Political Philosophy Test
Political Philosophy Test
This test will assess what you believe the role of the state should be with regards to property and markets. Hopefully it will accurately assess your political beliefs.
This test will assess what you believe the role of the state should be with regards to property and markets. Hopefully it will accurately assess your political beliefs.
Trading in free markets generally allow for individuals to make the best of their abilities and ensure the most moral and efficient distribution of goods and services.
Individuals are rendered considerably less free by being born into poorer circumstances.
Individuals are rendered considerably less free by the imposition of social constructs such as race, gender, sexuality, and class.
It may at times be necessary for the state to command the economy towards the national interest.
Nationality, gender, and sexuality, are generally unhelpful social constructs for categorising individuals.
One of the state's key moral and just uses in taking over a large number of industries to ensure they are run more democratically by the workers.
One of the state's key moral and just uses is enforcing a progressive tax rate on the rich.
One of the state's key moral and just uses is in providing assistance to the largest corporations that make up a large portion of the national economy.
One of the state's key moral and just uses is in the defence of private ownership over the means of production.
One of the state's key moral and just uses is to defend the values and interests of their respective nations.
One of the state's key moral and just uses is to ensure the welfare of the poorest members of society.
Our justice system should be more focussed towards punishment than rehabilitation.
The state should not infringe upon the rights of its citizens to assemble and speak peacefully.
There is nothing wrong with being unapologetically politically incorrect, even at the expense of socially disenfranchised minority groups.
Whatever wage a worker is willing to accept can be considered just and fair.
Communist
Communist
You oppose the state as you believe that it enforces capitalist property rights and holds back workers. Instead, you support a stateless socialist system that has evolved beyond the social constructs of race, gender, sexuality, and class. It is your hope that eventually under a truly equal system - free from the state, capitalism, and social constructs - people will become more altruistic and productive without the need for market competition and incentives.
Market Socialist
Market Socialist
You support free markets and free trade of commodities. However, you oppose the rights of bosses to own the means of production and instead supporter individual worker control or organisation into syndicates. You might support a small state - but one that doesn't interfere with the economy very much - or no state at all.
Broadly speaking, you support the individuals right to work wherever they wish to work and trade with whomever they choose.
State Socialist
State Socialist
You support the enforced abolition of private property and the management of the means of production by the workers directly. You might support the state assuming direct control over these industries, or simply ensuring protection to the workers. Either way, you support a quite powerful state that ensures the protection of worker's rights and you might be willing to sacrifice individual political rights to achieve this.
Social Democrat
Social Democrat
As a social democrat you might favour capitalism or socialism as end goals. However, what is certain is that you currently support a capitalist system wherein large portions of industry are controlled by the state. However, you also wish to the ensure that this state is democratic and doesn't infringe on people's political rights. Nonetheless, in order to fund your ambitions you are likely to support the state disregarding many economic rights and enforcing high taxation and a lot of regulation.
Liberal
Liberal
As a liberal you support capitalism, but also wish to help the poorest who might not profit as much from a capitalist system. You support quite a bit of regulation and taxation, in order for the government to provide public services. However, as much as you reject the extremes of capitalism you also reject the equal extreme of socialism.
Libertarian
Libertarian
As a libertarian you support very little state intervention in the economy and in individual's personal lives. You support the protection of private property rights and stand firmly in opposition to socialism, but also firmly in opposition to fascism on the opposite end of the spectrum. You might support some government services and government intervention, but not as much as liberals and conservatives.
Conservative
Conservative
As a conservative you balance free market capitalist economic ideals with the traditional values of economic protectionism and the maintenance of society's moral integrity for the greater good.
Fascist
Fascist
As a fascist you support the government absolutely protecting private property. You support a powerful police state and an unaccountable government in order to maintain a structure of power and control in efforts to drive the whole nation forward towards better economic prospects. You believe that sometimes a powerful elite might need to take control of the situation for the betterment of everyone. You oppose democratic attempts to dilute the power of the state, and socialist attempts to challenge the capitalist power structure.