Where are you on the political spectrum and why?

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Where are you on the political spectrum
Extreme right, very conservative 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
Right, conservative 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Middle of the road, Moderate 13%  13%  [ 4 ]
Libertarian 26%  26%  [ 8 ]
Left, Liberal 32%  32%  [ 10 ]
Far left, very liberal 10%  10%  [ 3 ]
Anarchist 16%  16%  [ 5 ]
Total votes : 31

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07 Jan 2009, 10:53 pm

I guess I'm an anarchist because all the people I agree with are Christian anarchists, although I am not a Christian, so I guess I'm just an anarchist who does not believe in violence.

I've never heard the terms Minarchist or anarcoprimitivist. Minarchist sounds like someone who doesn't believe anarchy is possible or valuable but doesn't want to be called a libertarian. I think I know intuitively what an anarcoprimitivist might be and I think that fits me.

I am very conservative about personal morality and community.

I believe in the sermon on the mount and the works of mercy

I am anti authority and dislike government at any level, local, provincial, national, or international.

I dislike business even more than I dislike government. I believe in anarchosyndicalism. cooperatives, worker ownership of workplaces, and that the purpose of an economic system is provide human beings with the things required to sustain and enhance physical existence.

I oppose violence and force at anytime, against anyone, for any reason.

I believe in the eightfold path

I believe it the human purpose to discover the reasons for our existence and to help one another in the pursuit of that discovery

I oppose hierarchy and almost every form of inequality.

Most of all, I try to follow the Tao as that path is described in the Tao te Ching. I follow it in ways that do not exclude the foregoing statements.

I believe that anarchy is the only political position consistent with the above goals and prejudices.


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07 Jan 2009, 11:18 pm

Any group larger than a minyon is dangerous. This includes government and the private sector.


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07 Jan 2009, 11:49 pm

Democratic Socialist



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08 Jan 2009, 12:23 am

Liberal because the conservatives have done nothing but crap in my part of the world, and they want to control who gets married, who you can have sex with and so forth.



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08 Jan 2009, 12:30 am

I think I already answered this in another thread but liberal..


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08 Jan 2009, 1:35 am

I said "Left, liberal" but I'm not really sure where I fall anymore. I'm uncomfortable with many aspects of politics, and they all seem to contradict each other.


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08 Jan 2009, 5:44 am

Im an arnarcho primitivist, it is interesting that I also follow the 8fold path. I really like the zen teacher Thich Nhat Hanh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nhat_Hanh

I think the only way is for everyone to treat everyone well, and that the structures inherant in govt only lead to people being treated poorly. I think the environment is showing us that we are not leading our lives in the right way and must turn to sustainability.



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08 Jan 2009, 7:20 am

Rejectionist! :lol:

Burn the world and erase religion, start again....


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08 Jan 2009, 8:14 am

Maditude wrote:
Any group larger than a minyon is dangerous. This includes government and the private sector.


I forgot to mention: Minarchist Libertarian


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08 Jan 2009, 10:20 am

I switched from left-wing liberalism to libertarianism about two weeks ago.

I was optimistic about Obama on Election Day, but I am now becoming more and more skeptical of him.



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08 Jan 2009, 11:39 am

I would say that I would tend to fit into an anarchistic group.



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08 Jan 2009, 12:01 pm

Lets so here, a Moderate Liberal.



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08 Jan 2009, 1:08 pm

well, I think I may be a liberal in theory and a moderate in practice.


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05 Nov 2015, 5:04 pm

I voted extreme right, very conservative, as I am an Islamist....