ESI vs LSI

Human rights and social equality are definitely more important than the imperial might of the country.

I usually immediately understand when my friend starts to get angry.

I like being in an environment where no one depends on anyone else, where there are no 'elders' and 'authorities.'

Any manifestations of inequality among people irritate me.

I easily notice someone's bad or selfish attitude towards me, even if they hide it.

It's easy to offend me.

I usually immediately see if another person is happy.

It is extremely unpleasant for me when I am 'built' according to some rules.

I perceptively see bad or selfish attitudes towards me, even if they are hidden.

I instantly distinguish between a sarcastic 'thank you,' a grateful 'thank you,' and an angry 'thank you.'

I am used to interacting with others on equal terms and can't imagine any other way of interaction.

I am intolerant of any restriction of my personal rights and freedoms by authority.

Equal 'horizontal' relationships are always more pleasant and preferable than hierarchical subordination relationships.

I usually find it easy to tell if another person is lying or telling the truth.

Integrating into a group hierarchy and becoming its inseparable part is rather unpleasant than pleasant for me.

I easily guess a person's interests and goals from their individual actions.

I despise cultures where offending the weak is considered a virtue.

I easily and quickly notice hostility towards me in someone's behavior.

If I were in Napoleon Bonaparte's place and had the same popularity and power as him, I would - ESI: use my power to implement a system of regular and guaranteed renewal of the highest authority in France through democratic procedures within a few years. LSI: proclaim myself the lifelong ruler of France.

I can't understand and empathize with the disdain of nobles for the common people among whom they live—it always amazes and outrages me.

I easily overcome any national or cultural barriers in communication—they are no obstacle to me.

Individualism is good, not bad.

I usually notice earlier than others when someone is tired or feeling unwell and am always ready to help them unobtrusively.

I am more inclined to object than to obey.

I believe people can self-govern and live happily without kings, leaders, and masters.

Sometimes I immediately feel hurt and irritated by someone's words, even before thoughtfully understanding the meaning of the phrase.

I usually quickly and immediately see when a person is being crafty.

I often worry about what others think of me.

I am an individualist and am interested in personal qualities in myself and others, not belonging to a collective.

In a normal society, people should not march through life in step and 'in sync' because they are all different.

I often strive to act according to my own will and independently, rather than within the framework of mutual subordination and collective rules.

I have experienced a moment when, having risen quickly from a lying position, I felt everything spinning before my eyes and my legs not holding me for a few seconds.

Being free and independent is a hundred times more important than being high-ranking.

When someone does something disgusting to people I don't even know, I almost always intervene because I can't do otherwise.

I can be quick-tempered like a match when provoked and may not always regulate the proportionality of my responses, and in response to a minor 'jab' I can immediately deploy the 'heavy artillery.'

Strict respect for moral norms of mutually honest and conscientious behavior of people is more valuable and necessary than even the respect for state laws.

Any hierarchy and mandatory respect for people 'by their status'—position, age, etc.—irritate me; in my opinion, this is in any case more bad than good.

I always have an acute painful reaction when I feel injustice, observe inequality, or see someone's deprivation.

I don't need any leaders or chiefs, I am self-sufficient.

I always try and usually manage to interact with everyone on equal footing, regardless of their position relative to mine (i.e., I try to maintain an equal position both with my subordinates and with socially recognized authorities).

I find it easy to have quick conversations.

I sometimes experience injustice towards others more acutely than injustice towards myself.

If someone's patriotic pride condemns the population to long-term material hardships, then that's crap, not patriotism.

I am more often guided by the fear of failure or punishment than by the hope of triumph.

I often feel worried and tense.

I often show impatience.

I judge a person solely by their abilities; their diplomas and titles always mean nothing to me.

I am more selfless than others in defending justice.

Melancholy, resentment, regret, 'stubbornness out of spite' are frequent feelings for me.

I could never be an unthinking silent executor in someone else's army.

I can be accommodating in logical matters and easily compromise in business, but it's very hard for me to compromise on what is good or bad, decent or disgraceful.

Light shades of dissatisfaction and condemnation in the interlocutor's voice can be enough to knock me off course or upset me.

I can be accommodating in matters of who obeys whom, but it's very hard for me to compromise on what is good or bad, decent or disgraceful.

I often rush things—it's a habit.

I clearly lack optimism in life.

In the phrase 'the tiger was killed by the lion,' it's hard for me to instantly figure out which of the two animals died.

Sometimes the situation seemed hopeless to me.

I often show anger or aggression.

Something often drives me to anger.

Great wealth is more desirable to me than great power.

I often worry about the immoral actions of my acquaintances.

I don't forgive close people for selfish and neglectful behavior towards others.

If my friends are scared, I usually understand it immediately, though I don't share their fear.

In the most interesting life topics for me, I am an expressed nonconformist, practically always adhering to my own opinion, different from the majority.

I am invariably repelled by any manifestations of laziness, lies, cruelty, and injustice in people.

I am touchy.

I often think or talk out loud about the ugly and unethical behavior of randomly met people.