Political philosophies

[Guest JMA]

Libertarian

Libertarians are self-governors in both personal and economic matters. They believe government's only purpose is to protect people from coercion and violence. They value individual responsibility, and tolerate economic and social diversity.

 

Left-Liberal

Left-Liberals prefer self-government in personal matters and central decision-making on economics. They want government to serve the disadvantaged in the name of fairness. Leftists tolerate social diversity, but work for economic equality.

 

Centrist

Centrists favor selective government intervention and emphasize practical solutions to current problems. They tend to keep an open mind on new issues. Many centrists feel that government serves as a check on excessive liberty.

 

Conservative

Right-conservatives prefer self-government on economic issues, but want official standards in personal matters. They want the government to defend the community from threats to its moral fiber.

 

Authoritarian

Authoritarians want government to advance society and individuals through expert central planning. They often doubt whether self-government is practical. Left-authoritarians are also called socialists, while fascists are right-authoritarians.

 

What do you think?

[Guest cartman]

...dont see why Left-Liberals are deemed "uninformed" and "ignorant" by that definition. Must be just denial by the right.

[Guest Kotzenjunge]

Hmm, I fit in the Left-Liberal one. Sounds about right.

[Guest Olympic Slam]

That all seems about right. I'm a Libertarian in practice, a conservative in terms of values. Meaning that, while I may hate the left's degenerate life-style, I would never support measures to restrict it.

[Guest LooseCannon]

I don't feel any of those really describe me. i'd say I'm Centrist on Economic issues and Leftist-liberal on cultural ones.

[Guest NoCalMike]

I'd say I fit in the leftist description given above.

[Guest Big Poppa Popick]

yup libertarian to the max~!

[Guest DrTom]

While I'm a social libertarian (small L), I am a fiscal and foreign policy conservative. I like the idea of smaller government, which the Right supports, but the Libertarian idea of national government is TOO small and has no provisions for replacing things people depend on. You know, like public education.

[Guest Silence]

Some call me a fascist but I prefer El Duce.

[Guest Vern Gagne]

I fall mostly in the Conservative camp, but I've got libertarian believes has well.

[Guest Jobber of the Week]

Humm.. I think this is somewhat screwy.

 

Republicans "want the government to defend the community from threats to its moral fiber." However, I swear most of those people are lefts.

[Guest Kahran Ramsus]

Humm.. I think this is somewhat screwy.

 

Republicans "want the government to defend the community from threats to its moral fiber." However, I swear most of those people are lefts.

Not Republicans, Conservatives.

 

The Republicans tend to take a conservative view on foreign policy and economics, and a liberal one on social programs.

 

Democrats tend to be the opposite. It works the same in Canada as well for the most part, although there happens to be a lot of corruption and a split in the Liberal Party right now.

 

I personally agree with the Republican point of view. Lower taxes, that way if we need a social program we can pay for it rather than paying for a bunch of stuff we don't need. Joe Lieberman, who I personally can't stand and would rather have Sharpton as president than him, is definitely a conservative despite being a Democrat.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

Using those definitions, I'm definitely a Left-libertarian.

 

Take care of your own ass, but if you actually need help, you can get it.