RE: authoritarian/libertarian-left/right spectrum test
August 21, 2014 at 8:41 pm
(This post was last modified: August 21, 2014 at 8:43 pm by Dystopia.)
(August 21, 2014 at 6:02 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:The problem with the "free market" is the unzip and trickle down practice,
The problem with the "free market" is that business criminal assholes instantly begin manipulating it for their own benefit.
I'd rather be controlled by corporation than by government owned economy, by far, the result is usually not nice.
And don't bring me the bullshit that the free market is evil, while it is true that it may suck in america that's because you people lack restrictions. Take the example of Norway or Sweden, or even the Netherlands, the market is a lot freer than in America contrary to what people may believe. I remember seeing a graph showing that in Norway, the so called socialist country, only 10 or 5% of property is government owned. So yeah the free market works, it just depends on what you consider free. Not free, fuck the rest of the world capitalism
(August 21, 2014 at 6:07 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(August 21, 2014 at 4:16 pm)Blackout Wrote: What's more important - Individual freedoms/rights or satisfying collective necessities? Answer individual rights for right wing ideology, collective necessities for left wing.
That's a gross oversimplification, don't you think?
I'll note further that is the purpose of this sort of test - to get away from the simplified left/right wing view and view things along a two-axis spectrum rather than as black/white.
I'd also like to not that in Europe being right wing or left wing doesn't equate with Conservatism V Liberalism. In fact, you could be right wing and be a liberal because you are a free market fanatic, but still are socially liberal. In my opinion the designation 'right wing liberal' would fit appropriately, in fact I call myself a 'right wing moderate liberal' as a label.
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