You're looking at Less Wrong's discussion board. This includes all posts, including those that haven't been promoted to the front page yet. For more information, see About Less Wrong.

lmm comments on 2014 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Call For Critiques/Questions - Less Wrong Discussion

18 Post author: Yvain 11 October 2014 06:39AM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Article Navigation

Comments (269)
Tags: meta

Comments (269)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: lmm 12 October 2014 05:45:29PM 1 point [-]

If this is intended as a question about existing political clusters, then I think you should merge the "Liberal" and "Socialist" options; I don't think people see them as separate positions (at least in my country) in the same way as Conservative/Libertarian.

If this is really just a question about the left-right economic axis, then let's make it one, viz:

"Which of the following most closely describes your position on economic freedom vs. wealth redistribution?"

  • Extreme economic liberal, e.g. US Libertarian Party: minimal/no taxes, no redistribution of wealth
  • Moderate economic liberal, e.g. US Republican Party or UK Tories: low taxes, low redistribution of wealth
  • Moderate economic progressive, e.g. US Democrats or UK Labour party: high taxes, high redistribution of wealth
  • Extreme economic progressive, e.g. (I don't know, UK Lib Dem?): high taxes, major redistribution of wealth
Comment author: Emile 12 October 2014 08:48:39PM 1 point [-]

I think you should merge the "Liberal" and "Socialist" options; I don't think people see them as separate positions (at least in my country)

Here in France, "liberal" is a slur used by left-wingers against anybody suspected of liking the free market (there used to be right-wing politicians claiming that label, I haven't seen any in the recent elections)

Powered by Reddit Powered by Reddit