{
  "assessmentTests": {
    "ideology_compass": {
      "name": "Ideology Compass",
      "desc": "36 original statements plot where you stand on two independent axes: economic (left to right) and social (libertarian to authoritarian). Get your quadrant, not just a label.",
      "dimensions": {
        "libertarian_left": {
          "name": "Libertarian Left",
          "desc": "You lean toward collective economic solutions, redistribution, and strong public services, paired with a strong preference for personal freedom, civil liberties, and skepticism of state control over private life. You want a government that funds a lot but polices little.",
          "high": "You're firmly Libertarian Left: comfortable with the state stepping in on the economy (taxes, public services, worker protections) but wary of it stepping into your personal choices, speech, or lifestyle. Think co-ops, universal healthcare advocates, and civil-liberties campaigners who also back strong unions.",
          "mid": "You lean Libertarian Left on some questions but aren't fully there. You likely support a bigger economic safety net without going all-in on personal-freedom absolutism, or vice versa.",
          "low": "Libertarian Left isn't where you land. Either you're skeptical of big public spending, comfortable with more social/state authority, or both."
        },
        "libertarian_right": {
          "name": "Libertarian Right",
          "desc": "You favor free markets, low taxes, and minimal government interference in business, paired with a strong preference for personal freedom and minimal government interference in your private life either. Small state, full stop, economic and social.",
          "high": "You're firmly Libertarian Right: markets should run with minimal interference, and so should your personal life. Government's job is to stay out of your wallet and your bedroom. Think classical liberals and free-market individualists.",
          "mid": "You lean Libertarian Right on some questions but aren't fully there. You might want smaller government economically without full social permissiveness, or the reverse.",
          "low": "Libertarian Right isn't where you land. Either you're comfortable with more economic intervention, more social authority, or both."
        },
        "authoritarian_left": {
          "name": "Authoritarian Left",
          "desc": "You favor collective economic solutions, redistribution, and strong public services, paired with a preference for a strong, decisive state that maintains order and can override individual preferences for the collective good.",
          "high": "You're firmly Authoritarian Left: a powerful government should run a lot of the economy AND enforce the social order needed to make that work, from strict regulation to firm limits on disruptive individual behavior. Think planned-economy traditions and collectivist movements that prize discipline alongside redistribution.",
          "mid": "You lean Authoritarian Left on some questions but aren't fully there. You might back a strong safety net without wanting a strong state hand on personal conduct, or the reverse.",
          "low": "Authoritarian Left isn't where you land. Either you're skeptical of heavy economic intervention, more socially libertarian, or both."
        },
        "authoritarian_right": {
          "name": "Authoritarian Right",
          "desc": "You favor free markets and limited economic intervention, paired with a preference for a strong, decisive state on social order, tradition, and national unity, and for firm limits on behavior that threatens that order.",
          "high": "You're firmly Authoritarian Right: markets should mostly run themselves, but the state should be strong and decisive on law, order, tradition, and national cohesion. Think law-and-order conservatives and traditionalists who also want smaller economic government.",
          "mid": "You lean Authoritarian Right on some questions but aren't fully there. You might want firm social order without full economic laissez-faire, or the reverse.",
          "low": "Authoritarian Right isn't where you land. Either you're more comfortable with economic intervention, more socially libertarian, or both."
        }
      },
      "questions": [
        {
          "question": "Businesses generally perform better with less government interference in how they operate.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the industry" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "The government should guarantee a basic standard of living for everyone, funded through taxes on higher earners.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the details" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "People who work harder or take bigger risks deserve to keep most of what they earn, even if that means big income gaps.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Mixed feelings" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Essential services like healthcare and education work best when they're publicly funded rather than left to private companies.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the field" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Lowering taxes on businesses tends to grow the economy more than increasing government spending does.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Genuinely unsure" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Large corporations should be required to share more of their profits with the workers who create them.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the company" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Competition between private companies delivers better results for consumers than government-run services do.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the service" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "The government has a responsibility to reduce the gap between rich and poor, even if that means higher taxes.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends how it's done" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Minimum wage laws end up doing more harm than good by making it harder for businesses to hire.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Genuinely unsure" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Workers should have strong unions to negotiate for fair pay and conditions.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the union" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Free trade between countries benefits everyone more than protecting domestic industries with tariffs.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the industry" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Some industries, like energy and transportation, work better as public utilities than as private for-profit businesses.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends which one" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Cutting welfare programs would encourage more people to find work.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Genuinely unsure" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "A strong social safety net makes an economy more stable, not less.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Genuinely unsure" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Property and inheritance rights should be protected with minimal taxation.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the amount" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Inheritance and large fortunes should be taxed more heavily to reduce inherited advantage.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the amount" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "The stock market and private investment do a better job allocating capital than government planners do.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Genuinely unsure" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Housing, like healthcare, is a basic need the state should help guarantee, not just a market good.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends how" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "A strong, decisive government is more important than one that constantly compromises to please everyone.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Genuinely unsure" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "People should be free to make choices about their own lives, even risky ones, without the state stepping in.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the risk" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Maintaining public order sometimes requires limiting certain individual freedoms.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the freedom" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Personal freedom should almost never be sacrificed for the sake of security.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the stakes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Respect for authority and tradition holds a society together.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Genuinely unsure" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Society should constantly question and update its traditions rather than defer to them.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Genuinely unsure" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Surveillance and monitoring are acceptable trade-offs if they help prevent crime.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the scope" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Government surveillance of citizens is a threat to freedom, even when it's framed as protection.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the framing" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Strict laws and firm punishment do more to keep a society safe than lenient ones.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the crime" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Rehabilitation does more long-term good than harsh punishment.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the crime" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "A country runs more smoothly when there is a clear, unquestioned chain of command.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Genuinely unsure" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Institutions should always be open to challenge from the people they govern.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Genuinely unsure" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "It's the state's job to uphold shared moral standards, even in people's private lives.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the standard" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "What people do in their private lives is nobody's business but their own.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the choice" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Censoring dangerous or offensive speech protects society more than it harms free expression.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the speech" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "Free speech should be protected even when the opinions expressed are offensive or unpopular.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Depends on the opinion" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "National unity is more important than accommodating every individual or group's differences.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Genuinely unsure" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        },
        {
          "question": "A healthy society makes room for many different lifestyles and identities, not just one norm.",
          "options": [
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly disagree", "desc": "Not at all how I see it" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Disagree", "desc": "Mostly not" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Neutral", "desc": "Genuinely unsure" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Agree", "desc": "Mostly yes" },
            { "icon": "🧭", "label": "Strongly agree", "desc": "Exactly how I see it" }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "retakePrompt": {
        "lastResult": "Your last result:",
        "evolvedHint": "Views can shift with life experience and current events, worth retaking every 6-12 months.",
        "retakeButton": "Retake this test"
      },
      "intro_description": "Two independent axes, not one label: where you land economically (left to right) and socially (libertarian to authoritarian). 36 original statements, about 8 minutes, an instant quadrant placement.",
      "intro_outcomes": [
        "Your exact X/Y placement on the economic and social axes",
        "Which of the 4 quadrant archetypes you land in, and how strongly",
        "Where your views are consistent and where they pull in different directions"
      ]
    }
  },
  "testNames": {
    "ideology-compass": "Ideology Compass"
  }
}
