Anyway, to topic. I took the
| You are a Social Liberal (70% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (30% permissive) You are best described as a:
Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid Also: The OkCupid Dating Persona Test |
and found the results to be a little weird to say the least, although they didn't surprise me. Essentially, I'mstrong on social freedoms, but strong on social protection. The problem with these things is it judges a desire to give a safety net and an equal start to everyone as being economically controlling, and makes me non economically permissive.
Wrong! I'm a strong believer in the principles of a market economy, the Market is undoubtedly the most efficient means of distribution and exchange yet discovered, and it's pretty good with assessing the value of an individual product, as long as it is a functioning market.
The thing is, I don't believe in corporate ownership, and would rather shop in small, local businesses than chain stores whenver possible. But every tick in favour of controls on corporations makes me "less" in favour of economic freedoms. This isn't tied to online tests, it's endemic within commentary on economics. It's assumed you're either 'Left' or 'Right' economically, there doesn't seem to be any understanding of the difference between social justice, fair trade and a functioning market analysis.
Sorry, rant over, I return you to your regularly schedule of me bouncing all over the room and worrying about the phone bill.
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Oh, congratulations on the bouncing by the way. Just don't do yourself an injury before you don't need to use the phone as a substitute, if you know what I mean.
I'll be emailing when I've finished getting gmail to work right.
Internet Libertarians can be distinguished from the normal kind by the fact that they're clueless assholes who actively deny facts that don't fit their worldview, instead of normal Libertarians, who are just ignorant of the facts and don't consider the consequences of their policies.
And it does rightly suggest that me and Mat are pretty much identical, which well, we are.
Absolutely plan to be, and want to hear David's band, but I won't go out if I'm off sick, it's wrong.