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What is your political ideology? (test included!)

Socially Left, Financiall... 35 29.41%
 
Socially Right, Financial... 19 15.97%
 
Socially Left, Financially Left (Liberal) 38 31.93%
 
Socially Right, Financially Left (Communist) 10 8.40%
 
Socially Moderate, Financ... 8 6.72%
 
Socially Moderate, Financ... 9 7.56%
 
Total:119
Khuutra on 20 April 2010

Who's our closest to Ayn Rand?



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Millennium on 20 April 2010

I forget the numbers, but I found myself slightly right-libertarian, though pretty close to the center on both axes.

I find myself taking this test every few years, and I've danced around the center quite a bit. But to be honest, I've always had trouble with it. Too many absolutes, too many oversimplifications, and I really wish they'd put in a neutral answer.



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FaRmLaNd on 20 April 2010

@Millenium. I agree. a neutral option should be there. I think I've vote neutral on a few of the things if I had the choice as opposed to dissagree or agree.



ameratsu on 20 April 2010
FaRmLaNd said:
@Millenium. I agree. a neutral option should be there. I think I've vote neutral on a few of the things if I had the choice as opposed to dissagree or agree.


Ditto



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Boutros on 20 April 2010

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mrstickball on 20 April 2010
Khuutra said:
Who's our closest to Ayn Rand?

Closest would be myself, Mafoo or SamuelRSmith, but none are very close. Ayn would be in the furthest lower-right corner of the map. I'm where she is economically, but no where socially.



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mrstickball on 20 April 2010
FaRmLaNd said:
Well considering as a person I'm very against war and violence when it can be avoided I wouldn't say I was close to someone that had anyting to do with an assassination.

Well, typically, people with a libertarian-leading ideology would be. However, in Emma's case, she believed the ends justified the means and wound up supporting violent anarchist movements in the name of 'liberty'.

But mind you, in her case, her works merely influenced the assassin. She had no direct involvement, other than the ideological beliefs.



Back from the dead, I'm afraid.

Khuutra on 20 April 2010
mrstickball said:
Khuutra said:
Who's our closest to Ayn Rand?

Closest would be myself, Mafoo or SamuelRSmith, but none are very close. Ayn would be in the furthest lower-right corner of the map. I'm where she is economically, but no where socially.

It's interesting because I hold anarchy as a pure and beautiful philosophy but that woman

I'd run from her if I saw her



mrstickball on 20 April 2010
Khuutra said:
mrstickball said:
Khuutra said:
Who's our closest to Ayn Rand?

Closest would be myself, Mafoo or SamuelRSmith, but none are very close. Ayn would be in the furthest lower-right corner of the map. I'm where she is economically, but no where socially.

It's interesting because I hold anarchy as a pure and beautiful philosophy but that woman

I'd run from her if I saw her

Yeah. As much as I'm a devotee of free market capitalism, and decent social liberalism....I really can't stand her. Her objectivist philisophy seems just too....cold.

Everytime I hear her talk in one of her old discussions...It just sounds like she wants to say 'Hey, you need help? f*** you!'

Good writer, though.



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FaRmLaNd on 20 April 2010
mrstickball said:
FaRmLaNd said:
Well considering as a person I'm very against war and violence when it can be avoided I wouldn't say I was close to someone that had anyting to do with an assassination.

Well, typically, people with a libertarian-leading ideology would be. However, in Emma's case, she believed the ends justified the means and wound up supporting violent anarchist movements in the name of 'liberty'.

But mind you, in her case, her works merely influenced the assassin. She had no direct involvement, other than the ideological beliefs.

That sounds relatively utilitarian. Which I've never fully supported because its impossible to truly know what the consequences of your actions will be because people simply don't have enough information to make great predictions. Thats the problem with the "ends justify the means" or "for the greater good" like thinking. You may think the outcome is worth it, but you'll never truly know if it was until you actually do it. And as most people know, even the best laid plans can go down the drain because of unforseen consequences etc.