Reply #5: I think the political spectrum is kind of a circle...

[originalpckelly]

with left and right on opposing sides and libertarianism/liberalism on one side with totalitarianism on the other.

The libertarians have this little test, on which scores are organized in a diamond shape similar to the way I outlined my theory of politics:


Only I think liberalism and libertarianism are practically the same, because you'll find right wing libertarians agreeing with left wing liberals all the time. Some try to call it "civil libertarianism" on the left, but the root of the word "libertarian" and "liberal" are the same.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liberal

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/libertarian (this routes to the one listed below)

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liberty