MD-90 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 8417 posts, RR: 13 Posted (8 years 10 months 1 week 3 hours ago) and read 588 times:
Question 1: If a U.S. president waged a bloody war against his own people, took joy in implementing martial law, and replaced a relatively free republic with a centralized and less-free mega-state, is he: A) a tyrant or B) the nation’s greatest president?
Libertarian nuts: A
Neoncons: B
Question 2: If a nation has troops in 143 nations, starves the defenseless children of a small far-off nation for no particular reason and routinely bombs foreign peoples on the whim of the nation’s leader, its foreign policy is: A) evil; B) imperialistic; or C) wonderful, although not quite aggressive enough?
Libertarian nuts: A and B
Neocons: C
Question 3: The federal government is a large and out-of-control behemoth. If a Republican president slows its rate of growth from, say, 7 percent to 4 percent, and returns a sliver of its subjects’ tax dollars, that is: A) meaningless or B) a revolutionary achievement?
DLKAPA From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (8 years 10 months 1 week 2 hours ago) and read 538 times:
Aloges- Basically Libertarian nut and Neocon are polar opposites. Anything with the word "paleo" attatched is centrist. At least that's how I look at it, and it makes things much easier.
Iakobos From Belgium, joined Aug 2003, 3304 posts, RR: 38 Reply 7, posted (8 years 10 months 1 week 2 hours ago) and read 532 times:
DLKAPA as "my big fat Greek wedding" has brilliantly demonstrated, everything derives from (ancient) Greece.
Palaios means "ancient", everyword starting with paleo refers thus to "old".
L.1011 From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 2209 posts, RR: 10 Reply 12, posted (8 years 10 months 6 days 23 hours ago) and read 502 times:
As far as fiscal issues go, Libertarians and Republicans are (supposed to be) fairly similar. Basic laiezz-faire (sp?) economics. However, Libertarians don't believe in a strong national defense, they want a small military and to only attack if attacked. In other words, only WWII and Afghanistan, and the Spanish-American War would have been fought in the 20th Century. Socially, libertarians believe that (basically) all victimless crimes should be decriminalized. The GOP has some social libertarians, and some radical moralist christian conservatives. On the political compass scale, I'd guess that most libertarians would be about -5. Mainstream Republicans are about +3, Buccananites are about +5. As for me, believe it or not, I score at about a +1.5 usually. Fiscally I'm +5. And if anyone questions this, here are my recent results:
May 16
Economic Left/Right: 5.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.67
May 22
Economic Left/Right: 6.5
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.92
May 25, 2004
Economic Left/Right: 6.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 3.44
June 18, 2004
Economic Left/Right: 5.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.49
June 26, 2004
Economic Left/Right: 5.62
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 2.1
July 15, 2004
Economic Left/Right: 5.00
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 1.85
Centrist – Just what it sounds like. Someone who doesn’t have any particularly strong ideological leanings in any direction.
Conservative – Specifically a "fusionist" conservative of the National Review - Heritage Foundation mold. Someone who believes in traditional morality and capitalism, and the need for a limited government to allow both to flourish.
Left-libertarian – The quiz uses a mild definition of a left-libertarian, an anti-statist who is somewhat fearful of corporate and religious influence on public life.
Liberal – Supports economic regulation to promote social justice and takes a progressive stance toward moral or cultural issues.
Libertarian – A libertarian opposes most or all government activites. Does not favor much or any government support for either moral or economic systems.
Neoconservative – A "neocon" is more inclined than other conservatives toward vigorous government in the service of the goals of traditional morality and pro-business policies. Tends to favor a very strong foreign policy of America as well.
Paleoconservative – "Paleocons" want less US involvement in foeign affairs than other conservatives and oppose mass immigration. They are also more favorably disposed toward the South and the idea of secession, or at least decentralization, than neoconservatives.
Paleo-libertarian – Similar to other libertarians except for oppostion to mass immigration, and shares the paleocon appreciation of the South.
Radical – Critical of bouregois morality and strongly opposed to capitalism and willing to use state power to achieve desired ends.
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