Below you will find an ASCII version of the World's Smallest Political Quiz. I imagine most of you have seen the quiz before; I'm sending this along in case you find an ascii version useful. I downloaded it from CompuServe. Send replies directly to me, as I am not on libernet. Dan Garrett liberty@leland.stanford.edu +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | The World's Smallest Political Quiz | | (originally designed by the Advocates for Self Government) | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ What's your position on the political map? The old way of looking at politics doesn't work anymore. You really do have more options than the one-dimensional choice between "left" and "right". Find out who in the world of politics agrees with you. Take this short quiz. Circle "Y" when you agree with a statement, "N" if you disagree, and "M" for maybe, sometimes, not sure, or if you need more information. PART 1: Are you a self governor on PERSONAL issues? 20 10 0 1. Military service should be voluntary. Y M N No draft or compulsory registration. 2. Government should keep hands off radio Y M N and TV program content. 3. Government should not interfere in sexual Y M N conduct between consenting adults. 4. Drug laws don't work. They do more Y M N harm than good. Repeal them. 5. People should have the right to travel, Y M N immigrate, and emigrate freely YOUR PERSONAL SELF-GOVERNOR SCORE: ______ (20 for each Y, 10 for each M, 0 for each N). PART 2: Are you a self-governor on ECONOMIC issues? 20 10 0 6. People are better off with free trade Y M N than with tariffs and other barriers. 7. Minimum wage laws eliminate jobs. Y M N Repeal them. 8. End taxes. Replace them with voluntary Y M N payment for services. 9. Let farmers farm without subsidies, Y M N quotas, or other government limit. 10. Western Europe and Japan should pay Y M N for their own defense. YOUR ECONOMIC SELF-GOVERNOR SCORE: ______ (20 for each Y, 10 for each M, 0 for each N). PART 3: Now, find your REAL political position. Mark your PERSONAL score on the left and your ECONOMIC score on the right. Then, follow the grid lines (rows of dots) until they meet at your political identity! An example for someone who scored 20 on Personal and 30 on Economic is indicated with an asterisk (*). The compass measures self-government. Liberals (LEF) value freedom of expression. Conservatives (CON) value free enterprise. Libertarians (LIB) value both. Authoritarians (AUT) are against both. . LIB = Libertarian ./ \. CON = Conservative (Right) ./ . \. CEN = Centrist ./ . . \. LEF = Liberal (Left) ./ . . . \. AUT = Authoritarian ./ . .LIB. . \. ./ \. . . . ./ \. ./ . \.___.___.___./ . \. ./ . . ! . . . ! . . \. ./ . . ! . . ! . . \. ./ . . . ! . . . ! . . . \. 100 \. .LEF. ! .CEN. ! .CON. ./ 100 90 \. . . ! . . . ! . . ./ 90 80 \. . !___.___.___! . ./ 80 70 \. ./ . . . \. ./ 70 60 \./ . . * . \./ 60 Personal 50 \. . . . ./ 50 Economic Self-Governor 40 \. .AUT. ./ 40 Self-Governor Score 30 \. . ./ 30 Score 20 \. ./ 20 10 \./ 10 0 0 If you score in the Libertarian region (LIB) or on its borderline, you've probably found that the policies and platforms of the older, traditional political parties are, in one way or another, unacceptable to you -- and you may have felt "politically homeless". We hope that you, like many others who have felt this same way, will contact the Libertarian Party, the party that advocates individual freedom, personal responsibility, and limited government, in all areas of our lives. The Libertarian Party of the United States may be reached by calling 1-800-682-1776, or writing to 1528 Pennsylvania Ave. SE, Washington DC 20003. They'll be happy to send you free information on the Libertarian Party, and also tell you how to contact your state party. That way, you can find people in your local area who feel the same way you do about political issues, and work together with them to bring about change in government to implement libertarian ideals. (The original Worlds Smallest Political Quiz is available in several forms [poster, postcard, business card, paper) from the Advocates for Self Government, a non-profit education organization, which can be contacted at 940 E. Bremer, Fresno CA 93726, 800-932-1776. This electronic/text version was created by Toby Nixon of the Libertarian Party of Georgia [!uunet!hayes!tnixon hayes!tnixon@uunet.uu.net]. Permission is granted to distribute this freely in any form so long as the Advocates for Self Government credit is retained.) --- * Origin: Forwarded through Dehnbase Emerald (1:104/418) SEEN-BY: 104/300 415 418 105/114 106/113 243 1776 3323 PATH: 104/418 106/1776