rational geekery

Have you been to politicalsurvey2005.com ? Bit of business there, like. But it's maybe a bit out of date by now.

I got listed as a left social libertarian - left 6.33, libertarian 4.6. The trouble with this survey is that it is slanted to right-wing pseudo-libertarianism. If it were more balanced, say with questions about cooperatives, credit unions, worker self-management, farmers markets, abolition of corporate legal privileges and corporate welfare, etc my libertarian total would be much higher. I for one, do not like taxes or a lot of government regulation, but in a world dominated by vast corporations, and no other options given, I had to vote in favour of these.

asquith,

Just taken it. Puts me as a free-market internationalist, which ain't so bad. Problem is it also puts me as "pro-war", which I'm most certainly not.

I was left-wing on many issues, but right wing on tax and trade.

I see the test was created by the late, great Chris Lightfoot. RIP.

Larry,

Interesting points. Thanks.

I don't see much difference between a government and a hulking super-national corporation. The dystopian future in Neal Stephenson's novel Snow Crash is a warning to those who worship the faceless super-corps.

What a coincidence! I just started reading "Snowcrash" today.

I did the quiz found myself very much in the libertarian soft left ... no big surprise there!