Reading these results
These are people the quiz placed in Bolshevik Marxism on the strength of these same answers, so the strongest agreements are partly built in.
The interesting figures are the ones further down: what this group is split on, and where it departs from the rest of the sample in ways the label alone would not predict. The comparison group is everyone who has taken the long quiz, which leans left of the general public.
Where they break from everyone else
The statements where this group is furthest from the rest of the sample.
The government should be able to monitor private communications if it improves national security.
Surveillance · Governance axis · 35 answered
This group sits 118 points further towards agreeing than the average quiz taker.
No branch of government should be allowed to accumulate too much power.
Checks and Balances · Governance axis · 34 answered
This group sits 111 points further towards disagreeing than the average quiz taker.
International proletarian culture supersedes all local customs.
cosmopolitan · Cultural Policy axis · 34 answered
This group sits 109 points further towards agreeing than the average quiz taker.
International proletarian solidarity transcends national loyalties.
internationalism · National vs International axis · 34 answered
This group sits 103 points further towards agreeing than the average quiz taker.
Traditional values strengthen resistance against capitalist systems.
nationalism · Cultural Policy axis · 35 answered
This group sits 94 points further towards disagreeing than the average quiz taker.
Even hateful or offensive speech should remain legal and free from government restriction.
Free Speech · Governance axis · 35 answered
This group sits 93 points further towards disagreeing than the average quiz taker.
The country runs better when power is concentrated in a strong central authority.
Centralization of Power · Governance axis · 35 answered
This group sits 90 points further towards agreeing than the average quiz taker.
Workers share deeper solidarity than national citizenship creates.
class · National vs International axis · 35 answered
This group sits 90 points further towards agreeing than the average quiz taker.
What they argue about
Sharing a label does not mean sharing an answer. These are the statements that split Bolshevik Marxism closest to evenly.
Authentic revolutions arise from spontaneous mass mobilization.
revolution · Leadership Model axis · 35 answered
45% agreed, 51% disagreed.
Political education achieves deeper transformation than violence.
politics · Military Role axis · 35 answered
51% agreed, 45% disagreed.
Children should be taught to obey authority without question.
Obedience · Governance axis · 17 answered
52% agreed, 41% disagreed.
Grassroots assemblies establish legitimate revolutionary authority.
leadership · Leadership Model axis · 35 answered
57% agreed, 40% disagreed.
Schools should teach children to be proud of their nation and its history.
Patriotism · Social axis · 35 answered
37% agreed, 57% disagreed.
It’s better for governments to balance budgets than to borrow heavily for new programs.
Government Debt · Economic axis · 35 answered
40% agreed, 60% disagreed.
All citizens should be required to complete military or civil service for the good of the nation.
Mandatory Service · Governance axis · 35 answered
62% agreed, 34% disagreed.
Socialist construction requires securing national boundaries first.
nationalism · National vs International axis · 35 answered
65% agreed, 31% disagreed.
Their average position
- Economic
- Left73.3%
- Governance
- Authoritarian57.7%
- Social
- Progressive51.8%
Averaged across 35 responses.
Averaged across 35 responses.
Averaged across 35 responses.