How far right are you?

[Gaijin de Moscu]

For me it's a 6. Have been drifting towards right with age. Although I like being in the centre.

[The Brain]

I don't think sexual morality can be entirely separated from the libertarian-authoritarian axis, though I see your point; the Compass would classify both the religious right and the critical-studies left--who want to legislate very different versions of sexual morality--as simply authoritarian, masking an important distinction.

How is the distinction important?

[Grinning_Colossus]

I don't think sexual morality can be entirely separated from the libertarian-authoritarian axis, though I see your point; the Compass would classify both the religious right and the critical-studies left--who want to legislate very different versions of sexual morality--as simply authoritarian, masking an important distinction.

How is the distinction important?

The Taliban and Tumblr feminists would create markedly different societies.

[Siege]

What's the meaning of "No one can feel naturally homosexual"?

[Siege]

This is bullshit.
I am not authoritarian.
Those questions were biased.

[Grey Fox]

That's because you love the military.

[frunk]

I don't believe in cohersion and I own a few weapons.

You don't believe in coercion yet you call for draconian law enforcement? Are you aware of what coercion means?

More importantly, does it matter that he doesn't believe in coercing others when he is concerned about someone else trying to coerce him with weapons?  Why else he would he need weapons to avoid such coercion?

If someone with weapons is not a threat why do we need weapons to fight off someone with weapons?

[Admiral Yi]

Yeah, I don't see how responding to illegitimate coercion is coercion.

[Razgovory]

Yeah, I don't see how responding to illegitimate coercion is coercion.

Because coercion is not bad or good.  It is simply altering other people's behavior through violence or force of violence.  The legitimacy of coercion does not matter.  It's still coercion.  It's like the word violence.  If I shoot someone in self defense it's still an act of violence.  Simply because I was justified in it doesn't make non-violent.

[The Brain]

What's the meaning of "No one can feel naturally homosexual"?

[The Brain]

I don't think sexual morality can be entirely separated from the libertarian-authoritarian axis, though I see your point; the Compass would classify both the religious right and the critical-studies left--who want to legislate very different versions of sexual morality--as simply authoritarian, masking an important distinction.

How is the distinction important?

The Taliban and Tumblr feminists would create markedly different societies.

Would they now?

[Eddie Teach]

This is bullshit.
I am not authoritarian.
Those questions were biased.

That says that you've convinced yourself that freedom mostly means low taxes. 

[Siege]

This is bullshit.
I am not authoritarian.
Those questions were biased.

That says that you've convinced yourself that freedom mostly means low taxes. 

Strawman alert. I never said that. You are putting things in my mouth that I did not say.

Low taxes are necesary to free the capital to create new wealth and employment for those of us who do not know how to create wealth by ourselves.
As I said before, what is important in the economy is not how big the gap is between rich and poor, but rather how high over absolute zero the poor are. I wish the US had another million millionairs. Do you imagine the amount of capital adding to the real economy?

We want an economy in which employers compete for the employees, not the other way around, and to achieve that you need to free capital to be invested. Low taxes not only keep rich's people capital here in the US, but also attract the rich people from other countries.

There was a time when rich people moved to the US to invest. Now they all run away like rats from a sinking ship. Do we really want people to take their money to other countries?

[Siege]

The liberal mind never ceases to amaze me. They rise taxes and then ask themselves why people are running away to avoid taxes.
Well genious, who do you think is in a better position to avoid taxes? The rich or the middle class? The rich packs and invest somewhere else, the middle class have no choice but to stay because they depend of a job or an small business.

[Valmy]

We want an economy in which employers compete for the employees

Those days are over, at least for the time being. Technology will replace too many workers.

There was a time when rich people moved to the US to invest. Now they all run away like rats from a sinking ship. Do we really want people to take their money to other countries?

What has changed since that time? And what low tax paradise are they all running to?