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Nifty little political alignment test!

3. In nearly every instance, the free market allocates resources most efficiently.

That question bothers me because you can't determine any political lean from it. If I take resources from a rich man and give it to someone in need there is a good chance they will use those resources in the market and cause an increase in demand. If this happens to a considerable degree there is good chance it will push an increase in supply and could cause an increase in employment. Knowing that fact doesn't mean that I support the government taking peoples property by force and giving it to others, but simply means that I understand economics enough to know that it is a fact.
 
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Seems like all my answers counter balance each other.
 
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Look at the average of all test takers presented in the OP.

Pretty much really close to the center.

Most people who seek out and take a version of the Libertarian Political Compass test will be a little bit lower and to the left .. just as the average indicates.

But if everyone took the quiz, my guess is the average would be a lot closer to the center than even this example presents.

And that's not because everyone's equally polarized to a wing that cancels out in the center.

It's because most people simply are centrist.

And that's sad.

It's sad, not because they are centrist, as that is a good thing, not being controlled by a preconceived political ideology.

It's sad because most of the candidates we're fed are either left wing, right wing, or a combination of the two (libertarian or justician).

If the great majority is centrist, shouldn't we have centrist representation in government?

By the way, you can always tell when it's a libertarian test -- they erroneously place "authoritarian" in opposition with "libertarian" on the top and bottom of the graph respectively.

Authoritarian is not the opposite of libertarian, but libertarians like to think of themselves as "better" in this way.

The yet uncoined term "justician" is the opposite of "libertarian".

Libertarian is based on "liberty", which itself is based on the broader concept of "freedom".

Thus, the political spectrum opposite of "freedom" being the broad concept "security", we look to the logical next level term related to "security" that isn't as broad but politically relevant: "justice".

And so, "justician".

The reason "justician" isn't coined yet and "libertarian" is coined is because "libertarian" is a male-dominated philosophy, and, by definition of terms opposites, would mean that "justician" would appeal to females a lot more than it would appeal to males .. and women have yet to come into their natural own politically.
 
Look at the average of all test takers presented in the OP.

Pretty much really close to the center.

Most people who seek out and take a version of the Libertarian Political Compass test will be a little bit lower and to the left .. just as the average indicates.

But if everyone took the quiz, my guess is the average would be a lot closer to the center than even this example presents.

And that's not because everyone's equally polarized to a wing that cancels out in the center.

It's because most people simply are centrist.

And that's sad.

It's sad, not because they are centrist, as that is a good thing, not being controlled by a preconceived political ideology.

It's sad because most of the candidates we're fed are either left wing, right wing, or a combination of the two (libertarian or justician).

If the great majority is centrist, shouldn't we have centrist representation in government?

By the way, you can always tell when it's a libertarian test -- they erroneously place "authoritarian" in opposition with "libertarian" on the top and bottom of the graph respectively.

Authoritarian is not the opposite of libertarian, but libertarians like to think of themselves as "better" in this way.

The yet uncoined term "justician" is the opposite of "libertarian".

Libertarian is based on "liberty", which itself is based on the broader concept of "freedom".

Thus, the political spectrum opposite of "freedom" being the broad concept "security", we look to the logical next level term related to "security" that isn't as broad but politically relevant: "justice".

And so, "justician".

The reason "justician" isn't coined yet and "libertarian" is coined is because "libertarian" is a male-dominated philosophy, and, by definition of terms opposites, would mean that "justician" would appeal to females a lot more than it would appeal to males .. and women have yet to come into their natural own politically.

Things that don't exist can't be the opposite of things that do.
 
Pretty much a centrist libertarian according to this

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Pretty darn close to the average

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Pretty much identical to mine. Might as well join us and change your lean to Libertarian-Left. You know you want to. :)

It's a done deal. Looks like I've joined the dark side. :2razz:
 
Compass:

You are a right moderate social libertarian.
Right: 4.83, Libertarian: 1.68

Well no ****.

How the hell do I post that picture now?
 
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You are a right moderate social libertarian.
Right: 4.95, Libertarian: 2.48

Over the years I seem to have become a bit more Libertarian
 
Compass:

You are a right moderate social libertarian.
Right: 4.83, Libertarian: 1.68

Well no ****.

How the hell do I post that picture now?

You were supposed to copy the image link by either right-clicking on a computer or doing something like holding your thumb on the image on a smartphone.
 
You were supposed to copy the image link by either right-clicking on a computer or doing something like holding your thumb on the image on a smartphone.

It's telling me to copy this onto a forum:

<b>My Political Views</b><br>I am a right moderate social libertarian<br>Right: 4.83, Libertarian: 1.68<br><img src="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/30x23.gif"><br><a href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html">Political Spectrum Quiz</a><br>

I tried to make it an image but it didn't work. Hell's bells.

But hey, those are my results anyway. I'm a right moderate social libertarian. Ayup, that's how I'd describe me.
 
It's telling me to copy this onto a forum:

<b>My Political Views</b><br>I am a right moderate social libertarian<br>Right: 4.83, Libertarian: 1.68<br><img src="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/grid/30x23.gif"><br><a onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Outgoing', 'www.gotoquiz.com', '/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html']);" href="http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html">Political Spectrum Quiz</a><br>

I tried to make it an image but it didn't work. Hell's bells.

But hey, those are my results anyway. I'm a right moderate social libertarian. Ayup, that's how I'd describe me.

It tagged me as a social moderate and a neoconservative in foreign policy, pegging me as centrist but slightly in the right-wing authoritarian square.

The overall designation is correct, but the specifics are fairly off. I don't have much in common with neoconservatives in terms of foreign policy, but I do with domestic policy.
 
Wish I knew how to post the pics:

You are a left moderate social libertarian.
Left: 4.37, Libertarian: 2.41

Foreign Policy:
On the left side are pacifists and anti-war activists. On the right side are those who want a strong military that intervenes around the world. You scored: 0.57

Culture:
Where are you in the culture war? On the liberal side, or the conservative side? This scale may apply more to the US than other countries. You scored: -0.11

Sounds right, I am economically a lefty, socially centrist who believes it is better to not have to go to war.
 
I didn't answer many questions because they were too cut and dried and in most things there will be extenuating circumstances. Nevertheless I wouldn't quarrel with the results:

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