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samsara15 said:
Since I came up a Left Libertarian in their test, and I'm not an anarchist, I wonder what it means to be a libertarian. I think their test is biased to make people appear to lean more libertarian then they actually do.
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I contend that their test is not the least biased of those I have seen. Why is that? Because, there are two essential things that make up any party that is to be effective in government.... economic issues and social issues.
If you are pro-rights, you are usually liberal on social issues.
If you are pro-rights, you are usually conservative on economic issues.
As you can see from your test results in you signature, you fall to the left on both sides of economic and social issues, which means you probably don't identify with the economic side of the Libertarian perspective, which is rooted in small government, conservatism, balanced budget and a minimum of taxation in the name of promoting the general welfare via social aid programs.
The test in your signature, is the best political test I have seen.
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Samsara 15 said:
Some versions of their test have me as a moderate social liberal, which is alsonews to me, since moderation and myself have little in common.
No political party is perfect. There will be discoonects anytime you get more than one person involved.
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There are only disconnects if the party compromises on principals and founding common threads.
Party is like an umbrella. The more people you try to fit under it, the more people are left to try to stretch the umbrella to conform to all intrests of those that make it up, the more the seams rip and the more people are left in the rain until all are getting wet.
Party is only of value in politics if it is true to its ideals, and platform planks.
The Libertarian party is a shining example of a non-compromising position in the area of individual rights, and equality of all in the eyes of the law.
Being that those are our basis of creation as a nation, I think those are good ideals to form a position of no-compromise.