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RE: Political compass test
December 31, 2010 at 9:16 pm
(December 31, 2010 at 5:43 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: (December 31, 2010 at 4:29 pm)Meatball Wrote: What's more selfish than living off someone else's hard-earned money?
Exactly. Oh wait, can't that apply to:
- Many higher up's in companies?
- Venture Capitalists?
- Investor groups?
- Communists?
Your simplistic strawman is wearing thin. No, not really. The first three cases involve said group giving their money away to contribute to the system. The "higher ups" by paying wages, the venture capitalists by supporting new businesses, and the investor groups by giving money to a company in exchange for shares.
I'd also like to point out that certainly in the case of venture capitalism, it is the people who own the business who ask for the money in the first place, knowing full well that a portion of their company will then be owned by the venture capitalist. They see it as useful, not selfish.
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RE: Political compass test
January 1, 2011 at 12:58 am
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(December 31, 2010 at 9:16 pm)Tiberius Wrote: No, not really. The first three cases involve said group giving their money away to contribute to the system. The "higher ups" by paying wages, the venture capitalists by supporting new businesses, and the investor groups by giving money to a company in exchange for shares.
I'd also like to point out that certainly in the case of venture capitalism, it is the people who own the business who ask for the money in the first place, knowing full well that a portion of their company will then be owned by the venture capitalist. They see it as useful, not selfish.
(December 31, 2010 at 4:29 pm)Meatball Wrote: What's more selfish than living off someone else's hard-earned money?
Communists, by definition, give away assets to support the system. So "giving their money away to contribute to the system" hm?
Either way, we are, in these systems, in some way living off of someone else's efforts, henceforth their hard-earned money.
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RE: Political compass test
January 1, 2011 at 4:47 am
No, the fundies are NOT too afraid of some stupid test. What a moronic notion.
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RE: Political compass test
January 1, 2011 at 4:35 pm
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Economic Left/Right: -7.75
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Quote:"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. "
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RE: Political compass test
January 1, 2011 at 11:56 pm
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To me, the free market is one defined by quality and quantity, not trade rackets or monopolies.
Though the "manufacturer and business man versus artist and writer" one nearly got me, I recall that it takes years of dedication to create art, but only an afternoon to learn how to work an assembly line.
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RE: Political compass test
January 2, 2011 at 12:32 pm
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Your political compass
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Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.23
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I think these questions are very flawed and terribly Phrased
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RE: Political compass test
January 2, 2011 at 1:17 pm
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Every CEO should be assigned a man with a pistol. The first time he tries to fuck over somebody he should be shot and replaced with the next flunky.
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RE: Political compass test
January 2, 2011 at 2:55 pm
(December 28, 2010 at 7:54 pm)ziggystardust Wrote: I recently took the political compass test on here http://www.politicalcompass.org/test
Your political compass
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RE: Political compass test
January 3, 2011 at 10:28 pm
(January 1, 2011 at 4:35 pm)HeyItsZeus Wrote: Economic Left/Right: -7.75
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -8.72
Wow... I never realized I was this radical now that I look at it...
Quote:"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. "
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RE: Political compass test
January 3, 2011 at 11:48 pm
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Pretty much same as always, though I bet it rated some of the things i said inaccurately because it doesn't know my interpretation of what it suggested 
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