Political Spectrum

[lakemountian]

Eh-heh, I am definitely a lefty.

My Political Views
I am a left moderate social libertarian
Left: 5.89, Libertarian: 3.17

Comments

Brother in law's results

[anonymous]

You definitely are, given that these are my results.

My Political Views
I am a centrist moderate social libertarian
Left: 0.05, Libertarian: 2


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My Foreign Policy Views
Score: -2.66


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My Culture War Stance
Score: 0.02


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Of course some of the questions were a bit ambiguous. For example, when they talk about the government intervening in "morality" are they talking about where you like to stick your penis, or whether you like to slap your wife around? I answered the question assuming that the surveyor has the general cultural obsession with sexual freedom.

It wasn't much of a surprise. I do feel that people are entitled to a certain standard of living, but I feel the stronger the nanny state the harder it is to encourage a healthy market (and thus a productive economy which will actually improve the standard of living). I'm not a complete anarchist, but the stronger and more numerous the state bureaucrats the more likely you are to have your property seized and imprisoned by their whims. I feel very strongly that people shouldn't have the right to end other people's lives for convenience. So I think rather than being middle of the road, I'm just Catholic and thus strongly disagreeing with both camps on certain issues. I'm not a compassionless libertarian, but I believe that socialism and sociology are pseudo-intellectual and pseudo-scientific disasters that have largely only brought suffering. I also believe the state is best when offering services rather than imposing doctrine, and that any powers given to the state should be carefully considered and periodically reconsidered.

Re: Brother in law's results

[lakemountian]

The test did register you as left of where I thought you'd be. I'm surprised that I register as more libertarian than you. I believe in and support big government.

I like crown corporations because competing companies have to maintain a reasonable standard of service. Living in Ontario I fantasize about having Sasktel as my service provider. Reliable service without be gorged. I hate rogers, I vehemently detest Bell. I would do voodoo to Bell if I could. Sasktel is the model for crown corporations. It is actually run at a profit, but only on not essential services like cable and long-distance where it faces competition.

Re: Brother in law's results

[diamondbark]

I came out about halfway between you two, but I found several of the questions very hard to answer because my stances on most political issues are often complicated and mixed. For example, I think that getting married is generally better for people than living together without getting married, especially when children are involved, and that some people shouldn't reproduce (ex. people with serious genetic diseases are better off adopting than passing on their affliction), and that the number of abortions should be minimized as much as possible, and I'd love to see entertainment media stop competing to see who can be the most vulgar, violent and immoral, but I don't want to see any of those things enforced by the coercive power of the law. Similarly, I think hate speech and morality shouldn't have their own laws but instead should be covered by existing legislation for slander, libel, inciting violence, assault, etc., but I'm not sure whether that means I agree or disagree that they should be against the law.