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Title: The World's Smallest Political Quiz
Source: Advocates for Self Government
URL Source: http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz
Published: Feb 10, 2011
Author: David F. Nolan.
Post Date: 2011-02-10 15:37:38 by Original_Intent
Keywords: Politics, beliefs, government, choice
Views: 4829
Comments: 62

The Worlds Smallest Political Quiz has been around now for quite some time. This is the latest version, and it tends to be reasonably accurate as far as pinning yourself down as to your political leanings.

This version is different from the one I last took which pegged me as Paleocon/Paleolibertarian which I thought was pretty accurate by the definitions.

I do have a question or two on the latest but it is still interesting to take to help give a person some idea of where they lie in the current political landscape.

Poster Comment: For the record I scored 100% Libertarian on personal issues and 70% on Economic Issues which gave me an overall score of Libertarian.

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#15. To: Original_Intent (#0) (Edited)

I don't have much use for The Advocates for Self Government - on account of their assertion that the socioeconomic polarities of conservatives and liberals are reversed. According to them a liberal is socially libertarian and economically authoritarian, and a conservative is socially authoritarian and economically libertartian. This I believe is false, liberalism is authoritarian right across the socioeconomic spectrum, and libertarians of all people should know that a direct economic regulation is an indirect social regulation and a direct social regulation is an indirect economic one.

While it is true to say liberals have some pet libertarians beliefs like the legalisation of cannabis/marijuana etc, they are largely authoritarian.

It is equally true that we have faux-conservatives advocating social regulations and statist approaches to law and order, true conservatives are difficult to distinguish from libertarians. It might be best to suggest that true conservatism is a tempered form of libertarianism.

So, while the idea of finding a 2D plane to replace the old, flawed 1D left-right spectrum understandable and desirable, I think the Political Compass here is fatally flawed. I suggest instead a new one dimensional paradigm, with the influence of state on society being the determining factor, ie:

Anarchism
Libertarianism
Old-style conservatism
Centerism
Social democracy and Christian democracy
Socialism
Full fledged totalitarianism - Fascism, Communism etc.

If we adjusted the above paradigm to say "The state's influence on the individual person", we can actually place radical environmentalism below fascism and communism, as radical environmentalists ultimately would rather that Mankind cease to exist..

irishthatcherite  posted on  2011-02-10   17:26:56 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

Full fledged totalitarianism - Fascism, Communism etc.

That again mirrors my own thoughts - as illustrated by the following question:

To the individual how is Totalitarian Communism different from Totalitarian Fascism?

The answer of course is none. In both you are a slave and whatever political taxonomy may designate there is no effective difference between the two as regards the individual. Whether you call the Master Commissar or Commandante is effectively irrelevant as it is simply two names synonymous with the same thing. It is the two extremes of the political spectrum such that they circle back and overlap into one.

And Radical Environmentalism = Nihilism. It is such a distorted and perverted view that, despite being an avid conservationist, I categorically reject the label environmentalist.

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-02-10   17:43:26 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

To the individual how is Totalitarian Communism different from Totalitarian Fascism?

The answer of course is none. In both you are a slave and whatever political taxonomy may designate there is no effective difference between the two as regards the individual. Whether you call the Master Commissar or Commandante is effectively irrelevant as it is simply two names synonymous with the same thing. It is the two extremes of the political spectrum such that they circle back and overlap into one.

Indeed, Orwell illustrated it without saying it in 1984 - here we had the "perfect" totalitarian regime, but you couldn't it was fascist or communist, just simply totalitarian. He saw no difference between the two either. "Streamlined by the men from the east" as he put it in Coming Up For Air.

And Radical Environmentalism = Nihilism. It is such a distorted and perverted view that, despite being an avid conservationist, I categorically reject the label environmentalist.

Effectively, yes. If one doesn't believe in Humanity, one doesn't have a belief.

irishthatcherite  posted on  2011-02-10   17:49:00 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

#32. To: irishthatcherite (#24)

Indeed, Orwell illustrated it without saying it in 1984 - here we had the "perfect" totalitarian regime, but you couldn't it was fascist or communist, just simply totalitarian.

Which is basically the type of system our would-be Masters and Mistresses (the Rotchilds and their ilk) are attempting to establish. Socialism/Communism for the dumbmasses and capitalism for the well heeled and well connected.

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-02-10 18:12:52 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  

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