Somewhere to the Right of Zeus

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Edmund Carlyle Posted: Sat, Nov 14 2009 6:49 PM

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Reading a lot of Mises.org, I almost feel at home here, so it didn't occur to me until now to make an introductory post for the legions of people who almost certainly have no idea who I am.  Or more importantly, what I am about.

I have always seen myself as an anti-democrat with a strong tendency towards plutarchy; and this is where I get on well with what might be called 'right libertarian' philosophy. I agree with the general economic theories and much of the political and sociological critique, though my ideas of a solution are somewhat different and perhaps more authoritarian (I do not shy from being called an authoritarian, though it is a qualified kind of authority). I am in favor of private equity governments constructed with reality in mind; for the benefit of their actually productive citizens; for the elemination of the criminal element and the neutralization of the indigent population (IE, plebs). I have many influences, but among them are Cato Minor, various imperialist swine, von Mises and other Austrians. As you may be able to tell by the pseudonym, I am also fond of Edmund Burke and Thomas Carlyle.

In my general outlook I would say I am a libertarian, in that I believe the things that fall under the rubric of 'policy' in democratic, communist are religious states are both ridiculous and hopeless projects; and that it is quite simply an evil method of organizing humans to force them to support half-wits and show obescience to the god state.

I never quite show up in any sort of coherent way on political tests (not that one need put much credence in such quizes) but in case anyone was curious these are my results:

www.thepoliticalcompass.org
Economic Left/Right: 8.12
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: 0.15

www.Theadvocates.org
Your PERSONAL issues Score is 80%.
Your ECONOMIC issues Score is 100%.

www.moral-politics.com
Your scored 2 on Moral Order and -5.5 on Moral Rules.
The following categories best match your score (multiple responses are possible):

1. System: Conservatism
2. Ideology: Conservative NeoLiberalism

http://politicalquiz.net/
Conservative/Progressive score: 6
Capitalist Purist/Social Capitalist score: 0
Libertarian/Authoritarian score: 2
Pacifist/Militarist score: 2