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galen  ·  3792 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Whats your result?

Looks like I'm a more extreme version of you :)

Nothing I didn't expect. I'm a socially liberal socialist.





AdMan707  ·  3791 days ago  ·  link  ·  

We had about the same score. I'd have been on the far left border but I kind of agree that SOME criminals, regardless of fault, are too deeply fucked in the mind to rehabilitate. And inflation v. unemployment is tricky, even if you don't like the system we are in, it can still starve us all if we aren't careful.

DarkLinkXXXX  ·  3792 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That surprises me. The liberal I know is contradictory to libertarian (in the European sense of the word).

AdMan707  ·  3791 days ago  ·  link  ·  

By "social libertarian" they don't mean the Ron Paul kind of libertarian, that's economic. Social libertarian just means the opposite of social authoritarian.

DarkLinkXXXX  ·  3791 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What does social-libertarian mean though? Libertarian socialist?

galen  ·  3792 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, I tend to be in favor of lots of gov't intervention in the economy but very little in people's personal lives.

DarkLinkXXXX  ·  3792 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Hmm... I think I found a flaw with this model. I feel like left-libertarianism and right-libertarianism shouldn't even have the same axis. Their definition's are similar, but their associated narratives are like night and day!

galen  ·  3792 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You mean social libertarianism and economic libertarianism? I think they just call social 'left' and 'right' rather than anti-gov and pro-gov, respectively.

al  ·  3792 days ago  ·  link  ·  

tbh I was surprised with my result, although I am progressive I do still sympathise with traditionalist and more conservative viewpoints in my country, I suppose Britain on the global stage is pretty liberal despite its traditionalism :)

rob05c  ·  3792 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think one of the shortcomings is that it tends to measure what you believe, not why. So, a conservative in Europe might be labeled a liberal because the test uses American preconceptions.