# Quiz: What government type are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 11, 2002, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526 "2002-06-11T21:55:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/41 "2002-08-21T18:37:35Z")
Macintosh anarchist? Can’t run an .exe file easily and too lazy to figure out how. ---
**Author:** ![Qwertyasdfg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ecc23a/32.png) [@Qwertyasdfg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertyasdfg)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/42 "2002-08-21T18:39:40Z")
I’m Imperialist. My cousin took it and got Fascist. ---
**Author:** ![themightycupcake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@themightycupcake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themightycupcake)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/43 "2002-08-21T19:04:44Z")
Mine said “Mildly incompatible government types.” Is that bad?? Numbers are 2,2,2,10,8,8. In reality, I’m a super idealistic, perfectionistic person. Not exactly a government type, but, hey! ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/44 "2002-08-21T20:02:17Z")
Marxism …wtf? Oh well. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/45 "2002-08-21T20:30:18Z")
Geocities can’t find the file! Maybe the computer I’m using is the reason?! (Pit material ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/46 "2002-08-21T22:46:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bouv \* > \*\*Marxist > > I don’t agree with that at ALL! \*\* What he said! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/47 "2002-08-22T04:16:26Z")
Democracy 2 2 2 8 8 10 \*\* Insecta\*\* Do you intend for “government type” to have some sort of relationship to people’s political affilliations? If not I’m confused. Hell, I’m confused either way. Maybe you could pretend everyone in this thread is equally clueless and explain what this is supposed to test. You know, for those of us that the phrase “government type” holds no particular meaning for. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/48 "2002-08-22T04:31:42Z")
Theocracy 3 2 1 11 10 5 ---
**Author:** ![funions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/34f0e0/32.png) [@funions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funions)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/49 "2002-08-22T06:30:31Z")
Another “Mildly Incompatable Government Type” 2.2.2 10.8.8 Is that good, or bad? ---
**Author:** ![Squish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Squish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squish)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/50 "2002-08-22T06:50:01Z")
Damn, I got Democracy when I really would have preferred Despotism. ☹ Have to practice my meanness more, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/51 "2002-08-22T07:44:57Z")
Martial Law ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_Schmeese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@Marconi\_Schmeese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_Schmeese)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/52 "2002-08-22T22:57:35Z")
I though I was a Libertarian, but I’m aparently a. Fascist! 3 2 2 12 6 8 ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/53 "2002-08-22T23:32:13Z")
1. Capitalism? Is Capitalism a type of Government? How exactly go you govern by Capitalism? The market decides which laws should be made? 2. dark red on black background? Yuck! Bright color on dark background, or dark color on light background. NOT dark color on dark background. 3. The link on geocities is to GOVTYPE.zip, while the file name is govtype.zip. Yes, there’s a difference on web servers. -lv ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/54 "2002-08-23T00:51:49Z")
I seem to be the only one admitting that I was analyzed with two government types: Marxism/Martial Law. I’m not sure how comfortable I am with that, but let’s see how the scoring rationales come out.\* 02 02 07 07 07 12 \*[sub]Drat! This means I have to come back to IMHO on purpose! The only reason I’m here in the first place was because Threadspotting[sup]TM[/sup] brought me here! Oh, well. Expanded horizons and all that, I guess.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/55 "2002-08-23T04:50:07Z")
Gee I never knew … - Capitalism was a government type. I thought it was an economic system. - Anarchy was a government type. I thought it was the absence of government. - Martial Law was a government type. I thought it was a declaration of military law when civilian law broke down. How much time did you read up on government types, economic systems, etc., before putting this together? And how did you arrive at your weighting system to produce the results when someone takes your test? It might help to pass Civics 101 first before unleashing your new found knowledge on the rest of the world. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/56 "2002-08-23T15:15:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Duckster \* > \*\*- Anarchy was a government type. I thought it was the absence of government. > \*\* If atheism is a religion, then Anarchy is a government type. -lv ---
**Author:** ![Robb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Robb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robb)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2002, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/57 "2002-08-23T17:27:40Z")
Anarchy 2 2 3 7 7 12 ---
**Author:** ![Manach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Manach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manach)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/58 "2002-08-24T00:40:56Z")
Theocracy 3 2 2 11 8 7 Which happens to be spot on. ---
**Author:** ![Sivalensis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@Sivalensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sivalensis)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/59 "2002-08-24T02:10:27Z")
I got democracy but I closed the page before I got the numbers. I remember it was all 2s on the top and there were several 10s on the bottom, but I don’t really know what that means… ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2002, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526/60 "2002-08-24T04:02:46Z")
Socialism 1 3 3 4 11 11 Might have agreed with this 20 years ago. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quiz-what-government-type-are-you/113526.md?page=4)