{"id":5170,"date":"2009-09-11T00:32:25","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T14:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maddruid.com\/?p=5170"},"modified":"2010-01-19T14:33:31","modified_gmt":"2010-01-19T03:33:31","slug":"2077-of-me-and-political-compass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maddruid.com\/?p=5170","title":{"rendered":"[2077] Of me and political compass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I admit. Sometimes, I go on egosurfing. I Google myself. Wow. That sounds worse than I thought it would be.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, this habit of mine began when somebody impersonated me online. To address the situation, one of few things that I did was to scan the internet for my name with the intention of repairing damage the impersonator sought to do.<\/p>\n<p>When the impersonation issue died out, I did not stop Googling myself however. I found that egosurfing&#8230; addictive.<\/p>\n<p>It continues until till day because I find what others write about me amusing. Somebody at a UMNO website for instance, calls me a traitor. Some others call me a kafir due to an article that I wrote on the Palestianian-Israeli conflict. There are flattering posts too but, heh, that is for you to find out.<\/p>\n<p>One that I saw some weeks ago wondered how I would show up on several online political compasses.<a href=\"#2077note1\"><sup><small>[1]<\/small><\/sup><\/a><a name=\"2077noteback1\"><\/a> Among many compasses he used, the one at <em>Political Compass<\/em> is probably the best-known out there.<a href=\"#2077note2\"><sup><small>[2]<\/small><\/sup><\/a><a name=\"2077noteback2\"><\/a> I myself am familiar with it and I shall only use it.<\/p>\n<p>And, as Michael Jackson would have put it, this is it.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/maddruid.com\/wp\/images\/20090910politicalCompass.png?w=500&#038;ssl=1\" border=\"1\" alt=\"Some right reserved.\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, I am halfway to the southeast side of the compass. That means pro-freedom on both the economic and social front. In a sense, I am an individualist, hostile to collectivism.<\/p>\n<p>The black arrow shows the evolution of my position and hence, thoughts. I have been doing this compass since, if I remember correctly, year 2002. The shift, is likely due to my experience living in the United States as well as knowledge gained from economics.<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted questions related to the compass are US-centric. If it is to be contextualized within Malaysian environment, I would probably sit farther to the southeast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maddruid.com\/Graphics\/reusable\/the__earthinc.png?w=580\" alt=\"Mohd Hafiz Noor Shams. Some rights reserved\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maddruid.com\/Graphics\/reusable\/the__earthinc.png?w=580\" alt=\"Mohd Hafiz Noor Shams. Some rights reserved\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maddruid.com\/Graphics\/reusable\/the__earthinc.png?w=580\" alt=\"Mohd Hafiz Noor Shams. Some rights reserved\" \/><\/p>\n<p><small><a href=\"#2077noteback1\"><sup>[1]<\/sup><\/a><a name=\"2077note1\"><\/a> \u2014 See\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/khensthoth.whatthetoot.com\/life\/of-my-political-leaning\" target=\"_blank\">Of My Political Leaning<\/a><\/em> Compendium of Me. August 9 2009.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><small><a href=\"#2077noteback2\"><sup>[2]<\/sup><\/a><a name=\"2077note2\"><\/a> \u2014 The Political Compass is available at <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicalcompass.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.politicalcompass.org\/<\/a><\/em>. Accessed September 10 2009.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I admit. Sometimes, I go on egosurfing. I Google myself. Wow. That sounds worse than I thought it would be. Anyway, this habit of mine began when somebody impersonated me online. 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