Libertarian Purity Test

[powerofreason]

Awesome! I was pretty close to you. Probably just a fluke on my part. :o

I'm sure it was. A couple of the questions are a bit ambiguous.

 

[heavenlyboy34]

thanx for the interesting thread, all. I'm off to dreamland now. ~snores~

 

[Theocrat]

My "Libertarian" Purity Score

I got a 77, which, according to the grading scale, means:

51-90 points: You are a medium-core libertarian, probably self-consciously so. Your friends probably encourage you to quit talking about your views so much.

By the way, that test was not really about libertarianism. It was a test to see how close to an anarcho-capitalist one is. Libertarianism does not equal anarcho-capitalism.

 

[Mitt Romneys sideburns]

scored a 51

If you scored higher or lower than me, something is wrong with you.

 

[Kludge]

Sorry, but if you got 160, you're probably a moron, as you'd have to answer "yes" to "Should the Supreme Court strike down economic regulation as unconstitutional?" while a level of economic regulation is explicitly granted to the federal government. The question doesn't even touch on local/state governments, either.

An ambiguous and frustrating poll I stupidly decided to bother myself with, again, and again, regret.

Old score from a year and a half ago:

I managed to finish it...

78

New score:
100

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? NO

 

[literatim]

Is it morally permissible to exercise "vigilante justice," even against government leaders?

 

[amy31416]

I don't recall what I scored on this test, but I'm a solid libertarian according to the results.

My biggest problem with many other libertarians is that I like "free" public libraries and museums. I think that they are just as beneficial to society as a strong defense.

Of course I'd prefer that they were supported by private donations, but I'd prefer that our defense were supported that way as well. It's just not gonna happen, it seems.

 

[powerofreason]

Libertarianism does not equal anarcho-capitalism.

Only if you're principled.

 

[Bman]

I made a firm effort to be as honest with myself as possible.

Got an 88.

 

[SimpleName]

79. Definitely hardcore anarchist quiz, especially by the final third of questions. Many of the questions are too definite. If there was some squeeze room, the score would've been higher. If Ron Paul took the test, he would've scored probably around the mid-60s. Are we to say Ron isn't a real libertarian?

 

[Fozz]

79. Definitely hardcore anarchist quiz, especially by the final third of questions. Many of the questions are too definite. If there was some squeeze room, the score would've been higher. If Ron Paul took the test, he would've scored probably around the mid-60s. Are we to say Ron isn't a real libertarian?

Ron Paul is quite hard core----I think he'd get 90-100.
Hint: He believes that even 100 years ago, our government was too big.

 

[jmlfod87]

79. Definitely hardcore anarchist quiz, especially by the final third of questions. Many of the questions are too definite. If there was some squeeze room, the score would've been higher. If Ron Paul took the test, he would've scored probably around the mid-60s. Are we to say Ron isn't a real libertarian?

Ron Paul is a student of Murray Rothbard. Whether or not he admits it publicly, he would probably score closer to 160 than most of the people in this thread.

 

[Fozz]

Ron Paul is a student of Murray Rothbard. Whether or not he admits it publicly, he would probably score closer to 160 than most of the people in this thread.

I am puzzled at why Ron Paul has pictures of Reagan and Milton Friedman in his office. Murray Rothbard hated Ronald Reagan, and considered Friedman to be a statist.

Back to the subject, I agree with you. I think that deep down, Ron Paul would prefer the Articles of Confederation, even though publicly he always says we should follow the Constitution.

 

[TortoiseDream]

96 for me

 

[Andrew-Austin]

It said I am over 9000.

 

[free.alive]

160.

I thought the first set of questions were trick questions, but I chose to answer them as if I could only ever choose between to the two.

For those of you in the bottom two thirds, I urge you to believe a little more in freedom. The question you should ask yourselves, is "How much socialism is ok?" I say none.

 

[Kludge]

160.

I thought the first set of questions were trick questions, but I chose to answer them as if I could only ever choose between to the two.

For those of you in the bottom two thirds, I urge you to believe a little more in freedom. The question you should ask yourselves, is "How much socialism is ok?" I say none.

So you do not believe the commerce clause exists in the Constitution?

 

[Gaius1981]

56.

 

[blocks]

80...I like how this test pushed the boundaries.

 

[AggieforPaul]

Everyone who scored 160, go move to Somalia. I'll stay here with my non privatized law, and my public fire department.