Summarized Personal Politics of Forgies

[Mike Holmes]

I think that ascribing to a particular political philosophy is allowing a relatively simplistic set of principles to guide your decision-making. I have values, but no political bent.

Mike

[Sean]

I'm a traditional liberal who supports very strong environmental policy in the name of long-term sustainability and a socialist economy of basic goods in the name of producing citizens who are able to meaningfully exercise the right to self-determination implicit in liberal political philosophy.

[joshua neff]

According to the Political Compass, my economic score is  -6.62, and my authoritarian score is -7.64.

While mine is: Economic Left/Right: -7.12, Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.95.

I tend to favor free-information & freedom-of-expression; I think the government should stay out of people's personal lives; I think taxes are the price you pay for living in a society--if you want things like a military to defend you, police to protect you, firefighters to rescue you, & roads to be repaired, then you pay taxes; I believe healthcare is a right, not a privilege, & it should be free to all citizens; I think privatized utilities are stupid if there's no choice of utilities; I believe a good education is a right, not a privilege, & should be free to all citizens; I think all adult taxpayers should be extended the same rights--if two men want to get married, & both are consenting adults, then it's nobody's business if they do.

[Sean]

Economic Left/Right: -9.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -6.41

[Valamir]

Heh.  It is SOOOO not surprising to see numbers that far in the negative from you guys.  It would not surprise you at all to know that both of my numbers were positive.  But only slightly.  I'm almost in the middle of that chart.

Which is why alot of you seem like wacko extremists to me ;-)

[joshua neff]

Heh.  It is SOOOO not surprising to see numbers that far in the negative from you guys.  It would not surprise you at all to know that both of my numbers were positive.  But only slightly.  I'm almost in the middle of that chart.

Which is why alot of you seem like wacko extremists to me ;-)

Dude, I often seem like a wacko extremist to myself.

[Lxndr]

Anti-authoritarian, pro-choice (in all parts of life, not just abortion) supporter of the voluntary human extinction movement.

[quozl]

I've said it twice already in this forum in the past few days but here it is again: Nationalism is the most evil religion ever invented.

That sums up my political views.

[Lxndr]

Do you see any difference between nationalism and patriotism?  Not that I'm a big fan of either.

[quozl]

Do you see any difference between nationalism and patriotism?  Not that I'm a big fan of either.

In theory, yes.

[Gordon C. Landis]

Heh.  It is SOOOO not surprising to see numbers that far in the negative from you guys.  It would not surprise you at all to know that both of my numbers were positive.  But only slightly.  I'm almost in the middle of that chart.

Which is why alot of you seem like wacko extremists to me ;-)

Wheras mine are slightly negative (well, a full -4.middling on the social).

But for the record, I like wacko extremists.  Those who are even further out in my general direction help me look like the "real" center, and those way out in the other direction make for WONDERFUL targets . . .

Gordon

[Jonathan Walton]

-3.25, -6.56; which is weird, considering that I disagreed with almost every statement (I'm very specific about what I believe in).  I think the stuff about Sex and Homosexuality pushed me into the Left though.

[ScottM]

According to the Political Compass, my economic score is -2.62 and social libertarian/authoritarian is -3.33

[Chris Goodwin]

Economic Left/Right: 7.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.74

In one sentence:  I consider myself an individualist, occasionally anarchist, libertarian.  

Some of the questions didn't apply to me, though.  "Is it more important to punish criminals or to rehabilitate them?"  My response is neither.  It's more important that they pay restitution to their victims.

Edit:  On corporatism: I'm opposed to the idea of corporations as an arm of the state.  Yet I'm in favor of a free market.  There were a couple of questions that were either/or type that I couldn't answer accurately because there are other options.

[Jason Lee]

I went and took the little test.

Economic Left/Right: -4.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.74

Looks like that puts me snuggled inbetween Nelson Mandela and The Dalai Lama (opposite corner from Dubbya).  That's pretty good company.