Thanks

[pecunium]

To everyone who sent me uplifting thoughts, thank you. I needed that.

No, I'm not going to quit (nor give in to despair) but sometimes one just has to gripe.

For amusement

The Expatriate Achtung! You are 23% brainwashworthy, 22% antitolerant, and 33% blindly patriotic

Congratulations! You are not susceptible to brainwashing, your values and cares extend beyond the borders of your own country, and your Blind Patriotism does not reach unhealthy levels. If you had been German in the 30s, you would've left the country. One bad scenario -- as I hypothetically project you back in time -- is that you just wouldn't have cared one way or the other about Nazism. Maybe politics don't interest you enough. But the fact that you took this test means they probably do. I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt. Did you know that many of the smartest Germans departed prior to the beginning of World War II, because they knew some evil shit was brewing? Brain Drain. Many of them were scientists. It is very possible you could have been one of them. Conclusion: born and raised in Germany in the early 1930's, you would not have been a Nazi. The Would You Have Been A Nazi? Test - it rules -

My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 99% on brainwashworthy You scored higher than 99% on antitolerant You scored higher than 99% on patriotic

Link: The Would You Have Been a Nazi Test written by jason_bateman on OkCupid Free Online Dating, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

They must not have very many people of my age taking the test, because according to the data, everyone is less brainwashable, more tolerant and less patriotic than I am. Sure.

I think it reasonably certain I'd have cared about the Nazis. What I find more likely is that I'd have waited too long to leave.

Comments

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[huladavid.livejournal.com]

One of the things that may have thrown me "to the wolves" is that I answered yes to "Are you easily swayed?", 'cuz I think I am, however I work really hard at not being a pushover.

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[pecunium.livejournal.com]

Nah, that ain't it, because I answered yes to that. A good speaker is a powerful thing.

TK

Re: ????

[(Anonymous)]

I answered "no" to that one. There was another, later question that asked if you were easily influenced, and I said "yes" to that one.

Actually, what may have happened was that when it asked for age and gender info I said I was an 18 year old woman... I guess this is the price of "screwin' with the stats"...

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[huladavid.livejournal.com]

Sorry, that was from me.

[greenmother.livejournal.com]

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I already am an expat - living, working and raising a family in Greater Canuckistan! *snert* - but still managed to cop The Expatriate rating by basing my answers on the Canadian milieu. I can only imagine what might have happened had I considered the situation in the U.S. when I was answering the questions .....

[fjm.livejournal.com]

It's all irrelevant. We can all judge ourselves in hindsight. I remember a debate on Woman's Hour about radical and liberal suffragettes and at the end two thirds of the audience said they would have been militants. Ironically, the self-declared liberals were more likely to have been militant because at least they were honest in themselves.

Ask yourself this: am I doing anything to prevent the mistreatment of minorities *now* (and I don't just mean writing letters)?

If you aren't now you wouldn't have done then. You'd still have been saying "oh, but it's not that bad" as they marched your neighbour out of the door.

And by the way, I'm not claiming any moral high ground here. I do sod all.

[moropus.livejournal.com]

Had you lived in Germany in the 1930s, you'd have probably just gone
along with the flow. Men with guns are surrounding the house next door?
The bagel place on the corner's gone? Hmm...whatever. ......

The sad conclusion: you
would've missed your Jewish friends, but you would've done nothing
about it. Seriously. But rest assured, you would've forgiven yourself
eventually.

It said I was a bigot. That's odd. I said on one answer that I think everyone has a little prejudgice in them on the grounds that we are not perfect. Also, since I retired from the service, I had to say I would die for my country and follow orders, etc. But it's just a silly test.

[michael-b-lee.livejournal.com]

What I find more likely is that I'd have waited too long to leave.

That's what I wonder about sometimes. Would I have gotten out in time, or would I have vacillated and rationalized everything until it was too late? I don't know.

[chaotic-nipple.livejournal.com]

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

It's odd to me, that the way to end up in the Resistance is to be "blindly" patriotic.

Because when I see the people who end up in it, they are all above 50 percent.

TK

[lyorn.livejournal.com]

They must not have very many people of my age taking the test

They seem to have a lot of my age and gender, because the numbers I get are very un-round. (I often get 33s or 66s or something when I do new tests).

I got the "expatriate", too, and knowing myself, leaving is the way I usually deal with situations I do not like. Still, big decisions (like emigrating) usually need some trigger, and the Nazi government was cooking the proverbial frog slowly. (They also, from what I read, seem to have been rather good in keeping everyone too busy to think.) Plus, there's the consideration of where you can go if you are not wealty, highly skilled, or famous.

And, of course, whether one grew up in a liberal or in an authoritarian culture and family makes a large difference in one's chance to learn mental independence, tolerance and skepsis towards authorities