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!@#$%! 09.14.2008 09:12 AM

im more libertarian than lefty. i don't believe that all corporations are evil etc.

http://www.politicalcompass.org/face...4.62&soc=-7.03

 

Alex's Trip 09.14.2008 10:36 AM

http://www.politicalcompass.org/face...0.88&soc=-5.95

I am less conservative when I'm not high....what the fuclk is that about?

demonrail666 09.14.2008 10:41 AM

I'm libertarian left apparently. Like everyone else here, it would seem.

!@#$%! 09.14.2008 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex's Trip
http://www.politicalcompass.org/face...0.88&soc=-5.95

I am less conservative when I'm not high....what the fuclk is that about?


drugs invite stupidity. and conservatives are fundamentally stupid.

but what do you mean by "conservative" here? there is a libertarian/authoritarian axis and a free market / socialist economy axis here. where are you moving?

Alex's Trip 09.14.2008 11:26 AM

I'd be moving the the left.

!@#$%! 09.14.2008 11:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex's Trip
I'd be moving the the left.

oh hm. well then i don't know. maybe drugs make you greedy-- like a cokehead.

Alex's Trip 09.14.2008 11:36 AM

Maybe O.ó

davenotdead 09.14.2008 02:51 PM

glice and i tie for awesomeness. and ddd gets an honorable mention

Glice 09.14.2008 03:13 PM

Yeah! Centre-right revolution now!

Glice 09.14.2008 03:15 PM

On another note, was it just me that thought that most of the questions weren't really divisive unless you're of a hard-libertarian mindset?

terriblecanyons 09.14.2008 03:47 PM

http://www.politicalcompass.org/face...5.88&soc=-6.00

Basically the same as the rest of you guys

akprodr 09.14.2008 03:53 PM

http://www.politicalcompass.org/prin...6.38&soc=-6.41

I'm right there with the most of ya.

I guess it doesnt surprise me. I'd imagine most SY listeners are open minded and creative which to me equates to Libertarian. I imagine the country music people are more Authoritarian.

!@#$%! 09.14.2008 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Glice
On another note, was it just me that thought that most of the questions weren't really divisive unless you're of a hard-libertarian mindset?


the questions were'nt really good-- i think more emphasis was given to the "strongly agree" vs. "agree" etc. sort of like a thermometer. even if you disagree with the presentation of the questions.

for example in the weed legalization question, if you "agree" (as i do), it's considered mild libertarian. whereas if you "strongly agree" (i.e. if you have a weed habit) then you're considered some kind of radical. i mean, im for legalizing it, but fuck if im going to lose life or limb fighting for a pothead cause. does it make me more or less libertarian really, to have a weed habit?

Glice 09.14.2008 04:05 PM

Yeah, precisely. Questions like the one you've mentioned irritate me because I don't necessarily agree with criminalisation of weed, but I also don't think a lot of people should be smoking it. Ideally, I'd like everyone to be capable of smoking weed without being a prick, but the number of pricks that evangelise weed force me (in the context of that sort of question) further to the right than I rightfully belong. There should be a 'meh' option for the politically apathetic.

EDIT: as there's a high proportion of retarded people on this board, I'll point out that I'm not politically apathetic, but it's important that certain individuals be able to not care about certain issues. Given the average age of this board, there's not that many homeowners/ familied sorts, so there's naturally a bias on certain financial questions which are largely due to not having a complete set of information.

davenotdead 09.14.2008 04:09 PM

yeah many of the questions were meh all over.

Torn Curtain 09.14.2008 04:31 PM


 

demonrail666 09.14.2008 04:45 PM

I actually found the result of my test out of step with how I tend to view myself politically - which is far more authoritarian than libertarian. Unfortunately, as has been pointed out, unless you're some kind of NRA supporting fox botherer, you're going to come across as your typical Naomi Klein reading Gandhi-ite simply because of the questions being asked. I mean who would honestly say that they thought multi-national corporations had no social obligations? Equally, to say that they do doesn't suddenly turn you into Michael Moore.

davenotdead 09.14.2008 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666
I actually found the result of my test out of step with how I tend to view myself politically - which is far more authoritarian than libertarian. Unfortunately, as has been pointed out, unless you're some kind of NRA supporting fox botherer, you're going to come across as your typical Naomi Klein reading Gandhi-ite simply because of the questions being asked. I mean who would honestly say that they thought multi-national corporations had no social obligations? Equally, to say that they do doesn't suddenly turn you into Michael Moore.



yes to this...

!@#$%! 09.14.2008 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by demonrail666
I mean who would honestly say that they thought multi-national corporations had no social obligations?


i thought that had more to do with the free market vs. socialism economic model in the "left/right" axis, not libertarian/authoritarian that's more aimed at social issues (in this test anyway). so it's flawed labeling as well, but that's another story...

of course we all want globalization to benefit "humanity", but there's no room for consideration that maybe the progress of business and commerce actually benefits humanity. so it's a very narrow-minded approach to whatever issues they're trying to present before you.

tw2113 09.14.2008 05:49 PM

Here's mine.

 


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