22 Dec 04
Originally posted by dk3nnyMy political compass:
I hear so many people in these debate forums going on about right vs left.. conservative vs liberal..
Really its more of a left, right, up, down, thing..
Take the test and see where u lie.
http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/
I'm a left libertarian myself.
Economic Left/Right: -8.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.38
Hooray for Humane Liberalism!
22 Dec 04
Your poll is cooked.
The libertarians have become experts at recruiting the unwary with such polls that identify something like 75% of the people as agreeing with libertarian philosophy.
A little reading of John Locke, Jean Jacques Rousseau, and Tom Paine would restore a healthy sense of the Liberal tradition that once united Democrats and Republicans. The Libertarian Party recruits lefties who confuse license with liberty, and laissez faire advocates who don't have the stomach for the hard-nosed idealism of Ayn Rand.
22 Dec 04
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesOf course it does. You would be found in the bottom right hand corner of the chart.
Does the test allow for the classification of the Perverse Liberal?
I quote:
The usual understanding of anarchism as a left wing ideology does not take into account the neo-liberal "anarchism" championed by the likes of Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman and America's Libertarian Party, which couples law of the jungle right-wing economics with liberal positions on most social issues. Often their libertarian impulses stop short of opposition to strong law and order positions, and are more economic in substance (ie no taxes) so they are not as extremely libertarian as they are extremely right wing.
You and Ayn Rand, like Tarzan and Jane in the economic state of nature.😉
22 Dec 04
Originally posted by bbarrMmm, sounds pretty damn good to me. They should label that part of the chart The Gulch.
Of course it does. You would be found in the bottom right hand corner of the chart.
I quote:
[b]The usual understanding of anarchism as a left wing ideology does not take into account the neo-liberal "anarchism" championed by the likes of Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman and America's Libertarian Party, which couples law of the jungle right-wing economics ...[text shortened]... ely right wing.
You and Ayn Rand, like Tarzan and Jane in the economic state of nature.😉[/b]
22 Dec 04
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Originally posted by bbarrIt sounds quite good to me.
Does it really? Let me ask you, Herr Doctor, was your education at any point subsidized by the state?
Between the 4th and 12th grades it was wholly subsidized by "the state," as you call it, which I understand is nothing more than being subsidized by taxpayers, not some generous governmental, money-tree entity. But if the taxpayers are doing all this subsidizing, it makes sense to me to cut out the middle man - "the state" - and just subsidize you own damn kids.
By the way, your prediction was (this time) accurate:
Economic Left/Right: 4.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.00
Dr. S
P.S. By the way, everything I ever needed to know, I learned in kindergarten and in college, for which I am still paying.
22 Dec 04
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Originally posted by amethyst deceiverHoly smokes! Somebody is more socially liberal than Bbarr the Compassionate?
Economic Left/Right: -6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.49
...close to the dalai lama and gandhi.
Will Bbarr be able to locate the source of this lingering moral flaw and correct it?
