Updated Political Compass for Candidates of 2012 Presidential Race

[1stAmendguy]

http://www.politicalcompass.org/uselection2012

Very insightful. Their study basically reiterates what most of us have been saying that Obama, Santorum, Newt, Mitt are all the same. Ron Paul stands alone.

 

[tfurrh]

people are so dumb. obvious choice is obvious.

 

[BuddyRey]

I love and agree with every sentiment in that write-up, except for the description of Ron's beliefs as "social darwinism." The term gets bandied about a lot these days, but I don't think most people who use it really know what it means. A real social darwinist would be morally opposed to charity and would never give free medical care to working class and minority patients.

 

[tfurrh]

Did you check out the reading list on that site? Pretty cool actually

http://www.politicalcompass.org/libRightBooks


Ron Paul
Pillars of Prosperity

Robert Nozick
Anarchy, State and Utopia

Benjamin R.Tucker
Instead of a Book by a Man Too Busy to Write One

Milton Friedman
Capitalism and Freedom
Bright Promises, Dismal Performance : An Economist's Protest

Lanny Ebenstein
Milton Friedman: A Biography

Richard J. Maybury
Whatever Happened to Justice ?

Jonah Goldberg
Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning

Jagdish Bhagwati
In Defense of Globalization: With a New Afterword

Joseph Stiglitz
Globalisation and its Discontents

Thomas L. Friedman
The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century

Ludwig Von Mises
The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality

Frederic Bastiat
The Law

Richard J. Maybury
The Money Mystery

Henry Hazlitt
Economics in One Lesson

Murray Rothbard
Irrepressible Rothbard
The Ethics of Liberty

P J O'Rourke
Eat The Rich

Ayn Rand
Capitalism - the Unknown Ideal
The Virtue of Selfishness
The Fountainhead
Atlas Shrugged

F. A. Hayek
The Road to Serfdom
Individualism and Economic Order
The Fatal Conceit

Grahame Thompson
The Political Economy of the New Right

 

[Keith and stuff]

It shows Paul too far to the right and not enough in the libertarian section, IMO.

 

[Jack Bauer]

2012 Presidential Candidates' Positions on the Political Compass

More: http://politicalcompass.org/uselection2012

Find your political compass: http://politicalcompass.org/

 

[Brett85]

I was about where Ron Paul was.

http://politicalcompass.org/printablegraph?ec=8.38&soc=0.41

 

[rideurlightning]

I was like bottom right lol

 

[nasaal]

So Paul is a centrist on government, and very conservative in his policies. Very cool. It is the opposite of what everyone assumes about him.

 

[Ben Bernanke]

Great read. Destroys the left-right paradigm

 

[ronpauldragonborn]

Strong authoritarians, this is mine, what would you call that? I'm not good with stuff like this lol.

 

[PierzStyx]

More: http://politicalcompass.org/uselection2012

Find your political compass: http://politicalcompass.org/

That is about right where I thought Dr. Paul would be. He isn't a hardcore libertarian after all. He is a constitutional conservative, or conservative libertarian if you like.

 

[PierzStyx]

That seems right.

 

[ohgodno]

should drudge this - for hilarity

edit:

did not know I was THAT libertarian

 

[PierzStyx]

http://politicalcompass.org/libRightBooks



The list of books for Libertarian-Right scorers. I love how the first book on the list is one by Dr. Ron Paul.

 

[cstarace]

 

[Orwell]

Thought I'd be further to the right.

 

[farrar]

It depends on how I read the questions. some of the are leading, and i disagree with their premise:

Im usually between 6,6 and 9,9. I can't tell if that is because my opinions change, or when/if i just read the questions differently.

 

[Cabal]

It shows Paul too far to the right and not enough in the libertarian section, IMO.

Definitely. Does not compute.

 

[nasaal]

Paul is not super Libertarian. He is a strong paleo-conservative with Libertarian leanings.