re: Where Are Yall On The Political Compass

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I'm not a heartless bastard, I just don't believe in compassion at gunpoint.

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Do you follow comedian/magician/actor/hunk Penn Gillette? That's pretty much his entire reason for being a libertarian. He thinks taxes SHOULD be levied for things like libraries and hospitals, but he thinks that the immorality of imprisoning people for not paying taxes outweighs the "morality" of taxing people for legit good purposes. Interesting fellow, because we have similar politics but he and I reach our political stances for completely different reasons (I support low taxes for efficiency purposes, not humanitarian).



It's an adequate test, but there are some completely nonsensical questions.
-Kids keeping secrets
-Parents spanking kids
-Abstract art is still art
-First generation immigrants can/cannot integrate (I think this is an awful way to pose an open borders type question)

I know which direction my answers will drive the compass towards, but they're still shite. Also "controlling inflation is more important than controlling unemployment." They're pretty well correlated.