Someone sent the Libertarian Party's silly little political quiz across the Blogs for Bush mailing list last night or this morning, and I decided to amuse myself by taking it to see just how non-Libertarian I am. Read on, and enjoy!
Your Political Philosophy: According to your answers, your political philosophy is: authoritarian
Statist
Statists want government to have a great deal of control over individuals and society. They support centralized planning, and often doubt whether liberty and freedom of choice are practical options. At the very bottom of the chart, left-authoritarians are usually called socialists, while right-authoritarians are generally called fascists.
Your Personal issues Score is 20%.
Your Economic issues Score is 40%.
Jawohl, mein fuhrer! We schall crusch zhe Ami schwein and achieve final victory fur Hayek!
I was so amused by this result that I went back to playing Medal of Honor: Frontline on my Xbox, where Lieutenant James Patterson is invoved in trying to bail some British troops out of the mess that Field Marshal Montgomery got them into in Arnhem. Shooting Germans is always fun, but I'd rather be doing that with the men of Easy Company.
For what it's worth, here are my answers:
Government should not censor speech, press, media or Internet: Disagree
Military service should be voluntary. There should be no draft: Disagree
There should be no laws regarding sex for consenting adults: Disagree
Repeal laws prohibiting adult possession and use of drugs: Disagree
End "corporate welfare." No government handouts to business: Disagree
End government barriers to international free trade: Disagree
Let people control their own retirement; privatize Social Security: Maybe
Replace government welfare with private charity: Agree
Cut taxes and government spending by 50% or more: Maybe
I think they've changed the questions some. I used to remember something about no restrictions on immigration. Seems the Libertarians got burnt on that one. Heh heh heh.
Posted by Country Pundit at October 12, 2004 02:53 PM