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All right, my good friend created a political quiz for his website (http://www.neo-libertarian.com/) called the The 3-Line Quiz (http://www.neo-libertarian.com/polquiz.html). The quiz is two dimensional and contains three lines (hence the name) that measure your economic, political, and social philosophy. He designed this quiz to address some of the inadequacies with the left-right and libertarian-authoritarian models.

There's a very long explanation of his rationale for the quiz on his page. To skip that, just click "skip" (in yellow) or scroll to the bottom of the page. You take three separate quizzes - one for each line. Keep track of your score for each quiz and then go to "Quiz Scoring" to find the appropriate label and explanation for your philosophy.

He draws a lot of terms from 18th and 19th century European politics, so don't confuse a modern-day "liberal" (an American left-winger) for a liberal on the 3-line quiz. Liberal just means what'd we refer to as a classical liberal or essentially a modern libertarian. Also, "republican" on the 3-line quiz purposely starts with a small 'r' to denote an individual who supports a republic-style government.

Don't be upset if you don't rank very high or very low on every line. You're not really meant to.

I was a Conservative-Leaning Free Marketeer.

I scored 'Democratic Libertarian Planner', for some reason.

populist-leaning, socialist-leaning republican

"Democratic Libertarian Communist"

That's exactly how I define myself.

republican capitalist-leaning libertarian

Democratic socialist-leaning libertarian.
Just what I thought I was.

um whats a socialist-leaner?

Leans towards socialism. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism)

Heh: Anarchical Republican Anarcho-Capitalist.

Wow.

Heh: Anarchical Republican Anarcho-Capitalist.

Wow.

Me too! :) A mouthful, isn't it?

I'm... a Liberal-Leaning Republican... o_O;;;

Republican liberal-leaning planner.

Wtf? :confused:

liberal-leaning socialist-leaning republican

Pretty good. Except, I don't live in a republic and don't want to. Otherwise, yeah, I do consider myself Fiscally Conservative but Socially Conscious (as opposed to socialist, which is too loaded a word, too heavily associated with certain Idealistic movements to really be practicable)

Democratic Libertarian Communist.

"democratic libertarian communist"

As I suspected.

Me too! :) A mouthful, isn't it?

Too much anarch for me. :D Especially considering that I do believe in some small amount of laws (I'm a minarchist, not an anarchist).

But it was interesting to be labled as such.

libertarian republican free marketeer

describes me perfect. best political test ever. I really liked how clearly worded the questions were. I was sure exactlly what they were asking and it seemed they weren't trying to push in any direction. very good test.

"liberal-leaning democratic free marketeer"

Sounds about right. Although I did just answer "neutral" to any question I didn't understand, so I don't know if that affects anything...

republican libertarian planner

Whatever that means :) :D

buuuuump.

>>> libertarian radical-leaning free marketeer <<<

I don't agree with the "libertarian" quality. This simply proves a limitation of
the quiz.

If it were simply "radical free marketeer", it would be correct.

-The REAL Iakeo

"Republican socialist-leaning libertarian"

Well, after looking up some of the things at the bottom, I think its roughly accurate.

liberal-leaning socialist-leaning democrat

Liberal-Leaning - Those moving in the direction of individual autonomy, critical of government, opposed to sin taxes and moral codes fall in this area. A majority of Americans fall here or in the moderate section.

Socialist-Leaning - Most Democrats and a few Republicans fall here. They are skeptical of corporate scandals, think that balanced budgets are a good reason to raise taxes, and want a more progressive taxation system. They view the estate tax and capital gains tax as necessary balancing devices against the power of the wealthy. They are skeptical or even adamantly opposed to free trade, and consider the IMF, WTO and World Bank to be closed, dangerous, undemocratic and serving the wealthy. They associate economic success with more government spending, low unemployment, and a trade surplus.

Democrat - This includes some left and center-left Western parties. The French Communists and Socialists or in the US the Progressive Caucus or left wing of the Democrats would likely fit in this label. The French policy of laicite, dating back to the French Revolution, is the perfect embodiment of the democrat rating. Laicite is very secular, even to the point of being anti-clerical, and is the reason God is a taboo subject in the realm of politics, and why religious items are banned from student wardrobes in schools. The democrats of this scale go beyond legal equality and use the force of government and law to secure social equality - through affirmative action, quotas, hiring reforms, special ethnic apportionments in legislatures, and other policies aimed to correct even indrect discrimination. The rating 'democrat' is NOT the same thing as a US Democratic party member.

>>> libertarian radical-leaning free marketeer <<<

I don't agree with the "libertarian" quality. This simply proves a limitation of
the quiz.

If it were simply "radical free marketeer", it would be correct.

-The REAL Iakeo

Well, the quiz rates you in three categories. You're a radical socially, more or less a capitalist economically, and politically you fall on the side of smaller government, right? You generally believe government interference is negative or unnecessary and you probably believe it's the government's job to protect our rights and civil liberties. That's what the quiz would indicate. You don't have to actually be a libertarian to score in the libertarian column - that's all I am trying to suggest. :) And more important, your score indicates that you're not an authoritarian or fascist. If you are big on civil liberties, for example, that might have impacted your libertarian result.

populist-leaning socialist-leaning republican

*leans too much and falls over*

It's too confusing! what do i do on question 1 of the radcon quiz if i think that there should be a democratic system?! what about separation of church and state if i think the state religion should be aetheist(ban all religions)? and then what about number 4? too confusing...

populist-leaning socialist-leaning republican

*leans too much and falls over*
the same as me! :fluffle: :fluffle:

Well, the quiz rates you in three categories. You're a radical socially, more or less a capitalist economically, and politically you fall on the side of smaller government, right? You generally believe government interference is negative or unnecessary and you probably believe it's the government's job to protect our rights and civil liberties. That's what the quiz would indicate. You don't have to actually be a libertarian to score in the libertarian column - that's all I am trying to suggest. :) And more important, your score indicates that you're not an authoritarian or fascist. If you are big on civil liberties, for example, that might have impacted your libertarian result.

Ah,.. yes,.. I love labels... (not) :)

But I am a fascist,.. although no group larger than ME is accepted into my
happy band of brown-shirts. That makes me a mono-individuo-fascist, right?

Does that break the definition of "fascist"?

Maybe it does,.. sorry to be breaking things again. I'll clean up the mess.


-The REAL Iakeo

Libertarian radical-leaning free marketeer. o_0

Okeyyyyy...

republican socialist-leaning libertarian

I am a democratic liberal-leaning communist.
And proud. :D

It's too confusing! what do i do on question 1 of the radcon quiz if i think that there should be a democratic system?! what about separation of church and state if i think the state religion should be aetheist(ban all religions)? and then what about number 4? too confusing...

Um, you answer the question. Do you think that there should be universal suffrage (voting rights)? If you don't, then say no. If you support a democratic system that bans voting rights, then there's a contradiction in your own philosophy that you need to address.

If you believe in the separation of church and state strongly, then click "strongly agree." I'd argue, though, that banning all religions is contradictory to the doctrine of "separation of church and state." If the state outlaws religions, then it's interfering in the religious realm, which violates the "separation." If you think the government should ban all religions, then the Radical-Conservative quiz won't indicate that. Radical-Conservative measures how you think society should work, not what you think the government should or shouldn't do necessarily.

Also, your concern about separation of church and state and banning all religions is mostly addressed in question seven of the Rad-Con quiz:

7. The state must go beyond the right to religious expression and actively ensure the church does not exert undue influence on society.
Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree

Ah,.. yes,.. I love labels... (not) :)

But I am a fascist,.. although no group larger than ME is accepted into my
happy band of brown-shirts. That makes me a mono-individuo-fascist, right?

Does that break the definition of "fascist"?

Maybe it does,.. sorry to be breaking things again. I'll clean up the mess.


-The REAL Iakeo

You can be as much of a fascist as you want to yourself. :) That's perfectly consistent with your quiz score. Heh.

liberal-leaning democrat -- snooze

but on one scale, i'm an anarcho-capitalist. does that make me a pirate?

Yay!! :D

Yet another "Populist-leaning, socialist-leaning, Republican", apparently.

Not that it means too much, the quiz was full of far too many 'leading' questions... that prompted you to answer one certain fashion... and yet, that response was often actually invalidated by the bias of the question.

Republican liberal-leaning planner.

Wtf? :confused:
Hey, Me too!

fuedalistic fascistic communist/planner(i wasn't shure on a few questions so i looked at the results both ways in all of them, the other two were the same but there was a planner/communist difference)

Libertarian radical-leaning anarcho-capitalist. Pretty interesting quiz, and I can always whip out the new name I got to impress people. o_O

republican capitalist-leaning libertarian, but the website seems to think that libertarian means I support private gun-ownership, I am vehemently against this.

socialist-leaning feudalist


*holds her nose up high*

The common rabble should be thankful for a sovereign such as I!



Actually, I'm just in a bad mood and think the right to vote should be reserved for the more intelligent members of society....I'm not a monarchist!!!

Democratic Libertarian Planner. I'm not sure exactly what that means, but I'd call myself a Social Democrat, and it seems similar.

socialist-leaning feudalist


*holds her nose up high*

The common rabble should be thankful for a sovereign such as I!



Actually, I'm just in a bad mood and think the right to vote should be reserved for the more intelligent members of society....I'm not a monarchist!!!
What, like those intelligent enough to know the difference between religion and science? ;)

Libertarian republican free-marketeer :cool:

What, like those intelligent enough to know the difference between religion and science? ;)


Those intelligent enough to know that religion and science go hand-in-hand ;)

All right, my good friend created a political quiz for his website (http://www.neo-libertarian.com/) called the The 3-Line Quiz (http://www.neo-libertarian.com/polquiz.html). The quiz is two dimensional and contains three lines (hence the name) that measure your economic, political, and social philosophy. He designed this quiz to address some of the inadequacies with the left-right and libertarian-authoritarian models.

There's a very long explanation of his rationale for the quiz on his page. To skip that, just click "skip" (in yellow) or scroll to the bottom of the page. You take three separate quizzes - one for each line. Keep track of your score for each quiz and then go to "Quiz Scoring" to find the appropriate label and explanation for your philosophy.

He draws a lot of terms from 18th and 19th century European politics, so don't confuse a modern-day "liberal" (an American left-winger) for a liberal on the 3-line quiz. Liberal just means what'd we refer to as a classical liberal or essentially a modern libertarian. Also, "republican" on the 3-line quiz purposely starts with a small 'r' to denote an individual who supports a republic-style government.

Don't be upset if you don't rank very high or very low on every line. You're not really meant to.

liberal leaning/capitalist leaning/republican

Republican, socialist-leaning libertarian. Pretty accurate description, I would say.

Republican liberal-leaning planner, though I was on the cusp of being a democrat libertarian planner.

Republican - This includes a large bulk of modern-day American politicians, whether Republican or Democratic. This includes values of basic racial equality but not necessarily affirmative action. It's a strong rejection of racism and a strong embrace of democracy, but not into the social levelling or hyper-secularism of the democrat level.

Liberal-Leaning - Those moving in the direction of individual autonomy, critical of government, opposed to sin taxes and moral codes fall in this area. A majority of Americans fall here or in the moderate section.

Planner - Few Democrats fit here, but FDR is probably the most aggressive move in this direction, followed by LBJ. They believe that the market is useful for many areas, but overall it is too chaotic, irrational or unfair, and it takes the keen eye of the state or bureaucracy to correct market imperfections. They support nationalization of industries, guaranteed employment for all, massive welfare entitlements, and massive public works. They associate economic success with high employment, high production, and massive government involvement; the super-rich are usually allowed to still exist normally, but less so in business or managerial capacities. Ultimately, the market is either short-sighted or unfair, and some outside force must step in to correct it.
I'm surprised I've turned out so socialist, plus I expected to be significantly more liberal and a little more radical.

radical-leaning free marketeer... :confused:

I didn't like this one as much. I actually like the moral compass the best out of any tests.

Radical-leaning, Socialist-leaning, Anarchist.

I guess that's right......... I do have issues. :rolleyes:

A Radical Leaning Libertarian

Democrat, Anarchist, Anarcho-Capitalist. seems I hit the edges on all three of the 3 part test. wonder if the 4 part test would reign me in somewhat from the extremes. Darn, I don't want to be a 3-way extremist.

liberal-leaning radical-leaning free marketeer.
Fairly good description, according to the definitions given by the quiz.

Libertarian Republican Anarcho-Capitalist. WOOT! PERFECT SCORE!

Anarchical republican anarcho-capitalist. I have no idea what that means. Am I an anarchist now? Because they have always struck me a smelly hippies with poor social skills and a complete ignorance of the finer things in life, so I am not sure I would enjoy that very much.

Also, does this mean I have to start using public transport*?

(*Though I prefer to think of it as formerly private transit).

Democratic Socialist-leaning Anarchist

Yeah, pretty accurate, although I'm not so much of a socialist as an advocate for a regulated, but capatalistic market.

Democratic Liberal-leaning Planner. Social Democrat, right? Maybe the US Green Party?

All right, my good friend created a political quiz for his website (http://www.neo-libertarian.com/) called the The 3-Line Quiz (http://www.neo-libertarian.com/polquiz.html). The quiz is two dimensional and contains three lines (hence the name) that measure your economic, political, and social philosophy. He designed this quiz to address some of the inadequacies with the left-right and libertarian-authoritarian models.

There's a very long explanation of his rationale for the quiz on his page. To skip that, just click "skip" (in yellow) or scroll to the bottom of the page. You take three separate quizzes - one for each line. Keep track of your score for each quiz and then go to "Quiz Scoring" to find the appropriate label and explanation for your philosophy.

He draws a lot of terms from 18th and 19th century European politics, so don't confuse a modern-day "liberal" (an American left-winger) for a liberal on the 3-line quiz. Liberal just means what'd we refer to as a classical liberal or essentially a modern libertarian. Also, "republican" on the 3-line quiz purposely starts with a small 'r' to denote an individual who supports a republic-style government.

Don't be upset if you don't rank very high or very low on every line. You're not really meant to.

republican libertarian communist

Anarchical republican anarcho-capitalist. I have no idea what that means. Am I an anarchist now? Because they have always struck me a smelly hippies with poor social skills and a complete ignorance of the finer things in life, so I am not sure I would enjoy that very much.

Hey! I don't smell, I have social skills, and well...*blows cigar smoke in Lacadaemon's face and downs a shot of Tequila*

:D

liberal-leaning socialist-leaning republican

radical-leaning populist-leaning socialist-leaner

looks like i like leaning :headbang:

The quiz declared me a republican libertarian communist, but I thought I deserved "democratic" instead of "republican," so as an experiment I changed my answer on the laïcité (secularity) question:

4. There should be specific laws against religious expressions in the public sphere and students should not be allowed overt religious symbols in public schools.

Originally I strongly disagreed with that statement because such laws would violate one of the most important rights, freedom of speech. When I put Strongly Agree, the quiz told me I was *more* "democrat" (socially libertarian), but why would a socially libertarian democrat approve of curtailing speech to enforce their own (pro-secular) beliefs? That's a contradiction and an error in the quiz, in my opinion. Anyway, here are the descriptions of the four labels relevant to me:

Democrat - This includes some left and center-left Western parties. The French Communists and Socialists or in the US the Progressive Caucus or left wing of the Democrats would likely fit in this label. The French policy of laicite, dating back to the French Revolution, is the perfect embodiment of the democrat rating. Laicite is very secular, even to the point of being anti-clerical, and is the reason God is a taboo subject in the realm of politics, and why religious items are banned from student wardrobes in schools. The democrats of this scale go beyond legal equality and use the force of government and law to secure social equality - through affirmative action, quotas, hiring reforms, special ethnic apportionments in legislatures, and other policies aimed to correct even indrect discrimination. The rating 'democrat' is NOT the same thing as a US Democratic party member.

Republican - This includes a large bulk of modern-day American politicians, whether Republican or Democratic. This includes values of basic racial equality but not necessarily affirmative action. It's a strong rejection of racism and a strong embrace of democracy, but not into the social levelling or hyper-secularism of the democrat level.

Libertarian - Many people in the US Libertarian Party are minor heretics or simply adhere to certain social controls while remaining otherwise nearly anarchical. These people, in addition to a number of especially independent Democrats and Republicans, fit into the libertarian category. They do not seek the philosophical uber-consistency of the anarchists, but they propose most or nearly all of the same ideas and policies. Someone in the ACLU or the Republican Liberty Caucus would likely fall here.

Communist - Whether Stalin and Mao or the Paris Commune and the Spanish Civil War, communists want to eliminate capital, eliminate profit, eliminate private property as we know it and then what follows is either a state-organized, syndicate-organized or spontaneously-organized distribution of goods based more or less on the Marxist principle from each according to ability, to each according to need. Few people press this ideology anywhere, although there are still Communists in some Western European countries and certainly many left in former Soviet countries such as Russia. They associate economic success with lack of want, and lack of inequality. Issues such as free trade, welfare and taxes are virtually irrelevant since their ideals don't include capital and markets, but they tend to vigorously support the normal planner perspectives on these issues as a transitional policy.

I am a Libertarian Radical-Leaning Free-Marketeer

It pretty much nailed me. I was a little weary of being called a radical, but, once I read its given meaning, agreed with the designation.

Apparently, I am a:

Liberal-leaning Republican.

Whatever that means. LOL.

Liberal-leaning Republican (Moderate economic stance)

I think that describes me well enough given their definitions of the terms.

If it wasn't for my stance on property rights, I would probably have been a full out libertarian.

democratic libertarian

Radical-Conservative Quiz >30
Liberal-Populist Quiz 17
Capitalist-Socialist Quiz -6

To all of you who keep saying that I'm not centrist simply because I don't agree with your entire leftist agenda: nanny-nanny-boo-boo! ROFLMAO!

Test results: "liberal-leaning democratic free marketeer"

democratic populist-leaning planner

Seems about right.

Originally Posted by Drunk commies deleted
What, like those intelligent enough to know the difference between religion and science?

Those intelligent enough to know that religion and science go hand-in-hand ;)

Oooo...! I **LIKE** that..!! More of that please..!! :D

PLEASE start another thread with that as a "premise"..!!

Thanks again.

-The REAL Iakeo

liberal-leaning republican, but i think in today's liberal terms, not yesteryears.

Liberal-Leaning - Those moving in the direction of individual autonomy, critical of government, opposed to sin taxes and moral codes fall in this area. A majority of Americans fall here or in the moderate section.

Republican - This includes a large bulk of modern-day American politicians, whether Republican or Democratic. This includes values of basic racial equality but not necessarily affirmative action. It's a strong rejection of racism and a strong embrace of democracy, but not into the social levelling or hyper-secularism of the democrat level.

Anarchical Republican Free Marketeer

No surprises there...

Regarding this guy's website... he really needs to amend a couple of things in the UK report: it's Labour, not Labor, plus the DUP are not terror-linked. The desrciptions... meh, they're not bad, but could do with polishing (particularly with respect to Labour & the Lib Dems).

I started to take the quiz, but there was no "Nothing" option for any of the questions. Then I realised as nothing has an intrinsic characteristic of truth, there was no point continuing.

I suppose I am an Anarcho-Skeptic Nihilist. :mad:

radical-leaning populist-leaning socialist-leaner

looks like i like leaning :headbang:
I'm surprised you haven't fallen over with all that leaning. You must be close to horizontal.

As for me, I got:
Socialist-leaning republican
Which is a bit of a surprise. Though if I got 2 points less on the Radical-Conservative test, I'd be a:
Radical-leaning socialist-leaner
Which seems pretty far from being a republican.

I was a "democratic anarchical planner", probably because I answered the questions involving the state as against it.

Democratic liberal-leaning communist. I'm surprised that I didn't get "anarchist" in the middle, perhaps it has to do with my views on the legalization of marijuana.

I was a "democratic anarchical planner",...

*wonders how one can be anarchical and a planner at the same time*

depending on one answer, i'm either republican lieberal-leaning planner or a liebral-leaning socialist-leaning republican.

i'm okay wih republican in the intended sense of the word, but neither liberal nor socialist is what i'd go for.. hm.

According to that test I'm a socialist-leaning republican.

Funny that I live in the Federal Republic of Germany and am a social democrat :D

Whatever that test result means, it's a funny test!

"Caplitalist leaning crypto-fundamentalistic erotiobot"

What? Did I click the wrong link again?

*wonders how one can be anarchical and a planner at the same time*
{snip}
Anarchy. Plan on it.

I'm... a Liberal-Leaning Republican... o_O;;;
Ditto.

I scored as a liberal-leaning socialist-leaning republican. What exactly does this mean? It seems as if the quiz can't figure me out so it has a long explination.

I scored as a liberal-leaning socialist-leaning republican. What exactly does this mean? It seems as if the quiz can't figure me out so it has a long explination.
Conventional centre-left, basically.

Cool.

[QUOTE=German Nightmare]According to that test I'm a socialist-leaning republican.

Funny that I live in the Federal Republic of Germany and am a social democrat :D

[/uQUOTE]

hey, welcome to the club! now just let's keep our fingers crossed that our dear christian democrats *spits* keep spiralling down in their polling figures and then the 18th will be a good day for all of us.. :)

radical-leaning libertarian planner

There's a whole lotta leanin' goin' on. :p

radical-leaning libertarian planner

There's a whole lotta leanin' goin' on. :p
I got radical-leaning populist-leaning socialist-leaner

I got radical-leaning populist-leaning socialist-leaner
Face it, you're a leaner. There's no shame in that, be proud of your angle! Stand up, and slightly to one side, for your rights!

Socialist-leaning democrat. Perfect! :D