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To: The Raven
Economic Left/Right: 3.38
Authoritarian/Libertarian: 0.21

While this test is better than "The world Shortest political quiz", it shares many oif the same problems and biases. It is tilted libertarian and Objectivist, tradiotions foreign to either American Conservatism or tradiional American liberalism (Jeffersonianism)
The questions and answers are imprecise. I could easily write a 2000 word answer for most questions. There is no "maybe" option.

Finally, the authors of the test are morally obtuse if they think Thatcher was closer to Hitler than to Friedman. Only a political ignoramus would confuse Burkeanism with Nazism.
95 posted on 12/07/2001 3:56:22 PM PST by rmlew
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To: rmlew
Finally, the authors of the test are morally obtuse if they think Thatcher was closer to Hitler than to Friedman

They mis-characterize Milton as well. Friedman gave numerous examples of how government is the worst choice for whatever your trying to do. The evils of big government are not visible as for many programs it's all we've got. No competition.

The authors fall into this trap. Assuming government provides the only solution for prgressive, social good. [they don't come right out and say it - but it's there].

102 posted on 12/07/2001 6:47:09 PM PST by The Raven
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