On a lighthearted note, I found this “SATIRICAL POLITICAL BELIEFS ASSESSMENT TEST.”
It is pretty humorous. There are 179 questions and the answer that you would hear from an archconservative, a leftwing wacko, an antigovernment libertine, and a commie sympathizer.
From the “quiz”:
What follows are not official party positions. Rather, this is an inquiry into your personal beliefs to determine where you fall in the political spectrum.
Key to abbreviations in test questions that follow:
CONS: Conservative (Archconservative)
LIBL: Liberal (Leftwing Wacko)
LBRT: Libertarian (Antigovernment Libertine)
COMM: Communist (Commie Sympathizer)
I bookmarked it and have been reading it over the last several days. Some parts are hysterical, others just so-so.
Here is a sample:
1: Government’s practice of stealing from the rich to give to the poor
is…CONS: a crime.
LIBL: a brave, generous and heroic deed.
LBRT: a foolish, misguided attempt at social engineering.
COMM: an inspiration to us all.
5: What is your favorite quotation?CONS: “The entire graduated income tax system structure was created by Karl Marx,” by Ronald Reagan.
LIBL: “Taxes are the price we pay for civilization,” by Oliver Wendell Holmes.
LBRT: “In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one class of citizens to give to another,” by Voltaire.
COMM: “From each according to his ability, to each according to his need,” by Karl Marx.
16: A cup with that only contains half a cup of water is…
CONS: half full.
LIBL: half empty.
LBRT: an example of shortages caused by government control of our water supply.
COMM: an example of inequitable wealth distribution caused by the inherent social injustice in free enterprise.
And one of my favorites because it reminds me of the first time my kids played in a team sport where they didn’t keep score:
32: What is the meanest most low-down thing a person can do during a kid’s soccer game?
CONS: Cheat.
LIBL: Keep score.
LBRT: Play the game in a municipal park.
COMM: Hog all the glory by not being a team player.
So, check it out sometime when you are looking for a serious time waster.
On a related note: it was interesting to me to see just how many times I agreed more with the libertarian answer. I still consider myself a conservative, though.
