So... how libertarian are you... really? Libertarian Purity Test! ***

What was your score on the 'Libertarian Purity Test'?

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iamse7en said:
104. I may become more extreme as time goes on. Many of those questions in the 3rd section may seem outrageous to a first-timer, because they have not read more about the concepts. Murray Rothbard is probably the very best source for simple arguments for anarcho-capitalistic concepts such as private roads, police, courts, law, etc. That said, I have read those arguments in detail, and still do not agree with all of them. I am mostly held back by my lack of faith in human action and evolutionary social order. I think a powerful, obtrusive government (whether there is competition or not) is inevitable, so we might as well start one and have it as limited as possible. The constitution wasn't perfect, but it certainly was a great start.
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Over time your Stockholm Syndrome to the State will wither away. Like it did for most of us. Just give it time ;)
 
The questions are too open to interpretation for some people. They may give a "no" answer for elimination of a government program without knowing there could be a private alternative or an orderly transition to a private alternative.

Where I do not think it can eliminated immediately I interpret it as transitioned to a private solution. I scored 140 but if I compromise on few things like immigration and public lands I get a perfect score.
 
I got 120. Things I answered no to were, private law, private courts, anarcho-capitalist, etc. I could see how a society would work with everything privatized. I don't know if it would work for the better though.
 
102.

I answered yes on every single question in Part I, and only answered no to a single question in Part II (That was abolishing ALL immigration restrictions, while I'm pretty much OK with people who want to come here being allowed to do so, I wouldn't just let someone who is a likely security threat come in, or someone who is wanted for murder or some other similar crime. So I can't quite agree with that.)

Part III gets more tricky. I believe any government that goes beyond police, courts, and defense to be some level of evil, and not a necessary one. However, I believe a government that limits itself to those three functions (And does them in a moral manner, arresting drug dealers, or at least those that deal to adults, is not "Policing", convicting them is not "Judging" and bombing Iran is not "Defense") is in fact a moral good. It doesn't exist though, so every REAL government is an evil, if perhaps a necessary one. So I still answered no on the "Is ALL government evil" question. I was able to make the logical leap that by "Government", its talking about the State, and not something like my church's government or some such, but a State that provides police, courts, and defense certainly qualifies as "Government", just not an evil one, IMO. Same with the "Parasitic elite" part. I think defense, police, and courts, properly provided by government, helps virtually if not absolutely everyone. Its when they go beyond that that they start to be for the benefit of the parasitic elite, which they generally do, but there's nothing INHERENT about that.

So.. 102. "Hard-core libertarian." That sounds about right to me.

I like this test much more than the "World's Smallest Political Quiz", and much, MUCH better than political compas. I like that there's not a single abortion question on this test, because abortion is an issue that libertarians do not agree on. I also like that, unlike the World's Smallest Political Compass, it gets progressively more extreme, rather than being set up so that even a moderate libertarian can basically get a perfect score. I'm not quite a libertarian as Murray Rothbard, but I'm much more so than Gary Johnson, and its approrpriate that the different degrees on the continuum show that.

I'm not a huge fan of the immigration question, since that's one that libertarians don't agree on either, IIRC Rothbard wasn't for 100% unrestricted immigration either (I could be wrong about this) and I know Hans Herman Hoppe wasn't. That question doesn't bother me as much though because I can at least mentally construct why not having government regulate that sort of thing (And for the most part I don't want them to) is more libertarian. Its easy to see why abortion is not a victimless crime, you may not agree,but its easy to understand the logic.

All in all, a very interesting test. I like it.
 
Why the crap would anyone who scored less than 15 even come here?

Unless they only answered the last question,as I saw an ancap do once...
 
113...not a perfect libertarian but I don't care. If you don't have some flexibility you'll break.
 
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103...

I'm not an anarcho capitalist and I feel like some of the more anarchy-minded questions messed up the results. There's some significant differences between anarchists and libertarians, so some of the last questions should be on a separate test.
 
58 for me at this time.

A lot of the questions seemed a little heavy.

Like this one;

"Should all of the Federal Reserve's discretionary powers be eliminated and the monetary base frozen?"

I like Ron Paul's idea of allowing competing currencies. That should in fact allow currencies that would stabilize and freeze at a some monetary level on there own somewhat. If not there should be somewhere to jump ship and some way to save free of taxation.

Lots just seem none of the business.

I think I liked this trap better.

http://www.slightlyright.com/polittest.htm
 
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I had to restart. I quit at question 16 the first time, because like all yes/no questions, there are times that it is impossible to state that. Also, I wasn't sure whether to answer the questions from an ideological point of view or from a realist point of view, so I went more from a realist point of view. I know that I answered several questions that contradicted each other in the answer, on purpose to make up for the lack of "if".
 
That one looks kind of like that World's Smallest Test, but a little different. That one "End Taxes" question is out of place, there's not a single similarly radical question on the personal liberty sided. That as a minarchist I only score 80 on economics where its perfectly possible for basically any constitutional conservative can get the same economics score is just... weird... I answered every question "Yes" except the end taxes question. I want them like 90% lower than right now, but not abolished entirely. I just don't think that's practical.
 
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