I did two of the quizzes and, to nobody's surprise, I'm a libertarian. About four years ago I started to transition to this viewpoint from a more neo-conservative one largely because of the writings of Texas congressman Ron Paul. Since that time I have read fairly extensively in the area of Libertarian economics and I think it's probably the most consistent economic view. When people ask me why I am a libertarian I usually say one of two things:
1) I don't think the government does anything very well at all.
2) Once I began to notice advocates of socialism presuppose a Marxist understanding of class struggle when discussing the causes of inequality I began to realize that their are many other causes. Creating more government doesn't help mitigate these causes, it makes them stronger, in my parochial opinion.
I'm comfortable with being a libertarian. It isn't the sexiest ideology in the world today but I like how it puts the onus on me to make careful decisions for myself.
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