On Biases
Every political quiz carries the biases of its author. This one is no different. Here is an honest accounting.
Two Axes, Two Standards
Civic Crusade scores your answers on two axes: Order vs Chaos and Virtue vs Malice. These two axes are not held to the same standard of objectivity, and it would be dishonest to pretend otherwise.
Order vs Chaos: The More Objective Axis
The Order-Chaos axis is the more straightforward of the two. It measures a single, concrete dimension: how much power should the government have?
Answers that give government more authority, establish stronger institutions, or favor collective enforcement score toward Order. Answers that limit government power, favor individual autonomy, or reject institutional control score toward Chaos.
This axis is relatively free of moral judgment. Whether you believe in strong governance or personal liberty, the scoring simply reflects where you fall on that spectrum. A Paladin and a Tyrant both score high on Order. A Rebel and a Destroyer both score toward Chaos. The axis describes your preference for structure, not whether that preference is good or bad.
Virtue vs Malice: The Biased Axis
The Virtue-Malice axis is where the author's values become unavoidable. Scoring an answer as “virtuous” or “malicious” requires a moral framework, and moral frameworks are inherently personal.
When this quiz scores an answer as virtuous, it reflects the author's belief that the answer demonstrates compassion, fairness, or concern for others. When it scores an answer as malicious, it reflects the author's belief that the answer demonstrates cruelty, selfishness, or disregard for human dignity.
Reasonable people will disagree with some of these judgments. An answer that the author considers compassionate, someone else might consider naive. An answer the author considers cruel, someone else might consider pragmatic. These disagreements are not bugs in the quiz. They are features of political life.
The author has tried to be fair, but fairness itself is a value that not everyone weighs equally. If you take the quiz and feel your result on the Virtue-Malice axis does not reflect your true character, you may simply have a different moral framework than the one embedded in these questions. That is worth reflecting on, but it does not make you wrong.
Why Include the Biased Axis at All?
A quiz with only one axis would be simpler and more defensible. But it would also be less interesting and less honest. Politics is not only about how much power government should have. It is also about what that power should be used for, and whether the people wielding it care about those it affects.
The Virtue-Malice axis exists because the author believes that intentions and compassion matter in politics, even though measuring them requires subjective judgment. The alternative, pretending that all political positions are morally equivalent, would itself be a bias, just a hidden one.
A Final Note
This quiz is a dungeon crawl, not a diagnosis. It is meant to provoke thought, spark conversation, and maybe reveal something about how you approach hard problems. If your result surprises you, sit with it for a moment before dismissing it. And if you disagree with how a question was scored, that disagreement itself tells you something worth knowing about your own values.