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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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[peacey.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. I bow to your self-knowledge. :)

I did a bit of research and I'd say I'm a radical centrist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_center_(politics)) with definite Libertarian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian) leanings. Especially when they say things like this: We should never define Libertarian positions in terms coined by liberals or conservatives – nor as some variant of their positions. We are not fiscally conservative and socially liberal. We are Libertarians, who believe in individual liberty and personal responsibility on all issues at all times. You can depend on us to treat government as the problem, not the solution. -Harry Browne

[primroseburrows.livejournal.com]

Hey, I didn't know most of that until I looked it up. ;)

I looked at the Third Way philosophy (which I think is similar to radical centrist--something I didn't know existed, actually) and a lot of it makes sense.

I figured you for Libertarian leanings. It's another philosophy that I agree with in part (I like a lot of the Libertarian attitude towards drug laws, for instance) even though I can't get my head around a bunch of it. But because I agree with some Libertarian stuff, I don't think I could be classified as a socialist (not that I'd be upset if I were, it's a valid category of political thought).