The method of filling in the questions and of scoring is explained in the first page of the Questionnaire, Activity.
E - SOCIAL & POLITICAL ATTITUDES
Trait 4 - SOCIALISM/CAPITALISM
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ANALYSIS
High scorers have a socialist outlook, with sympathy towards working people and resentment towards those who receive unearned income or excessive profits; they favor internationalism and the redistribution of wealth.
Low scorers have a capitalist orientation: a belief that talent and enterprise (as opposed to just hard work) should be especially rewarded, that private enterprise is more efficient than government control and that worker power is a threat to order and profits.
In the context of the other Traits in this Category, socialists tend to be radical and progressive; conservatives favor a traditional viewpoint on most matters and a capitalist economic system.
A tough-minded (mastery-oriented) conservative may tend towards fascism and racism. On the radical side, a tough-minded socialist may tend towards communism; a very permissive radical may tend towards anarchy.
Between these extremes are the majority of people, at least in Western democracies, with a range between Republican/Tory right-wing politics (tending to be religious); Democrats/Liberals in the center; and in Europe, Socialists/Labour on the left (with both the center and left tending to pacifism and environmental concerns).
How do you compare?
The norm on this trait is between 23-24 points (statistical approximation). This may be represented on the following scale:
Socialist 50 49 48 47 46 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 32 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 || 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Capitalist
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