authoritarian, just a little authoritarian.
Arturius Rex 8, the point is not about how feminist the students were or were not. The point is the test does results do not say enough to be used to make claims about it.
I don't smoke pot, but his argument there was idiotic.
Agree 100%, weed smokers being annoying isn't good enough reason for recreational use to be illegal.
Agreed. How is a plant that grows with zero help in the wild a new thing? Just because the Bible didn't explicitly mention it doesn't mean it should be illegal. The Bible also says God supplied medicine in nature
3 pot smokers talking to each other.
Weed is just like any drug. A lot less harmful but still the same.
Prins van Oranje how is it the same if it is a lot less harmful?
Maaaaaaaaaan there are like multiple times this guy doesn't even read the question correctly
Me at eight trying to come off as the smartest person ever while I dont know shit:
You're giving him too much credit
Way too much credit
I do wish there were more Conservatives who are anti-death penalty. We exist, but we're spread pretty thin.
I'm a conservative against death penalty, but only because of the risk that the state executes someone innocent. Morally I feel that there are some crimes so gruesome that could only deserve death.
I'm conservative against death-penalty, mainly because I'm of the belief that we as people have no right to take another's life (this goes for abortion, too). However, I believe it's good to have something like that in our justice system, otherwise, with no certain risk of death for more serious crimes, less would take it and the laws seriously. Just my opinion, though.
I conditionally support death penalty only if they make investigations more about cases. It should be enforced if criminals aren't successfully rehabilitated.
I'm on the neutral position for death penalty
I support the existence of the death penalty. But I do not support as widespread use as some conservatives. I would never use the death penalty for one murder, for example. And I would also make sure the evidence is overwhelming. I would use the death penalty for someone like Timothy McVeigh or John wayne gacy.
"Slum it with the tap water" 😂
Lol "bored enough and self obsessed enough to waste 25 minutes taking a quiz about what you already knew" I love it. And I am sitting here watching it on UA-cam. This is great ironic comedy here
Does he really think Bernie is auth left🤦🤦🤦 God please save this poor man's soul
Bernie wants to steal American money and redistribute it. Maybe you need to read the definition of authoritarian
@@josephsaab7208 Yeah, but he’s also pro choice, wants to legalise weed, and wants to reduce the number of people in prison. That doesn’t sound very authoritarian.
Extremely poorly phrased questions, indeed. I prefer specifics.
Conclusion: There's a manipulative agenda behind vaguely phrased questions. Apparently the only questions he answered immediately are the only straightforward questions.
A. Alzate
I actually checked out the quiz online, and it said that the “questions” were intentionally vague “to trigger reactions in the mind, measuring feelings and prejudices rather than detailed opinions on policy.”
I’m not arguing that it’s a good or reliable test, I’m just saying that the people (whoever they are) who wrote the test worded the questions that way on purpose.
Notice how they put hitler as right leaning, even though he was both a fascist and was in the socialist party, neither of which is right leaning.
@@Tinmann_77 Notice also how they plot Hitler, Stalin, Thatcher, Gandhi, and Friedman, with such precision despite the fact that none of these people have ever actually taken the test.
This is the first thing on their FAQ
Some of the questions are slanted
Most of them are slanted! Some right-wingers accuse us of a leftward slant. Some left-wingers accuse us of a rightward slant. But it’s important to realise that this isn’t a survey, and these aren’t questions. They’re propositions - an altogether different proposition. To question the logic of individual ones that irritate you is to miss the point. Some propositions are extreme, and some are more moderate. That’s how we can show you whether you lean towards extremism or moderation on the Compass.
The propositions should not be overthought. Some of them are intentionally vague. Their purpose is to trigger reactions in the mind, measuring feelings and prejudices rather than detailed opinions on policy.
Incidentally, our test is not another internet personality classification tool. The essence of our site is the model for political analysis. The test is simply a demonstration of it.
False Dichotomies: The Quiz
It all makes more sense if you read the introduction.
"Please note that this isn’t a survey, and these aren’t questions. They’re propositions. To question the logic of individual ones that irritate you is to miss the point. Some propositions are extreme, and some are moderate. That’s how we can show you whether you lean towards extremism or moderation on the Compass. Your responses should not be overthought. Some of them are intentionally vague. Their purpose is to trigger reactions in the mind, measuring feelings and prejudices rather than detailed opinions on policy."
which is the stupidest possible way to judge where someone sits politically. politics is litterally all about policy. to ignore peoples thoughts on policy in favor of a subjective measure on "extremism" is beyond stupid
*michael living in third reich* : no my country isnt wrong... Its called a difficult political time
Fax
paper
Using your "example" of Nazi Germany, he's correct. The government doesn't = the country. Many people in Nazi Germany risked their lives to protect their Jewish neighbors. The only way for the "country" to be wrong would be to have a monolith country of people like Hitler, in which case that's impossible.
2020vision 03 Why are you still defending this fascist arsehole?
@@ooheeh2264 You know you should really stop using words that you don't know the meaning of. Fascism is a complete takeover of the economy by a highly authoritarian government. That doesn't match Michael at all. You can't defeat my point so you throw around words your professor told you that have nothing to do with the statement you're arguing against.
"Sometimes our suffering can become a great advantage because it deepens our understanding of the world". Thank you, Mr. Knowles.
21:14 his results
Don't skip the foreplay.
@@jamesmerone ur mom
He's more left than I am but I'm less authoritarian. To the gulags with you, mike
Yeah who would have thought the results would be at the end of the video. Just crazy
ah yes, the abstract idea of inflation.
Conservatards trying to sound intellectual lmao
@@10003159 Calling someone an insert ideology "tard" shows that you're not very Intelectual too lol
@@Jay-ez6wc well, I'm not trying to sound intellectual, whereas this idiot in the video is trying (and failing, badly) to outsmart an internet quiz
@@10003159 Fair enough lol
@@10003159 It's more of a liberal idea to discount inflation though lmao
Michael Knowles thinks hes playing 4d chess but he's actually playing 2d scrabble
SO TRUE
Michael Knowles needs some Hayek and Friedman in his life.
Connor Storey Though I mostly agree with Hayek and Friedman, Economics doesn’t encompass the entirety of one’s political beliefs. Traditional conservatives are as libertarian on economics as the next, but hold communitarian views on social issues.
Libertarianism is utopian thinking, and often overlaps with the leftist agenda.
@@josh18230 And yet it is "Authoritarians" that are always trying to build the Utopian society. Intriguing comment...
Ned Prendergast Cunningham I understand that. I’m not your enemy lol. My only intention is to explain why one might be conservative and not libertarian. Conservatives think of cultural issues a bit differently. The degradation of a country’s culture leads to its demise- see Ancient Rome. That’s not an “authoritarian” view either. This pathetic little political test is 1.) biased and 2.) a MAJOR oversimplification.
Clarissa Danae ...what?
LOL This test is so stupid that Ben and Michael answered differently for many questions, and I agree with both of them.
Well Ben and Michael do have very different philosophies
That says more about you than about the test
Because they're both traditional conservatives, but Ben tried to pretend to be a libertarian while Michael was more open about his views.
No, you lemon, it's because Ben is a more libertarian conservative@@tomasroque3338
I like how he said that everyone should be worried about government surveillance, and then in the same test said that what happens in a private bedroom between two consenting adults is the business of the state. what a fool.
Weed has been around longer than alcohol....
yeah this guy is an idiot
I imagine that Knowles is an infuriating person with whom to converse.
Monica Derr only, my friend, if the individual that Knowles is conversing with asks unanswerable questions for 22 minutes.
Yet you're the one using the King's English.
The exrebal mical moles!
Ben has described his talent for reading a room and being as charming or as insufferable as he wants to be. So, yeah, I'd imagine that he could and would infuriate whomever wrote this test if they made the mistake of chatting him up, and he'd enjoy himself doing so.
@@josh18230 Look at you, explaining the joke!
I would be bamboozled by the wording of these questions and probably would get a misleading result.
Could you just IMAGINE the left if somebody mistakenly got Hitler due to the terrible wording, because no doubt that's what the test wants of the right
Eighth leg of the Phantom Troupe
Ah yes, the hitlerman was totally on the right wing
Despite the fact that Hitler himself led the “national socialist” party, called his country “beyond socialism,” not controlling the companies (because that always leads to economic collapse and he wasn’t *that* stupid) but instead controlling the people.
He considered the people as property to the government, and did a small variation on socialism’s “class warfare” to instead be “race warfare.”
He had a 4 year plan in the latter years of his rule and repeatedly praised Germany’s communist rule in the same.
He also was considering becoming communist himself because of Germany’s apparent success (from the outside) and would’ve jumped on the bandwagon earlier if not for his doubts about the political model.
I just learned a lot of this recently from MisesU (I’ll find the specific video), but he was definitively far left, and it’s a shame to see the outright misinformation from the MSM.
Edit: I believe this one is it.
ua-cam.com/video/17DkMDvKqw0/v-deo.html
Why does this keep getting shadowbanned.
My very libertarian right wing roommate got left wing authoritarian because the questions are worded so poorly
Lynne Doyle absolutely agree. I’m very conservative but was labeled slightly left and slightly libertarian. Totally wrong.
It is well known for being a bad test If you want a good test check out 8 values political test
Hey Michael what's your favourite boot flavour?
lol
"no, we are not sacrificing freedoms in the name of anti-terrorism"
"yes, even those who follow the law should be worried about government surveillance"
Clinically insane
@@jds614 most fascists are lol
The questions are so incredibly open to interpretation that I would have quit half way through over frustration of trying to figure out what the question is asking.
Some are intended to be open or vague. It literally states that. You aren’t meant to overthink it, it’s meant to see your biases, prejudices, and interpretations
@@theworld6710 you cant tell any of those things without having someone think about their responses in depth.
I've never seen a man more excited to say the words "hanging concentrates the mind wonderfully"
A lot of people here have missed a lot of sarcasm, I guess it’s not as obvious when it’s not Walsh
He knows cannabis has also been grown and used since the ancient times as well right
Apperently not
But only became popular after the late 1960s.
People shat on the floor in ancient times too.
I agree far more with Ben’s results than Michael’s.
Jordan TRusso who is Ben?
@@Coffeeisnecessarynowpepper Ben Shapiro
@@RebelRecusant He's messing with you.
Yeah, imagine being auth-right
@@demvrepdebategroup lol I wish
This video needs more music for all the dancing he did around those simple questions.
"simple questions", yeah thats the point, those questions were over simplified in a blatent attempt to put everyone in 2 boxes"
you mean biased questions, not simple.
The questions were pretty damn basic. Imagine being able to screw up the interpretation of "two consenting adults". He HAS to skew and muddle the meaning of the questions to make the blow of his answers less impactful.
For example, a business should also be responsible for the safety of their employees and their impact on the environment around them, not just delivering profits to shareholders, however if he were to even begin to admit that aspect of it you might begin to question his intentions.
thats where the "businesses need to be regulated to protect the environment" question comes in. Businesses in a vacuum only need to generate profit, but the government's small role is to protect other parties like employees and the environment. So yeah its not immoral to say agree to that question
@@Adam-zy9fv its not govts role to protect its employees it forces bussiness to do that just like a parent cant harm their kid as the govt forces them not to
Based
@@acdesegurgels8663 Ergo it is the government's role??? You're not really that stupid, are you?
19:53 A grown man doesn't know what "consenting" means
It actually is "Consenting" relationship between a sadist and a masochist. So there you go
@@levranz1054 ok? It’s still consenting adults. The government should fuck off
"Our ability to knead pasta is a superior ability..."
I like that he's having fun with it.
"You could be authoritarian left like Bernie Sanders"
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
He’s lib left but I guess ignorance from the other side is always plausible
@X Lo I'd put Bernie right between auth right and auth left. He's mostly right on the line.
Their questions are extremely dumb... yet they were able to politically identify you. 😂
Man of them were leading questions that had no correct answer. It is like me asking you if you stopped beating your wife. Yes or no? If you answered yes, that means you admit you were beating your wife. If you answered no, that means you are still beating your wife. For most people there is no correct way to answer the question.
be kimbal ikr
@@bekimbal9658 IT WASNT LOOKING FOR CORRECT ANSWERS,IT WAS LITERALLY ASKING FOR YOUR OPINION!
''marijuana is just some new foreign lib thing'' Sir the ancient Greeks would like a word with you.
You should have the Daily Wire video chat with each other about this test - I'd love to hear them debate each question!!
political compass quiz DESTROYS michael knowles with FACTS and LOGIC
“Races should stay with their own kind.”
Michael: *laughing* I don’t know what that means but I guess I sorta disagree.
Good job, Mikey. Gold star
It doesn't say race. It says people should stay with their own kind. That can mean political ideologies, social class, race, religion, basically anything. For example if you answered disagree when it's talking about social class, guess what you support a fascist idea, but if you answer agree when it's referring to race you're a segregationist.
@@vision-dz6cm I think there is a VERY high chance that it is talking about race. When you say “kind” do you mean social class? Or do you mean race?
@@marcusvergara6193 well considering I don’t think of other races a “different kinds of people”. I’d say class. Your race doesn’t make you a “different kind of person”. Whereas class is a legitimate difference.
@@vision-dz6cm just because you’re not racist doesn’t mean that the interpretation of the question changes. I don’t think that race changes your personality, however that’s what it’s asking you. It’s asking you about race. Just because you disagree with the question doesn’t mean you get to change the definition.
@@marcusvergara6193 keep in mind what the quiz says at the beginning. They don’t want you to think about it, just get an immediate reaction. For me the immediate reaction is agree because I don’t think of race. Some KKK member’s immediate reaction would also be agree, but for the opposite reason. The quiz is tremendously flawed in this sense, and this goes for other questions too, and is really just entertainment.
bro just called Bernie AuthLeft with a straight face ahhhhahahahaha
the last 10 seconds was the best part.
To say Michael has italian heritage he does look like Michael corleone from the godfarther.
My favourite movies by the way look it up poeple he looks similar
Liam Lake Italians all look the same.
@@givemeusernameplease6201 i dont think their do lol but Italian women are hot tho
He does vaguely resemble Al Pacino in The Godfather. Never noticed before.
@@coleg5578 I'm a big fan of the movies so I'm just surprised I didnt pick up onit earlier
ah yes, the authoritan bernie sanders...
Pretty interesting to see you and Ben both take this and coming up with very different answers (and different interpretations of the questions)! Thanks for uploading both
Didn't realize how different some of Michael's opinions are from my own until seeing this.
IF globalization is inevitable. IFFFFFF.
Lol I love the first comments. "People love themselves and just want to answer questions about themselves, I am no better than That" lol
How can you say we aren't sacrificing civil liberties for counter terrorism AND say we should be wary of government surveillance? Those two options are mutually exclusive.
Did he just said that corporations are people?
every conservative that takes this test insults the questions and then gets the result they thought they'd get
For some reason, I really like these political compass videos
POV: You’ve never felt a woman’s touch.
do you understand what pov means?
You commented this when he introduced a child to this world
We had to take this test in my English class at school
Ana Shan that had to be illegal in the US. Where do you school?
Oscar Miranda why would it be illegal to have students gauge their political beliefs?
When English classes are giving out political tests you know there are indoctrination shenanigans going on. Once had a Spanish class where the teacher gave out copies of a newspaper talking bad about the president. Next thing you know we will be talking about his hand size in anatomy class.
@@OM-el6oy Why tf would it be illegal?
Darken De la Espada if the teacher in this scenario is specifically trying to convey a message or grading a students responses then fair enough that’s wrong, but there’s nothing wrong with having them do some self reflection. I did this in high school too and it got me actively thinking about politics more than I had been.
I think the isidewith test is the most accurate because it ranks people not based on someone's arbitrary opinion but aggregate data on self identification and questions developed by everyone. It also includes more nuanced answers to more accurately represent people. Also, the data they provide afterwards is much more detailed than just a graph that doesn't really explain much
Complete donut
“How could your country be wrong?” What a foolish and ignorant thing to say
Andrew S. Boyanton yeah, I didn’t really understand where that came from either. But I think he means the country as a concept isn’t right or wrong, it’s decisions made by its administration and people that are wrong.
Leeor Vardi I figured the same thing, but if his overarching point is that the literal patch of dirt we call America can’t be wrong, than he’s an even bigger idiot than the video indicates.
He already clarified it in the video. “It can have bad or dumb leaders...” The only idiot here is you for not paying attention.
Bcoinan1 Both the person I responded too and myself clarified that, dumbass. You’re proof why nationalism is so toxic.
Andrew S. Boyanton nothing he said was nationalism. he just pointed out that you were wrong and you’re upset about it
I did this quiz at the same time as watching the video, found myself agreeing with Knowles on easily more than half of the questions, and yet I'm sitting at Liberatarian Left
The test is biased towards libleft.
The writers of this test also write poll questions and 1: don’t acknowledge biases in the questions, 2: are surprised the polls are wrong and 3: still believe they are morally and intellectually superior to the recipients of the questions!
what difference does it make if the questions are biased
The polls were not wrong, learn the concept of error bars.
How can a question be biased if you answer yes to the racist question youre going to the far right pretty simple
The test is biased towards libleft. I am authleft, but I got libleft, right in the middle of the quadrant.
I don’t agree with this guy, but I liked the video. I asked for a political compass video, I got a very descriptive one. I don’t care I think he has absurd ideas or that he’s wrong imo
"What goes on in a private bedroom between consenting adults is no business of the state." The key word there, Michael is "consenting." The man (or woman or whatever is applicable) smacking the partner around and putting out cigarettes on his/her forehead is likely (likely) to be functioning in the realm of non-consent, therefore invalidating the question. And if it is the business of the state, who gets to mandate right or wrong in our bedrooms? That person would be very powerful indeed. Not in my bedroom, thank you very much. I pay my taxes, State, now go away.