From: Robert Coyote (coyyote@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Jan 09 2002 - 11:03:08 MST
for your amusement I tested dead center on lower section vert and one click
right
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From: "Amara Graps" <Amara.Graps@mpi-hd.mpg.de>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 8:12 AM
Subject: re: Political Compass
:
:
: >G.P., Tue Jan 08, 2002
: >Referring to the recent discussions on the list on politics and
: >libertarian and socialdemocratic opinions, I wish to call your
: >attention on the site www.politicalcompass.org The site proposes a
: >test, well planned in my opinion, and a broad classification of
: >political positions in four quadrants: authoritarian/libertarian,
: >right/left. The difference between authoritarian and libertarian is
: >evident, the difference between right and left is the classical one:
: >(oversimplifying) right = the state stays out of the dynamics of the
: >economy, leaving it completely to market forces, left = the state
: >takes active measures to steer the economy.
:
: Hi G.P.
:
: I didn't take that test, but it sounds exactly like the Nolan
: Chart. That chart shows up here periodically. It has a long history,
: my first recollections of that chart is around 1986 (Does anyone know
: the year it was created?).
:
: I'll repost my message from last June, because it seems relevant here.
:
: Amara
:
: ========from June 2001
:
: Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:58:23 +0200 (MET DST)
: From: Amara Graps <graps@galileo.mpi-hd.mpg.de>
: Subject: Re: Political views?
: Reply-to: Amara.Graps@mpi-hd.mpg.de
:
: From: Olga Bourlin (fauxever@sprynet.com), Tue Jun 19 2001
: >Having been under the impression that I came to my own liberal foreground
: >because of a propensity to think (at least I've thought so, all these
: >years), I decided to investigate libertarianism a bit, and what I found
were
: >many sites where libertarians, gun advocates, Branch Davidians, homegrown
: >militias and the like are linked.
:
: I know very little about the good Internet Web sites for
: libertarianism, (and sorry to hear about the above) however, the
: following books are the first that I recommend to anyone who is
: interested in investigating libertarianism:
:
: David Friedman: _Machinery of Freedom_
: (see: http://www.best.com/~ddfr/#mybooks)
:
: Henry Hazlitt: _Economics in One Lesson_
: (see: http://www.hazlitt.org/)
:
: If you still are interested to learn more of the political
: libertarianism philosophy, then continue with the great classic:
:
: Frederick A. Hayak: _The Road to Serfdom_
: (see: http://people.clarityconnect.com/webpages3/davek/docs/HAYSERF.HTML)
:
: And Chris Hibbert has reminded us about the Nolan Chart, which
: you might find useful and interesting:
:
: http://www.self-gov.org/wspq.html
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