I'm an anarcho-commi leftist! What are you?
Economic Left/Right: -5.62
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -7.23
Clearly I must be some kind of poor, derranged idealist. I have a feeling that this post isn't going to help me reform that image.
I do have concerns about the supposed neutrality of this test, but I doubt that my "reading" was particularly skewed.
Maybe the prospect of widespread left-wing thought was so unnerving as to drive crystalmethod to shutter all the windows to keep the loonies from breaking in and implementing their neo-communist plot?
I agree with you, but I feel the need to pose a question: the solution to what? Economic and political debates can be interesting, but I suspect that on each side there are unspoken ethical assumptions - very few seem to openly ask what the goals of a government or economic system should be, while vigorously debating how effective various systems are at achieving these (mostly) unstated goals. Should a government work toward the advancement of science and the arts, or is that best left entirely to private pursuits? Is it morally necessary, practically desireable, or infeasible for a society to be structured to ensure a basic level of well-being for all members? Should merit be rewarded with material wealth? If so, what should merit be defined as and how should it be measured? It seems unfashionable, if not taboo, to ask any big questions. People instead act as though striving to understand the human condition and the role of society is an activity suited to the unenlightened savages of past centuries - clearly we are beyond such base pursuits in this day and age.
I should really sleep more; I'm much less inclined to think strange thoughts when I'm well-rested. :
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Economic Left/Right: -5.62
Authoritarian/Libertarian: -7.23
Clearly I must be some kind of poor, derranged idealist. I have a feeling that this post isn't going to help me reform that image.
I do have concerns about the supposed neutrality of this test, but I doubt that my "reading" was particularly skewed.
Maybe the prospect of widespread left-wing thought was so unnerving as to drive crystalmethod to shutter all the windows to keep the loonies from breaking in and implementing their neo-communist plot?
I agree with you, but I feel the need to pose a question: the solution to what? Economic and political debates can be interesting, but I suspect that on each side there are unspoken ethical assumptions - very few seem to openly ask what the goals of a government or economic system should be, while vigorously debating how effective various systems are at achieving these (mostly) unstated goals. Should a government work toward the advancement of science and the arts, or is that best left entirely to private pursuits? Is it morally necessary, practically desireable, or infeasible for a society to be structured to ensure a basic level of well-being for all members? Should merit be rewarded with material wealth? If so, what should merit be defined as and how should it be measured? It seems unfashionable, if not taboo, to ask any big questions. People instead act as though striving to understand the human condition and the role of society is an activity suited to the unenlightened savages of past centuries - clearly we are beyond such base pursuits in this day and age.
I should really sleep more; I'm much less inclined to think strange thoughts when I'm well-rested. :
