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01 Sep 2006 01:46:47 PM |
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A bigger political quiz |
<http://www.politicalcompass.org/questionnaire> (six pages)
I get:
Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
which apparently puts me in the company of the Dalai Lama and Nelson
Mandela.
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| Title: Re: A bigger political quiz |
02 Sep 2006 08:24:10 AM |
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"Whiskers" <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote in message
news:npbms3-f9a.ln1@ID-107770.user.individual.net...
<http://www.politicalcompass.org/questionnaire> (six pages)
I get:
Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
me:
economic left/right: -8.50
social libertarian/authoritarian: -6.00
which apparently puts me in the company of the Dalai Lama and Nelson
Mandela.
and mahatma ghandi. but check out the top right quadrant
(right-wing/authoritarian). obviously that's where the party is
these days.
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| User: "Whiskers" |
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05 Sep 2006 10:06:40 AM |
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On 2006-09-02, cal <cal1360@gmail.com> wrote:
"Whiskers" <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote in message
news:npbms3-f9a.ln1@ID-107770.user.individual.net...
<http://www.politicalcompass.org/questionnaire> (six pages)
I get:
Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
me:
economic left/right: -8.50
social libertarian/authoritarian: -6.00
which apparently puts me in the company of the Dalai Lama and Nelson
Mandela.
and mahatma ghandi. but check out the top right quadrant
(right-wing/authoritarian). obviously that's where the party is
these days.
That's where the power-hungry will always congregate.
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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05 Sep 2006 12:12:18 PM |
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On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 16:06:40 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>
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On 2006-09-02, cal <cal1360@gmail.com> wrote:
and mahatma ghandi. but check out the top right quadrant
(right-wing/authoritarian). obviously that's where the party is
these days.
That's where the power-hungry will always congregate.
I think the leftist/totalitarian side is just as power hungry.
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| User: "justabeing" |
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01 Sep 2006 02:43:27 PM |
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"Whiskers" <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote in message
news:npbms3-f9a.ln1@ID-107770.user.individual.net...
<http://www.politicalcompass.org/questionnaire> (six pages)
I get:
Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
which apparently puts me in the company of the Dalai Lama and Nelson
Mandela.
I ended up with Economic Left/Right -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarium -6.00
Me too, I'd love to have tea with the Dalai Lama
g<
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01 Sep 2006 03:12:15 PM |
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On 2006-09-01, justabeing <just.a.being@gmail.com> wrote:
"Whiskers" <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote in message
news:npbms3-f9a.ln1@ID-107770.user.individual.net...
<http://www.politicalcompass.org/questionnaire> (six pages)
I get:
Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
which apparently puts me in the company of the Dalai Lama and Nelson
Mandela.
I ended up with Economic Left/Right -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarium -6.00
Me too, I'd love to have tea with the Dalai Lama
g<
He gets about a bit, so you never know :))
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| User: "justabeing" |
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01 Sep 2006 03:29:57 PM |
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"Whiskers" <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote in message
news:vpgms3-dmb.ln1@ID-107770.user.individual.net...
On 2006-09-01, justabeing <just.a.being@gmail.com> wrote:
"Whiskers" <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote in message
news:npbms3-f9a.ln1@ID-107770.user.individual.net...
<http://www.politicalcompass.org/questionnaire> (six pages)
I get:
Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
which apparently puts me in the company of the Dalai Lama and Nelson
Mandela.
I ended up with Economic Left/Right -5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarium -6.00
Me too, I'd love to have tea with the Dalai Lama
g<
He gets about a bit, so you never know :))
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What a nice thought!
Thanks!
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| User: "Thomas Dehn" |
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01 Sep 2006 08:27:20 PM |
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"Whiskers" <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote:
<http://www.politicalcompass.org/questionnaire> (six pages)
I get:
Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
Commie!
I get
Economic Left/Right: -2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.77
Thomas
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| User: "Whiskers" |
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05 Sep 2006 10:09:38 AM |
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On 2006-09-02, Thomas Dehn <thomas-usenet@arcor.de> wrote:
"Whiskers" <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote:
<http://www.politicalcompass.org/questionnaire> (six pages)
I get:
Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
Commie!
No, I'm too much aof an anarchist for that :))
I get
Economic Left/Right: -2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.77
Not a bad place to be :))
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02 Sep 2006 12:15:24 PM |
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On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 03:27:20 +0200, "Thomas Dehn" <thomas-usenet@arcor.de>
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"Whiskers" <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote:
<http://www.politicalcompass.org/questionnaire> (six pages)
I get:
Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
Commie!
I get
Economic Left/Right: -2.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.77
Just as I suspected... ;)
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01 Sep 2006 11:29:05 PM |
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On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 19:46:47 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>
wrote:
<http://www.politicalcompass.org/questionnaire> (six pages)
I get:
Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
which apparently puts me in the company of the Dalai Lama and Nelson
Mandela.
Economic Left/Right: -3.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.44
Hmm, a little to the right of Gandhi. Go figure.;-)
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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02 Sep 2006 01:22:50 PM |
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On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 19:46:47 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>
wrote:
<http://www.politicalcompass.org/questionnaire> (six pages)
I get:
Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
which apparently puts me in the company of the Dalai Lama and Nelson
Mandela.
Economic Left/Right: 7.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.10
That puts me in bed with Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman
However I do feel that many of the questions were leading or too broad for
single answer.
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| User: "Whiskers" |
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05 Sep 2006 10:15:47 AM |
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On 2006-09-02, CyberDroog <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 19:46:47 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>
wrote:
<http://www.politicalcompass.org/questionnaire> (six pages)
I get:
Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
which apparently puts me in the company of the Dalai Lama and Nelson
Mandela.
Economic Left/Right: 7.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.10
That puts me in bed with Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman
I'd have put you down as less moderate than that ;))
However I do feel that many of the questions were leading or too broad for
single answer.
Bound to happen; I suspect that there are really more than two axes,
although what you'd label the others I don't know. 'Spiritual/Material'
would be one, I think.
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| User: "Thomas Dehn" |
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02 Sep 2006 03:04:45 PM |
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"CyberDroog" <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 19:46:47 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>
wrote:
<http://www.politicalcompass.org/questionnaire> (six pages)
I get:
Economic Left/Right: -8.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.97
which apparently puts me in the company of the Dalai Lama and Nelson
Mandela.
Economic Left/Right: 7.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.10
That puts me in bed with Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman
That 7.88 is very far to the right on this scale.
No wonder you sometimes don't understand what
other people are talking about. ;-)
However I do feel that many of the questions were leading or too broad for
single answer.
Did you consider answering some of them with 'agree' or 'disagree'
rather than 'strongly agree' or 'strongly disagree'?
Thomas
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03 Sep 2006 06:33:39 PM |
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On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 22:04:45 +0200, "Thomas Dehn" <thomas-usenet@arcor.de>
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"CyberDroog" <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 19:46:47 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>
wrote:
Economic Left/Right: 7.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.10
That puts me in bed with Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman
That 7.88 is very far to the right on this scale.
No wonder you sometimes don't understand what
other people are talking about. ;-)
That quiz considers "right" to be Libertarianism which isn't accurate at
all.
However I do feel that many of the questions were leading or too broad for
single answer.
Did you consider answering some of them with 'agree' or 'disagree'
rather than 'strongly agree' or 'strongly disagree'?
Sure. But many of them were still far too broad.
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03 Sep 2006 10:55:25 PM |
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"CyberDroog" <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
On Sat, 2 Sep 2006 22:04:45 +0200, "Thomas Dehn" <thomas-usenet@arcor.de>
wrote:
"CyberDroog" <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
On Fri, 1 Sep 2006 19:46:47 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>
wrote:
Economic Left/Right: 7.88
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -2.10
That puts me in bed with Ayn Rand and Milton Friedman
That 7.88 is very far to the right on this scale.
No wonder you sometimes don't understand what
other people are talking about. ;-)
That quiz considers "right" to be Libertarianism
which isn't accurate at all.
Strongly agreeing with statements such as "the rich are already
being taxed too much" won't make you look like a commie. ;-)
But yes, the quiz is missing some questions which would
distinguish between libertarian, and economic right wing.
Albeit libertarian certainly belongs quite a bit
to the right side of the economic scale.
Thomas
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| User: "CyberDroog" |
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04 Sep 2006 02:20:19 PM |
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On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 05:55:25 +0200, "Thomas Dehn" <thomas-usenet@arcor.de>
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"CyberDroog" <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
That quiz considers "right" to be Libertarianism
which isn't accurate at all.
Strongly agreeing with statements such as "the rich are already
being taxed too much" won't make you look like a commie. ;-)
But yes, the quiz is missing some questions which would
distinguish between libertarian, and economic right wing.
Albeit libertarian certainly belongs quite a bit
to the right side of the economic scale.
That is the problem with political scales. Extreme right wing is considered
to be fascism yet many would consider Nazi Germany to have been a very
socialist economic system.
Libertarianism doesn't fit the usual models because it includes economic
freedom as a fundamental personal freedom - no government intrusion into
your life, including your wallet.
I already know you disagree with the usual way Americans think of left and
right, but just as an example, most Americans see Libertarianism as both
left and right.
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05 Sep 2006 11:37:57 AM |
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On 2006-09-04, CyberDroog <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 05:55:25 +0200, "Thomas Dehn" <thomas-usenet@arcor.de>
wrote:
"CyberDroog" <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
That quiz considers "right" to be Libertarianism
which isn't accurate at all.
Strongly agreeing with statements such as "the rich are already
being taxed too much" won't make you look like a commie. ;-)
But yes, the quiz is missing some questions which would
distinguish between libertarian, and economic right wing.
Albeit libertarian certainly belongs quite a bit
to the right side of the economic scale.
That is the problem with political scales. Extreme right wing is considered
to be fascism yet many would consider Nazi Germany to have been a very
socialist economic system.
'Fascism' is not the opposite of 'Communism'; they are on different axes
in the model used by this site. The press commonly refer to the British
National Party (BNP) (our version of the old German 'National Socialist
Party' or 'Nazis') as 'extreme right' - but in the model used by this site,
they are clearly 'left of centre' and well to the left of our present
Labour Party (who are traditionally described as 'Left wing', and certainly
used to call themselves 'Socialist' before they were hijacked by Blair and
dragged across the line from left to right). The main difference between
the BNP and the Greens is on the
'Libertarian|Anarchist/Authoritarian|Fascist' axis - on which the Labour
party is currently closer to the BNP (and almost next to the Conservatives)
than to the Greens or the Liberal Democrats. Traditionally, the Labour
party were about as far left as the Greens and BNP, but much closer to the
mid-point of the libertarian/authoritarian axis.
This model helps to explain why some disillusioned Labour voters have
transferred their support not to the Liberal Democrats or Greens, but to
the BNP; they are looking at the 'left/right' economic axis rather than at
the 'anarchist/fascist' one. Our press still don't seperate those two
dimensions, and are thus bewildered by people who seem to vacillate between
'far left' and 'far right', but it seems that the voters are somehow more
aware of the reality.
<http://www.politicalcompass.org/extremeright>.
Libertarianism doesn't fit the usual models because it includes economic
freedom as a fundamental personal freedom - no government intrusion into
your life, including your wallet.
I already know you disagree with the usual way Americans think of left and
right, but just as an example, most Americans see Libertarianism as both
left and right.
Absence of formal government (ie Total Anarchy or absolute libertarianism)
has to be included in the spectrum. It cannot sensibly be left off the
scale merely because by definition no government will ever fall at that
extreme, or because there is little or no chance in a particular country
for people who hold 'anarchistic tendencies' to find a voice in the mass
media or government of that country, or because it is 'unpopular' at any
particular moment.
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05 Sep 2006 12:20:18 PM |
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On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 17:37:57 +0100, Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com>
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'Fascism' is not the opposite of 'Communism'; they are on different axes
in the model used by this site. The press commonly refer to the British
National Party (BNP) (our version of the old German 'National Socialist
Party' or 'Nazis') as 'extreme right' - but in the model used by this site,
they are clearly 'left of centre' and well to the left of our present
Labour Party (who are traditionally described as 'Left wing', and certainly
used to call themselves 'Socialist' before they were hijacked by Blair and
dragged across the line from left to right). The main difference between
the BNP and the Greens is on the
'Libertarian|Anarchist/Authoritarian|Fascist' axis - on which the Labour
party is currently closer to the BNP (and almost next to the Conservatives)
than to the Greens or the Liberal Democrats. Traditionally, the Labour
party were about as far left as the Greens and BNP, but much closer to the
mid-point of the libertarian/authoritarian axis.
That's the problem. Too many groups. Why can't people just learn to leave
each other alone?
Absence of formal government (ie Total Anarchy or absolute libertarianism)
has to be included in the spectrum. It cannot sensibly be left off the
scale merely because by definition no government will ever fall at that
extreme, or because there is little or no chance in a particular country
for people who hold 'anarchistic tendencies' to find a voice in the mass
media or government of that country, or because it is 'unpopular' at any
particular moment.
I don't see libertarianism to be anything like anarchism.
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05 Sep 2006 01:00:25 PM |
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"CyberDroog" <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 05:55:25 +0200, "Thomas Dehn" <thomas-usenet@arcor.de>
wrote:
"CyberDroog" <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
That quiz considers "right" to be Libertarianism
which isn't accurate at all.
Strongly agreeing with statements such as "the rich are already
being taxed too much" won't make you look like a commie. ;-)
But yes, the quiz is missing some questions which would
distinguish between libertarian, and economic right wing.
Albeit libertarian certainly belongs quite a bit
to the right side of the economic scale.
That is the problem with political scales. Extreme right wing is considered
to be fascism yet many would consider Nazi Germany to have been a very
socialist economic system.
Fascism is economic right wing, plus totalitarism, plus about
13 other things. Yep, the Nazi's economic system had some similarities
to communist or socialist totalitarian systems. But these similarities
come from both being totalitarian.
The differences between fascist and solalist economic systems are
at where the revenue goes. In the socialist system,
the government/administration gets the money. Or money is
abolished to some extent. In the fascist economic
system of the Nazis, the big corporations make huge profits on government
contracts, and also save costs because of cheap labor, such as slaves.
Libertarianism doesn't fit the usual models because it includes economic
freedom as a fundamental personal freedom - no government intrusion into
your life, including your wallet.
But most self-appointed US "libertarians" I have encountered seem
to think that the US should spend huge chunks of taxpayers' money
on rightwing favourites such as the military. They also seem to support
harsh prison sentences for various crimes.
Thomas
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05 Sep 2006 01:25:18 PM |
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On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 20:00:25 +0200, "Thomas Dehn" <thomas-usenet@arcor.de>
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"CyberDroog" <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
That is the problem with political scales. Extreme right wing is considered
to be fascism yet many would consider Nazi Germany to have been a very
socialist economic system.
Fascism is economic right wing, plus totalitarism, plus about
13 other things. Yep, the Nazi's economic system had some similarities
to communist or socialist totalitarian systems. But these similarities
come from both being totalitarian.
And totalitarianism is considered leftist, as opposed to authoritarianism
which is rightist.
Libertarianism doesn't fit the usual models because it includes economic
freedom as a fundamental personal freedom - no government intrusion into
your life, including your wallet.
But most self-appointed US "libertarians" I have encountered seem
to think that the US should spend huge chunks of taxpayers' money
on rightwing favourites such as the military. They also seem to support
harsh prison sentences for various crimes.
That is because the military and the courts are constitutionally
appropriate institutions for the government. Libertarianism is not
anarchism. The proper use of government is to guard the shores and protect
individuals from force or fraud.
As for tax money, Libertarians favor abolishing all taxes. At least
eventually. The first step is slashing useless government programs, and
transferring useful programs into private enterprise.
The amusing part is that both Democrats and Republicans favor abolishing
some programs; just not the same ones.
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17 Sep 2006 02:34:54 AM |
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"CyberDroog" <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
On Tue, 5 Sep 2006 20:00:25 +0200, "Thomas Dehn" <thomas-usenet@arcor.de>
wrote:
"CyberDroog" <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
That is the problem with political scales. Extreme right wing is considered
to be fascism yet many would consider Nazi Germany to have been a very
socialist economic system.
Fascism is economic right wing, plus totalitarism, plus about
13 other things. Yep, the Nazi's economic system had some similarities
to communist or socialist totalitarian systems. But these similarities
come from both being totalitarian.
And totalitarianism is considered leftist, as opposed to authoritarianism
which is rightist.
Dunno where you got that idea.
Certainly not from me. In the context of the web page we
were discussing, there was economic left vs. economic right,
and authoritarianism vs. social libertarianism.
Totalitarism is a summary term for all government forms
which try to mobilize entire populations in support of the official state ideology.
Regardless of what that official state ideology is.
The term covers Musolinie, Hitler, and Stalin as well as the Taliban
and Pol Pot. It does not cover Saddam, because that regime
was not based on an official state ideology.
Libertarianism doesn't fit the usual models because it includes economic
freedom as a fundamental personal freedom - no government intrusion into
your life, including your wallet.
But most self-appointed US "libertarians" I have encountered seem
to think that the US should spend huge chunks of taxpayers' money
on rightwing favourites such as the military. They also seem to support
harsh prison sentences for various crimes.
That is because the military and the courts are constitutionally
appropriate institutions for the government.
Not to the extent of 500+ billion per year.
Statements such as "To provide for calling forth the Militia to
execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;"
clearly indicate that the constitutional purpose of the military
is US homeland security, not world supremacy and invasion of foreign countries.
The amusing part is that both Democrats and Republicans favor abolishing
some programs; just not the same ones.
Both want to abolish certain programs to be able
to pour even more money into their own pet programs.
Thomas
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17 Sep 2006 03:55:40 PM |
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On Sun, 17 Sep 2006 09:34:54 +0200, "Thomas Dehn" <thomas-usenet@arcor.de>
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"CyberDroog" <CyberDroog@ClockworkOrange.com> wrote:
And totalitarianism is considered leftist, as opposed to authoritarianism
which is rightist.
Dunno where you got that idea.
Certainly not from me. In the context of the web page we
were discussing, there was economic left vs. economic right,
and authoritarianism vs. social libertarianism.
It's more of a colloquial use I suppose. Most Americans associate
totalitarianism with communist, or Nazi, dictatorships and such, but
primarily a loss of economic freedom, while authoritarianism is associated
with church-states that lead to a loss of social freedom via legislated
morality.
I tend to see the two main issues as economic freedom and social freedom.
Perhaps that is American style thinking because we have a two parties, the
extremes of each representing a threat to one issue or the other.
But most self-appointed US "libertarians" I have encountered seem
to think that the US should spend huge chunks of taxpayers' money
on rightwing favourites such as the military. They also seem to support
harsh prison sentences for various crimes.
That is because the military and the courts are constitutionally
appropriate institutions for the government.
Not to the extent of 500+ billion per year.
Statements such as "To provide for calling forth the Militia to
execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;"
clearly indicate that the constitutional purpose of the military
is US homeland security, not world supremacy and invasion of foreign countries.
No, not to that extent. Most Libertarians do not support foreign wars
unless they are a direct response to an attack or a very clearly preemptive
measure. The Libertarian party doesn't support the war in Iraq for
instance.
The amusing part is that both Democrats and Republicans favor abolishing
some programs; just not the same ones.
Both want to abolish certain programs to be able
to pour even more money into their own pet programs.
And most voters are the same.
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| Title: Re: A bigger political quiz |
02 Oct 2006 12:35:13 PM |
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Whiskers Wrote:
<http://www.politicalcompass.org/questionnaire> (six pages)
I get:
ECONOMIC LEFT/RIGHT: -8.00
SOCIAL LIBERTARIAN/AUTHORITARIAN: -6.97
which apparently puts me in the company of the Dalai Lama and Nelson
Mandela.
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I got :
*Economic Left/Right: -2.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.44
*:D
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