Ideology of the forum

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Ideology of the forum#1482433

By Dr House - 20 Mar 2008 13:06

- 20 Mar 2008 13:06 #1482433

I noticed that the forum ideology thread is more than 2 years old, and probably no longer representative of the makeup of our active members.

So I decided to make a new one.

"The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design." -F.A. Hayek

#1482442

By Ombrageux - 20 Mar 2008 13:25

- 20 Mar 2008 13:25 #1482442

I'm going to just go with 'liberal' as the closest to my beliefs in practice. Although my actual political thought is a bit more nebulous at this point, and rather contemptuous of 'wishy-washy liberals' or Sartre's hated dÃ©mocrates... and their shallow self-contentment and smug faith in progress. (capitalist conservatism, as it exists in the West, is even less serious and not worth discussing) However, in practice, I'm basically just liberal, though I might have a radical edge on postcolonial issues and North/South relations.

I think our forum has a few more warhawk libertarians than it used to.

Still mainly commies though.

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#1482443

By sploop! - 20 Mar 2008 13:36

- 20 Mar 2008 13:36 #1482443

Socialist here...

#1482446

By Dr House - 20 Mar 2008 13:41

- 20 Mar 2008 13:41 #1482446

I think our forum has a few more warhawk libertarians than it used to.

Warhawk libertarians? :eh:

Still mainly commies though.

Don't think so, TBH. Since I joined the trend on polls has been for the libertarian/liberal/pro-capitalist answer to edge a little ahead of the socialist answer.

Socialist here...

Thought so.

"The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design." -F.A. Hayek

#1482454

By Oxymoron - 20 Mar 2008 13:55

- 20 Mar 2008 13:55 #1482454

I would say mostly conservative on economics,foriegn policy, gun rights etc, but also quiet liberal when it comes to Drug laws,Freedom of speech, and abortion.

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#1482495

By Goranhammer - 20 Mar 2008 14:46

- 20 Mar 2008 14:46 #1482495

I would say mostly conservative on economics,foriegn policy, gun rights etc, but also quiet liberal when it comes to Drug laws,Freedom of speech, and abortion.

Third from the bottom.

#1482507

By stalker - 20 Mar 2008 15:06

- 20 Mar 2008 15:06 #1482507

@Doktor Houseman,

Liberal in the US, or European, sense?

#1482512

By Rancid - 20 Mar 2008 15:11

- 20 Mar 2008 15:11 #1482512

Socialist here...

Fail...

I picked libertarian.l

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Ideology of the forum#1482587

By Lensky1917 - 20 Mar 2008 16:29

- 20 Mar 2008 16:29 #1482587

What definitions are you using Dr House? What option should I select? :eh:

#1482593

By NoRapture - 20 Mar 2008 16:33

- 20 Mar 2008 16:33 #1482593

Socialist mostly.

#1482605

By NYYS - 20 Mar 2008 16:55

- 20 Mar 2008 16:55 #1482605

Wait, are we voting for what we are or what we think the forum is?

#1482618

By Annatar - 20 Mar 2008 17:07

- 20 Mar 2008 17:07 #1482618

Conservative in the traditional non-Anglo-Saxon sense of the word.

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#1482634

By Ideational Ontarian - 20 Mar 2008 17:33

- 20 Mar 2008 17:33 #1482634

I consider myself a liberal democrat but I do usually vote parties which have "Conservative" in their names. Basically I am socially liberal and economically conservative.

#1482659

By Noelnada - 20 Mar 2008 18:25

- 20 Mar 2008 18:25 #1482659

Eco-Fascist/Neo-Communist !

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#1482705

By ingliz - 20 Mar 2008 19:13

- 20 Mar 2008 19:13 #1482705

I put communist but I would probably be happier as an anarchist if I thought it was practical which I don't.

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#1482717

By Thunderhawk - 20 Mar 2008 19:23

- 20 Mar 2008 19:23 #1482717

Liberal.

I admire libertarian ideals, and periodically sit with them, but Liberal seems to be the closest pigeon hole.

A better pigeon hole would be progressive conservative.. but a local political party ruined that name.

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#1482720

By Red Star - 20 Mar 2008 19:25

- 20 Mar 2008 19:25 #1482720

I swear the last one was yesterday, but if you say 2 years I will take your word for it.

As for ideology, an unhealthy mix of apathy and anarchism.

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#1482722

By ingliz - 20 Mar 2008 19:29

- 20 Mar 2008 19:29 #1482722

As for ideology, an unhealthy mix of apathy and anarchism.

Snap!

"All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia" Orwell

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#1482752

By Nets - 20 Mar 2008 19:58

- 20 Mar 2008 19:58 #1482752

Centrist

Liberal/Progressive on Economic Issues

Moderate on Social Issues

Conservative/Interventionist on Foreign Policy

Averages to centrist I guess.

I try to go issue by issue though.

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