What would you have been in the Russian Revolution

No surprises there!

Left SR

I got the "anarchist" result, like I suspect a lot of people here would also get. In the words of Bakunin, "When the people are being beaten with a stick, they are not much happier if it is called 'the People's Stick.'"

between Left SR and Menshevik Internationalist.
i'm not sure of the result because they used "reigns" where they should have used "reins."
ps, this is what i'm doing on a saturday night.

It's absolute balderdash!- I came out as Menshevik Internationalist, hogwash!

petey

this is what i'm doing on a saturday night.

Lol My excuse is that I have a spot of insomnia.

I expected anarchist but I got Left SR instead.

Would have been a worker; member of a factory committee; demanding that the soviets take power and disperse the Kerensky government.

all the Trotskyists I know got either Left SR or Anarchist ;-)

Alas, the quizzers left out the SR Maximalists.

Left SR.

Left SR

Left SR first time, very close to anarchist on the compass, but I did not know what convocation meant lol

Second time anarchist ;-)

Argh!!! This place is crawling with mensheviks!!!

I didn't understand one or two questions, but anarchist bro. A 'glorious' death 'tis lol *fistbumb*

I am left to the Bolsheviks - I guess that is a Left Communist :)

Anarchist. Good quiz though, and interesting to see where the answers differed.

got anarchist despite having more Bolshevik leanings than many others here ;-)

To the left of Left SRs horizontally and inbetween Left SRs and anarchists vertically.

10/10 would get shot by the Cheka

Having answered some questions differently that I initially didn't understand I have come out as an anarchist.

Yet another Left SR, at least according to the headline. My red dot was on the same anti-authoritarian line as anarchists, somewhat below the LSR's, but well to the left of anarchists on the socialist scale. Hell with the test thingy, I woulda been a good Bakunin thumping anarcho-syndicalist. Shot by the Cheka for sure unless I got lucky and wound up in Chicago or New York hanging out with the wobblies.

David in Atlanta

Yet another Left SR, at least according to the headline.

Glad to see you back David!

I'm also Left SR.

Khawaga

I'm also Left SR.

I'm curious, what sort of questions is it where the answers are coming up different between anarchists and left SRs?

I'd be curious about that too

While it wasn't in the "questionnaire," the Left SRs did participate in the Cheka, until they were forced out, and did try to prevent the abuses, particularly the judge/jury/executioner authority that was bestowed upon it by the Bolsheviks.

when you finish the quiz you can compare your answers to the different factions, so you should be able to work it out from there, although i didn't think it made a lot of sense

S. Artesian

While it wasn't in the "questionnaire," the Left SRs did participate in the Cheka, until they were forced out, and did try to prevent the abuses, particularly the judge/jury/executioner authority that was bestowed upon it by the Bolsheviks.

To be fair, bolsheviks also struggled against the Cheka and its horrible violent actions. Also, in addition the the Bolsheviks and the SRs there were many anarchists and non-party people in the Cheka. I would consider the Cheka as a state institution rather than a Bolshevik organization. When first organized it was considered as a temporary (Cherezcichaynaya Komissiya po bor'bye s kontrrevolyutsiyei i sabotazhem literally means "Extraordinary commission to fight against counter revolution and sabotage") organ to be used against the whites only during the civil war. Many Bolsheviks hated and times and again appealed to the Sovnarkom to abolish it. Its members were regularly liquidated themselves for excessive violence, sadism & corruption. Chekists themselves tended to die at the hands of the Chekists...

I was shooting for Left SR, but got anarchist...which I am and I answered honestly. I think it comes down to being a little bit more pro-state at times or more neutral on certain questions.

Khawaga

I'd be curious about that too

if you scroll down to the bit under the box that shows you your answer it shows you where your answers differ from the different options. I just didn't compare my answers (anarchist) with left SR but now wish I had

I got Left SR but to be more accurately I was halfway between Anarchist and Left SR.
I suspect as my political knowledge grows ( I am a Novice to Socialism) this could change if I took the quiz again a year later.

"all the Trotskyists I know got either Left SR or Anarchist"

Interesting. How did the Trotskyists you know respond to being classed as Left SR or Anarchist?

DigitalSocialist

"all the Trotskyists I know got either Left SR or Anarchist"

Interesting. How did the Trotskyists you know respond to being classed as Left SR or Anarchist?

aren't really bothered ... they're however all from the Mandelite/Pabloite tradition

I got Menshevik Internationalist. I would have traded peace with the German barbarians and chosen not to collectivize the peasants.

It suffers from inconsistent use of the term "state" - so for example the "correct" anarchist answer for the question on ideal form of government is a federation of states (so using state to mean governance), but then elsewhere uses state in the sense anarchists would use and oppose - eg, question about restricting freedom of speech.

It's also has anarchists as strongly disagreeing with "the death penalty is a vital means of punishment during current wartime conditions", which I suspect would be news to Makhno.

Fall Back

It suffers from inconsistent use of the term "state" - so for example the "correct" anarchist answer for the question on ideal form of government is a federation of states (so using state to mean governance), but then elsewhere uses state in the sense anarchists would use and oppose - eg, question about restricting freedom of speech.

It's also has anarchists as strongly disagreeing with "the death penalty is a vital means of punishment during current wartime conditions", which I suspect would be news to Makhno.

yeah, good spot. Statism is often a problem with these sorts of questionnaires. It is in the political compass, for example, where you can't really give an anarchist answer to some questions.

I also noticed it said that anarchists "agreed" with nationalisation of industries, whereas the principled anarchist approach is to be neutral on state/private ownership, and instead just support workers' control.

I got anarchist when I took this a few weeks ago, slightly to the left of it actually.