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Determine your political philosophy....
Jan 4th, 2007 at 10:07am
 
Use this link to determine your political philosophy. Let me know if you are Left or Right based on your answers.

http://www.selectsmart.com/FREE/select.php?client=no
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Reply #1 - Jan 4th, 2007 at 10:21am
 
great idea Smiley

Here's one without the popups and crazy flashing ads, that gives the results on a 2D scale:

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html

my result:

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz-score/draw.phpp=8&e=4

link to yours:

http://www.selectsmart.com/FREE/select.php?client=no

my top 5 results:

Left-wing Neoliberal (Clinton)
Social-Liberal
Liberal
Right-wing Neoliberal (Thatcher)
American "Conservative"
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My ranking was...
Reply #2 - Jan 4th, 2007 at 10:25am
 
1 American "Liberal"

2 Anarcho-Communist

3 Christian Socialist

4 Liberal Socialist

5 National Socialist

6 Fascist

7 Soviet "Communist"

8 Social Democratic

9 Marxist

10 Revolutionary Conservative/Monarchist (far right)

11 Social-Liberal

12 Christian Democratic

13 Burkean (liberal) Conservative

14 American "Conservative"

15 Liberal Nationalist

16 Left-wing Neoliberal (Clinton)

17 Liberal

18 Right-wing Neoliberal (Thatcher)
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Here's what I came up with...
Reply #3 - Jan 4th, 2007 at 10:34am
 
ACCORDING TO YOUR ANSWERS,

The political description that
fits you best is...

.

It's how they asked the questions was how I had to answer. If you ask a question a different way the response may have been different.


STATIST

STATISTS want government to have a great deal of power

over the economy and individual behavior. They frequently

doubt whether economic liberty and individual freedom

are practical options in today's world. Statists tend to distrust

the free market, support high taxes and centralized

planning of the economy, oppose diverse lifestyles,

and question the importance of civil liberties.



The RED DOT on the Chart shows where you fit on the political map.


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Reply #4 - Jan 4th, 2007 at 10:39am
 
To get the image to work, I had to right click on it, hit properties, copy the URL, then insert the URL here using the image button on the toolbar (third from left).
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Reply #5 - Jan 4th, 2007 at 11:14am
 
Had to save it first.
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Reply #6 - Jan 4th, 2007 at 11:30am
 
I noticed that mine said that I believe in high taxes. That's not true but in this system that we live under sometimes high taxes are necessary. It would be nice to know we had the money in the bank to build 25 nuclear power stations Or develop a Hot Rocks energy grid Or whatever alternative the public decides on. I believe that, if we are short of hospitals the public establishes a 'Build More Hospitals tax' which could be $1 per week via income tax (yes it's the working man that will pay for the pensioner, unemployed and handicap). This way we get the hospitals without restricting needed capital to other areas.

This country has a large infrastructure for a small population so taxes should be noticeably higher than what they are now to pay for everything.
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Reply #7 - Jan 4th, 2007 at 11:37am
 
Did you admire Clinton and Thatcher?
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Reply #8 - Jan 4th, 2007 at 11:43am
 
Thatcher was a bit before my time.

Clinton seems pretty sensible, but I don't know a lot about him. He gave a very positive review of a book I read recently - "Natural Capitalism." I also liked the book, but it gave some mixed messages about the role of government and laissez fare capitalism. Also, in "Stupid White Men" it sounded like he was in power for a long time and achieved almost nothing for the environment, then just before he got voted out he introduced and passed legislation that would help the environment - only it wouldn't come into effect for another 8 years. Of course Bush revoked the legislation. It seemed like a cynical ploy to hold the voters to ransom. Rather than giving the people what they wanted up front, and what he was elected for, he waited till the next election and threw them a few crumbs that they would only hold onto if they re-elected him.

From what you say it sounds like you do indeed support higher taxes. An additional separate tax is no different from raising the taxes that are already there.
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Reply #9 - Jan 4th, 2007 at 6:53pm
 
I tried to get the graph to come up - but not as computer literate as I thought.  However I was surprised at coming No. 1 as an American Liberal then an Anarcho-Communist which probably seems a bit more realistic.

Interesting little tests.
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Reply #10 - Jan 4th, 2007 at 6:56pm
 
Did you do the other quiz? The graph is from this one:

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html
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Maybe they could develop a.....
Reply #11 - Jan 5th, 2007 at 7:38am
 
Maybe they could develop this site to include a Political Philosophy Quiz where your political philosophy is displayed in your profile.
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Reply #12 - Jan 5th, 2007 at 8:42am
 
You mean OzPolitic? Better profiles would be great. I'll look into it, but it wouldn't be easy. In the interim I have offered people custom profiles - see the feedback board.
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Reply #13 - Jan 5th, 2007 at 5:06pm
 
I tried to substitute a picture to represent myself on my profile,  one of those little moving pictures - but found it too difficult - even though I transferred the URL into the appropriate space.  I will try again soon, when my concentration is a bit better and add some more detail.

I will also have another go at http://www.selectsmart.com/FREE/select.php?client=no.
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Reply #14 - Jan 5th, 2007 at 8:15pm
 
This is the site you can get the chart from;

http://www.theadvocates.org/quiz.html

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