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08-21-2013, 03:08 PM
Just google 'political quiz' and go from there to see where you stand at this point.
Read as much history as you can. So much of it repeats itself without people even realizing it.
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08-21-2013, 03:11 PM
A lot of it's personality based. Watch vids of these guys. If you like Captain Capitalism's personality and cynical outlook you're probably more libertarian.
Note that Lefty Noam Chomsky calls himself a libertarian socialist (I think he means anarchist) and is also sarcastic and cynical.
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08-21-2013, 03:27 PM
Why do you need to decide your political orientation?
If there is anything that is wrong with a lot of modern day (and probably historical) politics, it is the tendency to choose single positions.
Don't align yourself with any political affiliation, even if informal. Develop your own well informed, rational opinion to building a better society.
Do so with each political issue independently, rather than adopting a comprehensive "view-point."
I'm the King of Beijing!
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08-21-2013, 03:36 PM
I don't intend to blindly follow any ideology and then irrationally defend it. I thought reading upon existing ones might help me form my own.
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08-21-2013, 03:40 PM
Don't waste your time. Politics is a waste now. We create wealth with information but our politics are based upon creating wealth through manufacturing. It's as 1800's politicians were arguing over divine right of kings and feudalism.
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08-21-2013, 09:08 PM
Take each issue and each race as its own question. The fastest way to wash your hands of thinking is to let some external ideology dictate your opinions. At least, that's my take. There is no shortage of blowhards for any perspective under the sun.
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08-21-2013, 09:23 PM
Read some political philosophy and then come to any conclusions.
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08-21-2013, 09:30 PM
Do some reading/research and decide for yourself if you have an interest. Letting someone else make that decision for you doesn't really work..
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08-21-2013, 09:45 PM
If you are feeling some kind of need for validation externally through belonging to a political group, I would suggest not giving into that.
If only you knew how bad things really are.
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08-21-2013, 10:22 PM
Nice, you're pretty centrally based. They explain the results to you at the bottom of the page.
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08-22-2013, 04:03 AM
I just took that political compass test and ended up getting a placing in a similar position to you. This was because some of my answers were right wing and some were left wing, which made me agree with what suit said. Rather than necessarily aligning yourself with a certain party think about your own ideologies.