Libertarian FAQ: World's Smallest Political Quiz
Paul J Schmidt
Version: 1.1
Last-modified: 10 May 1994
WORLD'S SMALLEST POLITICAL QUIZ.
Fed up with Left/Right labels?
Use this improved political compass to test your identity. Take the
World's Smallest Political Quiz.
Circle "Y" when you agree, "M" for Maybe or unsure, "N" for No.
Are you a self-governor on PERSONAL issues? 20 10 0
* Military service should be voluntary. (No draft).......... Y M N
* Govt. should NOT control radio, TV, or the press.......... Y M N
* Repeal regulations on sex by consenting adults............ Y M N
* Drug laws do more harm than good. Repeal them............ Y M N
* Let people immigrate and emigrate freely.................. Y M N
My PERSONAL self-governor score: 20 for Y, 10 for M, 0 for N _________
Are you a self-governor on ECONOMIC issues? 20 10 0
* Businesses & farms should operate without govt. subsidies. Y M N
* People are better off with free trade than with tariffs... Y M N
* Minimum wage laws cause unemployment. Repeal them......... Y M N
* End taxes. Pay for services with user fees............... Y M N
* Europe & Japan should provide their own defense........... Y M N
My ECONOMIC self-governor score: 20 for Y, 10 for M, 0 for N _________
How to use the Self-Government Compass
Mark your PERSONAL score on the left and your ECONOMIC score on the
right. Then, follow the grid lines (rows of dots) until they meet at
your political identity! An example for someone who scored 20 on
Personal and 30 on Economic is indicated with an asterisk (*).
The compass measures self-government. Liberals (LEF) value freedom of
expression. Conservatives (CON) value free enterprise. Libertarians
(LIB) value both. Authoritarians (AUT) are against both.
. LIB = Libertarian
./ \. CON = Conservative (Right)
./ . \. CEN = Centrist
./ . . \. LEF = Liberal (Left)
./ . . . \. AUT = Authoritarian
./ . .LIB. . \.
./ \. . . . ./ \.
./ . \.___.___.___./ . \.
./ . . ! . . . ! . . \.
./ . . ! . . ! . . \.
./ . . . ! . . . ! . . . \.
100 \. .LEF. ! .CEN. ! .CON. ./ 100
90 \. . . ! . . . ! . . ./ 90
80 \. . !___.___.___! . ./ 80
70 \. ./ . . . \. ./ 70
60 \./ . . * . \./ 60
Personal 50 \. . . . ./ 50 Economic
Self-Governor 40 \. .AUT. ./ 40 Self-Governor
Score 30 \. . ./ 30 Score
20 \. ./ 20
10 \./ 10
0 0
Examples:
M. Thatcher (right)
F.D. Roosevelt (left)
Henry David Thoreau and Thomas Jefferson (top)
Stalin and Hitler (bottom)
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Ted Frank
>WORLD'S SMALLEST POLITICAL QUIZ.
>
>Fed up with Left/Right labels?
>
>Use this improved political compass to test your identity. Take the
>World's Smallest Political Quiz.
I must protest this inaccurate labelling. The quiz *I* developed is
the World's Smallest Political Quiz.
WORLD'S SMALLEST TINIEST POLITICAL QUIZ.
Fed up with Left/Right labels? This quiz has been especially skewed
to prove that you're an "authoritarian"! You might not have thought
you were authoritarian, but, then, you didn't think you were a libertarian
before you took the "World's Smallest Political Quiz," did you? You
might think it comes down to the types of questions asked, but it's
really a function of the *size* of the quiz. Well, this quiz is
even *smaller* than the libertarian quiz, so it must be more accurate!
Use this improved political compass to test your identity. Take the
World's Smallest Tiniest Political Quiz.
Circle "Y" when you agree, "M" for Maybe or unsure, "N" for No.
Are you a self-governor on PERSONAL issues? 0 12 25
* People should be able to buy child pornography............ Y M N
* There should not be laws against sex in public............ Y M N
* People should be able to broadcast their own ATC signals
and endanger airline traffic.............................. Y M N
* People should be able to drive unsafe cars on the highway
without buying insurance.................................. Y M N
My PERSONAL self-governor score: 25 for N, 12 for M, 0 for Y _________
Are you a self-governor on ECONOMIC issues? 0 12 25
* Companies should be allowed to use unsafe chemical
pesticides in food without telling consumers.............. Y M N
* There isn't enough racial discrimination and bigotry in
business and education.................................... Y M N
* Every road you drive on should be replaced with a toll
road, even though most of the cost of tolls goes to pay for
toll collection........................................... Y M N
* The US should have remained neutral in World War II....... Y M N
My ECONOMIC self-governor score: 25 for N, 12 for M, 0 for Y _________
Add up your totals. If you score zero, you're a true-blue libertarian.
If you score anything else, you're a normal person, fit to live in a
community.
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Charles Don Hall
Ted Frank <th...@midway.uchicago.edu> wrote:
>In article <libertarian/quiz_76...@world.std.com> psch...@world.std.com writes:
>>WORLD'S SMALLEST POLITICAL QUIZ.
>>
>>Fed up with Left/Right labels?
>>
>>Use this improved political compass to test your identity. Take the
>>World's Smallest Political Quiz.
>
>I must protest this inaccurate labelling. The quiz *I* developed is
>the World's Smallest Political Quiz.
>
>WORLD'S SMALLEST TINIEST POLITICAL QUIZ.
>[Flawed quizes, deleted]
No, I'm afraid that _my_ quiz is the world's smallest. Note that it
contains a single multiple-choice question, with five possible
responses. While it's theoretically possible to create a smaller
test, I think we'll all agree that such a test would be unable to
capture the whole political spectrum.
THE REAL WORLD'S SMALLEST POLITICAL QUIZ:
1 - Of the following political parties, which do you think is most
capable of solving the various problems that the country faces
today?
A - The Democrats
B - The Republicans
C - The Libertarians
D - The Nazis
E - None of the Above
SCORING:
Score 1 point for each "A"; 3 points for each "B"; 2 points for
each "C"; 4 points for each "D"; and 5 points for each "E".
If you scored:
1 - You are a liberal
2 - You are a libertarian
3 - You are a conservative
4 - You are an authoritarian
5 or more - For the purposes of this quiz, you do not exist.
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Charles Don Hall, Licensed Philosopher (ch...@eco.twg.com)
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Brian Paquet
> A - The Democrats
> B - The Republicans
I can't tell the difference, can you tell the difference?
> If you scored:
> 1 - You are a liberal
> 3 - You are a conservative
1=3=Centralist.