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[primroseburrows]

You are a Social Liberal (86% permissive) and an... Economic Liberal (0% permissive) You are best described as a: Socialist Link: The Politics Test on OkCupid.com: Free Online Dating Also : The OkCupid Dating Persona Test

I'm not sure if this is completely accurate, but I'm definitely not surprised. I've never seriously thought of myself as a socialist, but I'm pretty sure if I had to give myself a label that social democrat wouldn't be too far off. I've been thinking a lot lately about how I define myself politically and I realise I've never really thought beyond 'liberal', which is way too broad a term to really define anyone's political ideology.

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[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Hehee! I think I'm more of a Social Democrat (see below comment), but I could be wrong. Kucinich, Douglas, Mandela, Trudeau--I have political beliefs in common with a lot of those guys.

[bjohan57.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure who I share beliefs with (although on the political map above, my spot was on Barack Obama's chin, so to speak) - I find most politicians steer towards the middle ground too much for my liking, which is why I'm finding Obama a disappointing candidate so far. In reality, depending on my mood, I am a couple of steps away from "pinko Communist" - McCarthy would have had a field day with me.

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

I have a lot of views in common with socialism and I'm not completely ruling it out as my own philosophy, but social democracy makes a whole lot of sense to me. I've been reading the first volume of
Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau (the second volume isn't out yet), and the author goes into depth about Trudeau's social democratic ideas (despite the fact that he was a Liberal PM), and every time he focuses on another one, I'm all, well, yes, that makes SO much sense! Whether this makes me a social democrat or just your run-of-the-mill Trudeau fan is a toss-up at this point (I highly rec the book, btw).