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November 3, 2004 at 3:29 am #586735AnonymousInactive
Take the World’s Smallest Political Quiz
I landed right on the edge of being a Liberal and right on the edge of being a Libertarian. Remembering the discussion with bb1 the other night about which party has more respect for freedom, I thought this tool might come in handy.
November 3, 2004 at 4:28 am #657116AnonymousInactiveIt said I was a Centrist … aka moderate.
Centrists pride themselves on keeping an open mind, tend to oppose “political extremes,” and emphasize what they describe as “practical” solutions to problems.
November 3, 2004 at 4:40 am #657117AnonymousGuestLiberal here.
And damn proud of it!
November 3, 2004 at 6:35 am #657119AnonymousInactiveCentrist, one square left towards Liberal from the middle.
November 3, 2004 at 11:44 am #657123vladcizsolMemberI came up liberal.
November 3, 2004 at 12:12 pm #657124AnonymousInactiveGuess I’m a Libertarian.
November 3, 2004 at 12:22 pm #657125AnonymousInactivei knew i was a libertarian going into it. and i was a libertarian coming out of it.
November 3, 2004 at 2:19 pm #657129AnonymousInactiveI was categorized as liberal libertarian.
I used to be a republican – watching the young Bush made me an independent.
I am not sure I am a libertarian – I don’t think I fit any category at this time. But I am looking favorably at libertarianism.
November 4, 2004 at 1:31 am #657195AnonymousInactive..Centrist for mee too.. hmm.. never cared much about politics anyway so I guess I am a centrist
November 4, 2004 at 3:38 am #657198AnonymousGuestLiberal means something different in Canada than it does in the u.s.
Here in Canada it’s pretty much in the center of the political spectrum.
In the u.s. it’s almost a dirty word. An attitude hangover from the McCarthy period. The way people respond to the liberal label, you’d think it was interchangable with the communist label.
United States is much too concerned about labels. As we all have seen, the definition of Republican has shifted much farther to the right than ever before in history, and seems destined to become synonimous with evangelical.
What all successfull western democracies have achieved in the post WWII era is a fine balance between capitalism and socialism. Not one or the other. A marriage of the two, whereby individuals are free to persue their dreams and goals, and yet society still performs its reponsibility to care for the weaker with social safety nets. It functions very well. Nothing is perfect, but to go to either end of the extreme, left or right, is a mistake to be avoided.
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