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Socialist

16 (32%)

Green

8 (16%)

Peace and Freedom

2 (4%)

Democratic

1 (2%)

Transhumanist

11 (22%)

Libertarian

8 (16%)

Republican

2 (4%)

Constitution

2 (4%)

Total Members Voted: 49

[Cruxador]

I was so dissatisfied with existing quizzes that I wrote one of my own. I haven't tallied up the total weighted points but it should be reasonably balanced and I'm reasonably confident that the questions are good.

[NullForceOmega]

My result:
91% Gryffindor
53% Hufflepuff
31% Slytherin
31% Ravenclaw

Intriguing.

[Orange Wizard]

I was so dissatisfied with existing quizzes that I wrote one of my own. I haven't tallied up the total weighted points but it should be reasonably balanced and I'm reasonably confident that the questions are good.

Questions seem pretty solid. Probably need a few more in there to balance things out.

What ethos do you fit?
Your Result: Socialist 88%
 
70%Communist
 
62%Democracy
 
61%Anarchist
 
43%Monarchist
 
18%Fascist

Looks like the weighting's a bit fucky. Anarchist should be much lower, as with communist. Maybe democracy could go a bit higher. Monarchist, fascist, and socialist are about the right place, I think.

[hops]

What ethos do you fit?
Your Result: Socialist
 
89%
A middle-ground between the tumultuous inequalities of laissez-faire democracy and the gross inefficiencies and corruption of communism, a socialist system of government incentivizes good economic behavior and limits the possible harm to the weakest members of society. Allowing everyone to contribute does increase the well-being of citizens, but socialism typically taxes corporations heavily, limiting economic growth. Socialism is also economically fragile, because large numbers of unemployed persons drain money from the system faster than they add to it, and so swings of the economy can be greatly magnified. Socialism also encourages isolationism, because poor immigrants will drain the government's coffers, while emigrants will take the money invested in them by taxpayers out of the system, and pay their dividends elsewhere. Still, socialism is probably the most effective way to reach the ideal of a world where no person is forced to suffer for purely economic reasons.
 
87%Communist
 
58%Anarchist
 
41%Democracy
 
9%Monarchist
 
9%Fascist

I don't really have any comment since I'm not even sure what the hell my political position is, but I think there should be some distinction between "I don't trust society" and "DOWN WITH SOCIETY! BURN IT ALL, BURN IT ALL!"

Also my parents are commies so I guess I may have picked up some ideas from them.

[Orange Wizard]

9%Monarchist

REMOVE TREASONIST

[TheBiggerFish]

Your Result: Communist
 
88%
Moral good is the same on the scale of families and neighborhoods as it is on the scale of nations. Give people what they need, and don't keep what you don't. But some people are greedy, so it's up to the government to make sure that goods and labor are distributed equitably. Communism is a noble ideal, but in practice it doesn't always work out that well. More lives have ended in the name of communism than any other ideology, and yet it has still failed in the modern world. Government planning can change priorities, so that even a small island nation like Cuba can have world-class education and medicine, but one cannot ignore Cuba's crushing poverty or harshly limited civil rights. And Cuba is one of the best off, being mostly free of corruption. A communist may talk in ideals, it's hard to ignore that those highest ideals have never really been reached.
 
86%Socialist
 
53%Anarchist
 
37%Democracy
 
17%Monarchist
 
8%Fascist

Huh.

[Loud Whispers]

What ethos do you fit?
Your Result: Democracy
81%
The most popular government type in the world, thanks largely to the USA. Democracy follows the ideal that every person has a say in governance, and thus the will of the majority will, over time, drift towards a government that best suits everyone's interests. Of course, it's not perfect. Inefficiencies and corruption can become common, and representatives entrenched. Tyranny of the majority can see minority groups oppressed or ethnically cleansed, voting procedures can be gamed through gerrymandering or other skullduggery, and countless tricks can be pulled to subvert the process for personal gain. On top of that, the average person just isn't that interested in voting, and those who are often understand what they're voting on only poorly. Still, it's not without reason that Democracy has been called "the worst form of Government except for all those other forms that have been tried".
 
65% Fascist
61% Monarchist
61% Anarchist
27% Communist
23% Socialist

>thanks largely to the USA
Heh

[Orange Wizard]

>thanks largely to the USA
Heh

I lol'd

[Tiruin]

Pottermore Sorting Quiz (all possible questions)
Your Result: RAVENCLAW
 
74%
Congratulations! You have been sorted into Ravenclaw, the house of intelligence, curiosity, individualism, and wit. You are amongst other Ravenclaws, such as: Cho Chang, and Luna Lovegood.
 
49%SLYTHERIN!
 
22%HUFFLEPUFF!
 
22%GRYFFINDOR!

As expected.

Spoiler: Rant? (click to show/hide)

Man, the whole Houses ...er, quadrachotomy (?) was a missed opportunity turned into a suspension-of-disbelief-smashing-sledgehammer; Gryffindor and Slytherin get characterized as only having good and only having evil people in them, while Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw are just brushed off to the sides to make room for their competition.

Gryffindor is the house of Unequivocal Good Guys^TMand Slytherin is the house of Not!zis, and this dichotomy is played up as the main source of conflict the entire series; almost everyone Harry is friends with is a Gryffindor, to the point that Dumblegorp himself, who is practically an Obi-Wan or Merlin expy, was Gryffindor when he was a kid just because he's the Big Good Guy^TM, even though his characterization the entire series makes him seem like much more of a Ravenclaw sort of guy; hell, the entire point of Order of the Phoenix is that Dumblecop is too much of a wimp to tell Harry about his concerns, when the point of being a Gryffindor is specifically one's bravery. Did he bribe the Sorting Hat, or something?

Meanwhile, every villain is Slytherin. Literally every named evil person in the series is or was Slytherin. Why is Slytherin even still there? Has anything good ever come out of it? Why isn't it some kind of litmus test for denying admittance instead? Was Scrumblegort planning on, like, hosting a Slytherin Class Reunion someday and then collapsing the building with all of them still in it?

Then Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff just sorta get sidelined; I mean, at least the very end of Deathly Hallows characterizes Ravenclaw a little when Lovegood gives Harry a tour of their common room, but even then nobody in Ravenclaw even gets noted for being particularly intelligent (the closest thing is that the one remotely important character in it has schizophrenia or something,) it's just kind of offhandedly mentioned as the house of a couple extras and side characters. Hufflepuff is just so utterly generic that even the only "main character" still in it, Cedric, gets like ten or twenty lines of dialogue (admittedly spread throughout the book) before getting offed. I maintain that Hufflepuff is actually just where they put everybody with nothing particularly notable about them to keep the underachievers out of everyone else's hair.

Hufflepuffs are also noted for being prime vampire fodder.

Excuse my impudence on reminding a house fellow on etiquette of insight; the pursuit of wisdom should characteristically be aware of any influence affecting thought and circumstance--if largely drawn by emotion, given how intense feelings may be, there can be a tendency that whatever is in the mind shall be mostly that which is in the mind's eye. Beware.

The Four houses of Hogwarts have not been judged due to their moral character, and should not be, as such may be likened to bias of anecdotal expectations, along with a lack of insight to what each house represents, rather than note only its characteristics. Be reminded that if you judge villainy in a canonical viewpoint, to the origins within their houses: Remember the name of Peter Pettigrew.

Never limit the scope of your ideas, lest you be stuck only with those ideas until they wear you down. Always pursue knowledge.

[hops]

Also, since Tiruin didn't name anyone... I have a case to make for Slytherin.

Slughorn.

[Haspen]

Your Result: SLYTHERIN!
 
82%

Congratulations! You have been sorted into Slytherin, the house of ambition, determination, and cunning. You are amongst other Slytherins such as: Snape, Draco, and MERLIN.
 
64%
HUFFLEPUFF!
 
48%
RAVENCLAW
 
46%
GRYFFINDOR!

Hiss hiss.

What ethos do you fit?
Your Result: Communist
 
86%

Moral good is the same on the scale of families and neighborhoods as it is on the scale of nations. Give people what they need, and don't keep what you don't. But some people are greedy, so it's up to the government to make sure that goods and labor are distributed equitably. Communism is a noble ideal, but in practice it doesn't always work out that well. More lives have ended in the name of communism than any other ideology, and yet it has still failed in the modern world. Government planning can change priorities, so that even a small island nation like Cuba can have world-class education and medicine, but one cannot ignore Cuba's crushing poverty or harshly limited civil rights. And Cuba is one of the best off, being mostly free of corruption. A communist may talk in ideals, it's hard to ignore that those highest ideals have never really been reached.
 
83%
Fascist
 
81%
Monarchist
 
79%
Democracy
 
76%
Socialist
 
28%
Anarchist

I AM EVERYTHING! (except disorderly)

[Tiruin]

Also, since Tiruin didn't name anyone... I have a case to make for Slytherin.

Slughorn.

Oh there's a ton of examples I'm just under the impression that Tawa was grumpy in a :I sorta way which got him ranting about it. Though given how many examples, it's easy to miss significant individuals (ie Peter Pettigrew; Griffindor, and BLOODY TRAITOR, etc.)

[Avis-Mergulus]

Your Result: Socialist
 
89%
A middle-ground between the tumultuous inequalities of laissez-faire democracy and the gross inefficiencies and corruption of communism, a socialist system of government incentivizes good economic behavior and limits the possible harm to the weakest members of society. Allowing everyone to contribute does increase the well-being of citizens, but socialism typically taxes corporations heavily, limiting economic growth. Socialism is also economically fragile, because large numbers of unemployed persons drain money from the system faster than they add to it, and so swings of the economy can be greatly magnified. Socialism also encourages isolationism, because poor immigrants will drain the government's coffers, while emigrants will take the money invested in them by taxpayers out of the system, and pay their dividends elsewhere. Still, socialism is probably the most effective way to reach the ideal of a world where no person is forced to suffer for purely economic reasons.
 
77%Communist
 
58%Anarchist
 
45%Democracy
 
9%Monarchist
 
0%Fascist

I'm apparently not in touch with my inner fascist, which is somewhat surprising.

However, perhaps it's just the questions.

[BlackHeartKabal]

I think there should be some distinction between "I don't trust society" and "DOWN WITH SOCIETY! BURN IT ALL, BURN IT ALL!"

[Frumple]

Pottermore Sorting Quiz (all possible questions)
Your Result: GRYFFINDOR!
Congratulations! You have been sorted into Gryffindor, the house of bravery and chivalry. You are amongst other Gryffindors such as: Harry Potter, Hermione, Ron Wesley, and Neville Longbottom. 
Result Breakdown:
68% GRYFFINDOR!
66% HUFFLEPUFF!
54% SLYTHERIN!
52% RAVENCLAW

Mildly interesting that the pair's were both 2 points from each other...

What ethos do you fit?
Your Result: Socialist
A middle-ground between the tumultuous inequalities of laissez-faire democracy and the gross inefficiencies and corruption of communism, a socialist system of government incentivizes good economic behavior and limits the possible harm to the weakest members of society. Allowing everyone to contribute does increase the well-being of citizens, but socialism typically taxes corporations heavily, limiting economic growth. Socialism is also economically fragile, because large numbers of unemployed persons drain money from the system faster than they add to it, and so swings of the economy can be greatly magnified. Socialism also encourages isolationism, because poor immigrants will drain the government's coffers, while emigrants will take the money invested in them by taxpayers out of the system, and pay their dividends elsewhere. Still, socialism is probably the most effective way to reach the ideal of a world where no person is forced to suffer for purely economic reasons.
Result Breakdown:
83% Socialist
64% Communist
63% Anarchist
52% Democracy
2% Monarchist
1% Fascist

Welp.