Socrates Posted January 20, 2005 Share Posted January 20, 2005 Just a fun poll to compliment some of these current debates. It was kind of hard to decide exactly what categories to use as choices. Feel free to explain or clarify your choices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted January 20, 2005 Author Share Posted January 20, 2005 (edited) Lest there be confusion/offense, Choice D is worded as it is to apply to people who are strongly opposed to the traditional form of American, etc, government, as opposed to conservatives who have distributist leanings. (If I'm making any sense here!) (People who think Pat Buchanan is a liberal sell-out, etc.) Edited January 20, 2005 by Socrates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
track2004 Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 I'm typically a Conservative, but there are a few major things I disagree with my party about. I guess I'll call it Liberal tendencies, not quite being Moderate, but somewhere in between. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BurkeFan Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 People can be monarchists w/o being distributist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusader1234 Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 I tried digging out the old charts with explanations for what the options were (and alternatives) but I can't find them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aluigi Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 (edited) some of these terms are in completely different categories. some are economic systems, some are perspectives, some are forms of government for example: monarchist: that means a specific form of government distirbutist: that means an economic system socialist: that means an economic system liberal: is a perspective that affects one's view on form of government and economic systems. they tend to be closer to or socialist, they tend to be anywhere from democratic to anarchist conservative: is a perspective that affects one's view on form of government, anywhere from republic to constitutional monarchy to full out monarchy and view on economics can be anywhere from capitalist to distributist libertarian: is a political party, tends to be quite liberal lol.. the poll is comparing apples and oranges basically. I got no good answer Edited January 21, 2005 by Aluigi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusader1234 Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 Its not comparing apples and oranges... its comparing Apples and Automobiles. theres too much going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted January 21, 2005 Author Share Posted January 21, 2005 [quote name='BurkeFan' date='Jan 20 2005, 07:05 PM'] People can be monarchists w/o being distributist. [/quote] Very true. As I said, it was hard choosing what labels to use in the poll. I was using more general categoies in order to avoid making a ridiculously long list of options. Choice D. was intended as a sort of blanket option for any people who are very opposed to the whole American system, and wouldn't identify themselves as "conservatives" in the usual sense of the word, but are opposed to socialism and the Left. It's more about how you would generally label yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popestpiusx Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 A conservative monarchist. (If that makes any sense) Though further explanation would be in order. Unfortunately, I'm trying to write an article so I'm not going to explain any more right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 (edited) I am Catholic. I stand for the Social Kingship of Christ. Edited January 21, 2005 by james Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aluigi Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 again, these terms are all different types of things. the poll really isn't good. conservatives can beccapitalists or distributists, republicans or monarchs. liberals can be socialists or communists, anarchists or democrats, libertarians or whatever. can't libertarians be socialists too, idk? but regardless, we need a new poll. if you wanna ask about what people think about government, it's like monarchy or republic or democracy or anarchy. if you wanna ask what people think about economics, it's like socialist or capitalist or distributist. if you wanna ask their political party, it's republican or democrat or libertarian. if you wanna ask their political perspective it's conservative or liberal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popestpiusx Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 There are any number of other distinctions as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Socrates Posted January 21, 2005 Author Share Posted January 21, 2005 (edited) OK, my poll smells of elderberries! It's pretty poorly worded I think. Everybody forget I ever posted the darn thing! The basic reason I set it up was to sort of get a feel for the general "political demographics" of this site. Some have complained phatmass is overwhelmingly conservative/Republican. But I persoally have felt that this is not really true and that there are quite a variety of views on this site. Since I can't just delete the poll, I'll try to clarify: Conservative: General American sense of the term - "right-wing" Republican to Constitution Party. Or Thatcherite Brit Liberal: General American sense of the term: left-leaning, Democrat. Socialist: Hard Left, socialist Distributist/etc.: - Medieval-type politics - those who are radically opposed to all modernity (think Don John) Libertarian: Gov't should be extremely limited. Privatize everything. Anarchist: All government is evil and should be done away with Edited January 21, 2005 by Socrates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperdulia again Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 distributst/feudalist/monarchist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtins Posted January 21, 2005 Share Posted January 21, 2005 anarchy in the uk!!!! no im jk im a conservative republican all the way baby- yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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