What are your political beliefs? (improvement over Vesayen's poll)

[Odin]

I consider myself a non-Marxist Socialist. I am for a VERY strongly regulated free market with all businesses governed as co-ops in non-essential industries, while the essential industries are controled by governemnt agencies and government-owned corporations. The Co-ops with get their capital from government-owned investment banks. I think government should stay out of people's bedrooms and people's personal life and religion should stay out of government.

[Dis]

I'm a flip-flopper.

I'm serious. Mix all the above, and you have me.

[Q Classic]

I tend to be a pseudo-Libertarian, pseudo-anarcho-Capitalist who believes in Technofundamentalism and that society would be better off with an inherent belief in Confucian and general ethics such as "be nice to everyone, be polite to everyone, be loyal to family and friends."

The closest one above is Libertarian, because I do understand the need of a government to provide some basic services.

[Dis]

I voted for neo-liberal/capitalist democrat even though I'm not sure what that is. . It sounds about right though.

[Odin]

Originally posted by Dissident
I voted for neo-liberal/capitalist democrat even though I'm not sure what that is. . It sounds about right though.

That's for DanS types. I thought you were a Libertarian?

[Dis]

Originally posted by Odin


That's for DanS types. I thought you were a Libertarian?

libertarian is good in theory, but does not work in the real world. Too much reliance on people being responsible for their own actions- which people just can't seem to do.

[Sava]

I'm a Teddy Roosevelt Progressive... at least that's the best way I can summarize my beliefs.

[Q Classic]

libertarian is good in theory, but does not work in the real world. Too much reliance on people being responsible for their own actions- which people just can't seem to do.

it's a damn shame, too.

thought, internalization of some ethics couldn't hurt--cf Japanese and SKorean fans during WC2002, where they cleaned up after themselves after every match.

[Shi Huangdi]

Centrist.

[Sava]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Centrist.

[Odin]

Originally posted by Dissident


libertarian is good in theory, but does not work in the real world. Too much reliance on people being responsible for their own actions- which people just can't seem to do.

Exactly. Also it is an unstable system because it would either collapse into corporate feudalism, or people the poor people who get shafted will support a left-wing populist demogouge (like Castro) and there will be a revolution.

[Odin]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Centrist.

LIAR!!!

[Sava]

that's almost as funny as Ned claiming to be a Kennedy Liberal... or Fez claiming to be slightly center-right.

[Tassadar500]

I'm liberal on some issues, but very conservative on others. I'm not sure what to pick...

[Moral Hazard]

Syndicalist

What's this? Like the video game?

I'm not sure, I usually split my ticket almost down the middle, and love a divided government. Does that make me centrist? Ideally I'd like to see a non-partisan President. Who is pragmatic and without an agenda. Who tries execute all laws and doesn't use a veto, except against maybe a lame duck legislature, or an unconstitutional law. Of course that's all a pipe dream.

Let's see I like the free market, but would like to see very active regulators. Who ardently pursue lawbreakers, anti-trust etc. I also like the idea of Employee representation on the boards, but in the minority. I'd like a Stakeholder mentality. But without the rigidity which comes from too much government interference. Makes me pretty much on the Economic left, but I'd like to have my cake and eat it too. Oh and I'd like a vastly simplified Tax structure, semi-privatization of SS (allow you to shift it to regulated security managers).

Social issues rarely influence my vote, I'm conservative in my personal beliefs, but I really haven't decided what governments place is in social issues.

Diplomatically; I lean toward isolationism.