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LostOne4Ever

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Sun May 5, 2013, 08:56 PM

May 2013

I have gone down below a -9 since the last time I took this test

But i have moved more leftward economically:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=-7.88&soc=-8.51

Last time had me a little over a -5.

A friend of mine a while back took this test and felt it did not correctly define liberalism and conservatism. He sent me this saying it does a better job explaining the difference. It was an interesting read and criticism of the compass but I feel the compass is still better at defining things quickly for laymen.

http://www.rationalrevolution.net/articles/redefining_the_political_spectru.htm

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Left wing libertarians. [View all] nadinbrzezinski May 2013 OP

Wouldn't a left wing Libertarian LostOne4Ever May 2013 #1

Nope not at all nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #2

Then what is a Left Wing Libertarian? fredamae May 2013 #3

These folks do believe in things nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #4

They are Confused Anarchist Ichingcarpenter May 2013 #13

No, they are not anarchists nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #14

Thank you, you just fredamae May 2013 #15

You welcome nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #17

For me? It's so very fredamae May 2013 #23

The Chinese curse comes to mind nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #24

We are indeed n/t fredamae May 2013 #76

Libertarian Socialism-Chomsky earthside May 2013 #51

A liberal with a severe case of narcissism. Scootaloo May 2013 #78

Government is a tool, it can be horrible or beneficial for the people. TheKentuckian May 2013 #7

not necessarily PD Turk May 2013 #57

Left-libertarians always get a bad rap because of the Libertarian Party. LAGC May 2013 #5

All politics in the U.S. gets skewed LWolf May 2013 #31

What is the contradiction? Without economic power the individual has little power or TheKentuckian May 2013 #6

Then we go for the extreme of Ayn Rand nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #8

There are collectivist left-libertarians, too, yaknow. joshcryer May 2013 #9

I know nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #11

do you just type every thought that comes into your mind? sad-cafe May 2013 #10

Gets boring sitting in a coffee house hoping for a long day of traffic collisions and medical aids Brother Buzz May 2013 #26

The way I read that was *instead* of getting fire calls, given the context of the first line. Electric Monk May 2013 #50

I guess hopping for a day when nothing crappy happens is to much to ask for Brother Buzz May 2013 #61

I suspect that if she did then you and sad-cafe would simply accuse her of being lazy, instead. nt Electric Monk May 2013 #63

If you don't like the poster, ... ljm2002 May 2013 #40

I'm a left-wing libertarian. LWolf May 2013 #12

Yup, it is nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #16

+1000 truebluegreen May 2013 #20

One of the things I like about this compass LWolf May 2013 #29

I agree completely. truebluegreen May 2013 #32

Yes. LWolf May 2013 #34

That was fun fredamae May 2013 #25

One thing I've always wished for on that site truebluegreen May 2013 #33

This basically affirms fredamae May 2013 #80

I guess I am too, because my numbers are pretty close to yours. LuvNewcastle May 2013 #27

In past years, LWolf May 2013 #28

But the funny thing is, in my experience, the righties aren't aligned with their voters either. truebluegreen May 2013 #36

The majority of American voters LWolf May 2013 #37

Very true . truebluegreen May 2013 #38

D= LostOne4Ever May 2013 #39

I think it depends LWolf May 2013 #74

So am I. WorseBeforeBetter May 2013 #54

Everyone wants to think binary here Mnpaul May 2013 #77

As am I. I also have a strong disliking of Ron Paul. Dash87 May 2013 #82

More and more since I first said it, it is an 80-20 world with the extreme fringe being 20 graham4anything May 2013 #18

Don't worry -- no one will ever mistake you for a libertarian. LAGC May 2013 #19

Thomas Jefferson would be considered a left-wing libertarian davidn3600 May 2013 #21

Very correct. nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #22

and Thomas himself is an example of why libertarianism is a failure. DonCoquixote May 2013 #30

Actually Jefferson wanted to go further with the declaration, but was overruled davidn3600 May 2013 #45

Thomas Jefferson was a slave owning rapist. Gravitycollapse May 2013 #41

Chart with more politicians: LeftInTX May 2013 #35

Notice where Barack Obama is on that chart davidn3600 May 2013 #47

If you are defining "left-wing libertarians" truebluegreen May 2013 #42

What you describe is not libertarianism. nt Honeycombe8 May 2013 #43

I'm a left wing libertarian, as are all traditional anarchists. Warren Stupidity May 2013 #44

Hm. That explains much. Buzz Clik May 2013 #46

Ignore is for idiots and weaklings. Warren Stupidity May 2013 #48

Agreed! Buzz Clik May 2013 #49

The majority of people on this site are left wing libertarians even if they don't realize it Bjorn Against May 2013 #52

I would not say the majority nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #53

At the very least I think this site was majority libertarian during the Bush Administration Bjorn Against May 2013 #55

There s that nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #59

Noam Chomsky ozone_man May 2013 #66

but we are NOT in Europe, we are here, and Ron Paul libertarians in US are 100% racists. graham4anything May 2013 #70

Don't let the right-wing hijack our language Bjorn Against May 2013 #73

So does this make me a left-libertarian? LostOne4Ever May 2013 #71

Yes, you sound like a left leaning libertarian to me. Bjorn Against May 2013 #72

Everything in that 3rd paragraph describes either a "Denial-ican" or an "Apostle" . . . HughBeaumont May 2013 #75

I'm with you fredamae May 2013 #81

Terms such as left libertarian, libertarian, liberal, progressive, conservative, socialist... Agnosticsherbet May 2013 #56

The definitions have meanings nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #58

Yes, but most peole don't know they are clueless... Agnosticsherbet May 2013 #62

I still prefer to start from the definition and go from there nadinbrzezinski May 2013 #64

It really is a contradiction in terms, because the economic side of Libertarianism pnwmom May 2013 #60

Economic and social policies are two different things jeff47 May 2013 #65

The way I look at it, there are two flavors of free-market libertarians. pnwmom May 2013 #68

There's a range of views on both axes jeff47 May 2013 #83

Are you saying that there are people calling themselves libertarian pnwmom May 2013 #84

Libertarian is one end of the axis. Stalin is on the opposite end of that axis. (nt) jeff47 May 2013 #85

4 letters: A-C-L-U. napoleon_in_rags May 2013 #67

IIRC, Zinn identified as a 'social libertarian' RedCappedBandit May 2013 #69

I described myself as such to my girlfriend Puzzledtraveller May 2013 #79

There's a difference between social and economic libertarians. Xithras May 2013 #86