Libertarian Purity Test

[Bold As Love]

Have you done this?

http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi-bin/purity.cgi

I got 152.

Try it out and post your result.

My apologies if it is posted in the wrong place, I thought might be more appropriate here than in general politics as it is not a discussion of a particular political issue but might be a tool to share with others.

 

[kirkblitz]

91

91-130 points: You have entered the heady realm of hard-core libertarianism. Now doesn't that make you feel worse that you didn't get a perfect score?

 

[Unspun]

When I did this a long time ago I got a 112.

 

[forsmant]

153

 

[yongrel]

72

 

[Hayek's Heroes]

116

 

[limequat]

160

 

[FreeTraveler]

160 points: Perfect! The world needs more like you.

 

[Ogren]

Test is flawed. It is not a Libertarian purity test. Its an Anarchist purity test.

 

[forsmant]

You stole our word!!!!?

 

[limequat]

Test is flawed. It is not a Libertarian purity test. Its an Anarchist purity test.

Exactly.

 

[nullvalu]

95

 

[skiingff]

Test is flawed. It is not a Libertarian purity test. Its an Anarchist purity test.

QFT

Just for fun, I got a 34

"31-50 points: Your libertarian credentials are obvious. Doubtlessly you will become more extreme as time goes on."

I won't come more extreme, and I don't believe in anarchy.

 

[nullvalu]

Test is flawed. It is not a Libertarian purity test. Its an Anarchist purity test.

Agreed.

 

[Bold As Love]

Test is flawed. It is not a Libertarian purity test. Its an Anarchist purity test.

Fair enough. I read somewhere that an anarchist is anyone who believes in less government than you do.

 

[Cap'n Crunk]

Test is flawed. It is not a Libertarian purity test. Its an Anarchist purity test.

ding, ding, ding. I got an 81 by the way.

 

[NeoRayden]

Test is flawed. It is not a Libertarian purity test. Its an Anarchist purity test.

Exactly however the perfect situation for libertaians would be anarchism. Thankfully most of use are not that retarded to believe the world would be better off without government at all.

I scored a 91 but would have scored a little better if the questions were broken up some. Like sanitation should be privatized but in the same question it asks about fire too and they should not and would not have to be if the government spent wisely.

 

[Bold As Love]

I do admit that there is no such thing as a Star Trek utopia. I was kind of amused at my high score; took at a time when I was feeling particularly anti-establishment.

I do, however see 3 legitimate purposes of government:

1. Enforce contracts.
2. Insure economic competition.
3. Protect property rights (provide a way/justice system in which they can be protected).

States would be limited to this on the personal level, while the national gov't would have only these things in mind in foreign policy.

Police, fire, etc. would be justified under these conditions.

 

[RPinSEAZ]

90.

If 160 is the perfect libertarian, I'm glad I'm not perfect. The design of the US Republic was almost perfect.

Jesse (says almost because there obviously weren't enough safeguards to stop the US from devolving into what it is today)

 

[LEK]

105

91-130 points: You have entered the heady realm of hard-core libertarianism. Now doesn't that make you feel worse that you didn't get a perfect score?