Political Philosophy Quiz

You can take the quiz here:

http://www.selectsmart.com/FREE/select.php?client=no

These are my results:



I will say that though it is pretty flawed (especially as it relies heavily on the priorities given to topics and has leading questions) the quiz is more descriptive than most Nolan-chart-centric alternatives.

I'm not actually a national socialist, as I have no interest in the class struggle and proletarian reformation associated with national socialism, but I do share many perspectives with national socialists.

My actual position is something closer to radical deep green, though only because of the shared goal and methodologies, and not because I'm an environmentalist. Ideally I'd like a technocratic dictatorship of some kind, but given how unlikely that is, I'm willing to settle for a modified Rawlsian liberal democracy - hence in mainstream political terms I'd be considered a civic or liberal nationalist.

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Link: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY--determine your philosophy

URL: http://www.selectsmart.com/FREE/select.php?client=no
Link: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY--determine your philosophy

I don't think there's a way to copy-paste results, I just took a screenshot and cropped it.

Marxist (100%)          
Soviet ''Communist'' (100%)          
American ''Liberal'' (99%)          
Anarcho-Communist (98%)          
Liberal Socialist (93%)          
Social-Liberal (92%)          
Left-wing Neoliberal (Clinton) (78%)          
Liberal (73%)          
Social Democratic (68%)          
Right-wing Neoliberal (Thatcher) (59%)          
National Socialist (46%)          
Liberal Nationalist (45%)          
Christian Socialist (43%)          
American ''Conservative'' (39%)          
Fascist (35%)          
Revolutionary Conservative/Monarchist (far right) (23%)          
Christian Democratic (19%)          
Burkean (liberal) Conservative (0%)   

WTF? lol

It called me a Left-wing Neoliberal.

I am many things, that is not one of them.

"I want to live in a dictatorship" = "I want to bend over and take it in the ass, because thinking for myself takes too much effort"

Lol, nice troll. 

Oh, and my results were "100% fuck you and your politics, whatever they may be". 

I'm aparently an American Liberal. Guess its because while I call myself an anarcho-syndicalist, I don't mind states, and think they are mostly fine (but should be eventually phased out). Meh, I've seen worse tests.

5. High protective barriers and an employment-centered trade policy are superior to a consumer-centered free trade policy.

16. People should be equal before the law and free to pursue their own inequality in civil society.

I didn't quite understand what was being asked in these two questions. Since I'm from the US I have little experience with socialism, and Marxism. Anything that is not in worship of Capitalism is deemed unAmerican. SO, I don't really understand what the first question means by "High protective barriers and an employment-centered trade policy". What are high protective barriers? I think I know what employment centered trade policy means, but I'm not sure. Does it mean trade policies that keep manufacturers from moving to other countries, thereby putting workers out of jobs? On the second question - I know what equal before the law means, but what does it mean "to pursue their own inequality in civil society"?  Are they talking about suing in civil court?

I suspect 16 is referring to a libertarian stance, where everyone has an equal footing under the law (eg no racial segregation) yet you are free to get filthy rich or dirt poor.

5 seems to be asking if you are a protectionist (ie trade tariffs), though I don't know why it doesn't just ask this.

"High protective barriers and an employment-centered trade policy". What are high protective barriers? I think I know what employment centered trade policy means, but I'm not sure. Does it mean trade policies that keep manufacturers from moving to other countries, thereby putting workers out of jobs?

It means quotas, special taxes on conducting business overseas, tax credits for hiring Americans, fiscal and monetary policy that is geared towards lowering unemployment rather than growing GDP, and of course, tariffs. None of that has anything to do with socialism, and this sort of trade policy was the international norm before WWII. Neoliberalism, the kind of trade philosophy that demands free trade above all else, including the fabled comparative advantage it is supposed to offer, only really became popular after Reagan's presidency and the spread of the dangerously inaccurate "Washington consensus". You can thank neoliberals for most serious economic problems in the world since the 1980s, including the 2007-2008 global financial meltdown.

On the second question - I know what equal before the law means, but what does it mean "to pursue their own inequality in civil society"?  Are they talking about suing in civil court?

It's an ambiguous question but I suspect it is related to the liberal idea that the law only guarantees equal protection from the state and criminals, and has no legitimacy in resolving conflicts unrelated to those.

Thanks, maybe I will try the quiz again.

Thanks, maybe I will try the quiz again.

I took it again.
Went harder on my choices.

It still called me a Left-wing Neoliberal.
Obviously the quiz writer is clueless.