Political Compass Thread

[AAAAAAAAH!]

If America is going to cut constitutional powers in order to fund unconstitutional ones then there's no reason to remain governed by them.

Yeah, because the war on drugs is so constitutional. And huge military budgets are totally what our founders had in mind.

[Ben Kenobi]

Yeah, because the war on drugs is so constitutional. And huge military budgets are totally what our founders had in mind

Please show me where Social security and Medicare appear in the constitution. The problem is that even in Savastan with zero military funding, these two entitlements will consume all of the taxes and then some.

The size of the state wouldn't go down one iota. The ability of the state to resist Texan secession?

[Ben Kenobi]

Good thing you're not American then and have absolutely no say in any such matter

Not yet.

[Imran Siddiqui]

possibly, although an anarchist society may well be a less economically 'left' one than one run by state socialism. i agree with the second part.

i think some of the confusion in the test may come from the difference between free and regulated markets. no state would necessarily mean no regulation, at least of the kind we see now, so you wouldn't have regulated professions for example; yet this kind of thing is also advocated by a certain kind of economic liberal (in the classical sense). so there is some crossover between right-wing economic ideas and (most types of) anarchism, even if it is quite superficial, because the basis is completely different.

True, you are right. A society based upon a communal understanding of resources (very Marxian utopian) may be less 'left' than a state socialism, though it would of course depend on the details.

[DriXnaK]

Good thing you're not American then and have absolutely no say in any such matter.

Neither are you, even though you can't seem to stop talking about America. You should pay more attention to your insignificant island.

[onodera]

Please show me where Social security and Medicare appear in the constitution. The problem is that even in Savastan with zero military funding, these two entitlements will consume all of the taxes and then some.

The size of the state wouldn't go down one iota. The ability of the state to resist Texan secession?

The problem is that in Beniverse there are no countries that have social security, universal healthcare and an army. The good thing is we don't live in Beniverse.

[kentonio]

Neither are you, even though you can't seem to stop talking about America. You should pay more attention to your insignificant island.

Maybe you should **** off back to your basement to read more self help books while surviving on a sole diet of ramen and dreaming about how one day you're life definitely isn't going to be a ****ing embarrassment?

[Ben Kenobi]

The problem is that in Beniverse there are no countries that have social security, universal healthcare and an army. The good thing is we don't live in Beniverse.

Name one. Europe doesn't count and Canada doesn't either.

[Ben Kenobi]

Maybe you should **** off back to your basement to read more self help books while surviving on a sole diet of ramen and dreaming about how one day you're life definitely isn't going to be a ****ing embarrassment?

I had forgotten that Kentonio was a subject of the Queen. Perhaps one day you'll progress to self-governance, instead of being ruled by a German mistress.

[kentonio]

I had forgotten that Kentonio was a subject of the Queen. Perhaps one day you'll progress to self-governance, instead of being ruled by a German mistress.

Perhaps you should join DriXnaK in ****ing off back to your pathetic insignificant life? Except of course that in his case he's likely to actually convince some semi-retarded female to marry him at some point, whereas as we all know you're going to be alone forever you hateful little ****.

[DriXnaK]

Maybe you should **** off back to your basement to read more self help books while surviving on a sole diet of ramen and dreaming about how one day you're life definitely isn't going to be a ****ing embarrassment?

Sounds like I hit a nerve. Lets keep going. I live in Florida, we don't have basements, so already your statement is baseless. Not only that, but I've already stated in other posts that all of my carbohydrates come from fruits and vegetables. Considering my physical appearance coupled with my career which makes six figures, I would say your statement doesn't have much merit.

On the other hand, lets focus on you for a moment. You're an avowed socialist who does nothing but write topics about America all day long. The fact that you're a socialist already means that you are an outcast of society who more than likely lacks a decent career. Not to say all socialists are losers when it comes to careers, but almost by nature the vast majority are. At the end of the day, your goal is to bring everyone down to your level of irrelevancy. Thankfully, that's a tall order to fulfill given how deep that pit is for you.

[C0ckney]

kentonio is not a socialist, by any reasonable definition of the term.

[Bereta_Eder]

Yep. He's a decent fellow but ( ) a supporter of thatcher

[DriXnaK]

kentonio is not a socialist, by any reasonable definition of the term.

I've seen his other posts. Just because he's not as far left as you does not mean he's not a socialist.

[C0ckney]

you're right; it's the fact that he doesn't espouse any socialist positions that tells us he's not a socialist.