Libertarian left and right

[Ashendant]

Honestly, I thought this thread would be about something you mentioned on the Occupy Wall Street thread about there being 'left wing' and 'right wing' libertarians.
To that end, could someone explain to me the difference more precisely?

Well, you can find out where you stand by taking this test:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/test

You have 4 basic positions in politics reflecting social and economic position.

Authoritarian Socialist = The Stalin type
Authoritarian Capitalist = The george W. bush type
Anti-authoritarian Socialist = The Gandhi type
Anti-authoritarian Capitalist = The Milton Friedman type

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Because those simple definitions come together to form a complex position, such as left libertarian. Center left libertarian, etc...

I prefer this one it's much shorter altrough sometimes not as accurate


Also i think you got the economic scale and the social scale mixed up

Libertarians and statists is about who controls the economy, while conservatives(right) and liberals(left) is about social freedoms