... about the quasi-religious importance of the criminal justice system. The miracle of turning individuals into groups can only be performed by groups that impose costs on cheaters and slackers. You can do this the authoritarian way (with strict rules and harsh penalties) or you can do it using the fairness/reciprocity foundation by stressing personal responsibility and the beneficence of the nation towards those who "work hard and play by ...

....I went back to school in a secular university, adding social science to my theology training. My authoritarian stance softened as I learned even more about the varied human condition and the vast diversity of cultures ...It is then no suprise to find myself almost exactlly midpoint left/right and close to neutral on authoritarian/libertarian. You have done your homework. My experience validates your instrument. Thanks so much for this ...

...understand the unprecedented phenomena they had witnessed? Could a lack of knowledge of physics, and the emotional shock of this mass-murderous "terrorist attack" have stymied objective thinking and led to the blind acceptance of authoritarian assertions? The government and the media TOLD US what we saw. The government told us that we had witnessed a "gravitational" collapse; what is now referred to as a "pancake collapse". According to ...

... It just helps to locate you on a chart of political ideology, for comparison & insight. If you like, post your own results on the two main scales. eg Economic Left/Right: -6.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.44 fwiw, I'm nestled in between Nelson Mandela & the Dalai Lama, as shown on the last page diagram. See "Take the Test" link at top left of the page. http://www.politicalcompass.org/index...

.... It just helps to locate you on a chart of political ideology, for comparison & insight. If you like, post your own results on the two main scales. eg Economic Left/Right: -6.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.44 fwiw, I'm nestled in between Nelson Mandela & the Dalai Lama, as shown on the last page diagram. See "Take the Test" link at top left of the page. http://www.politicalcompass.org/index ...

... or wrong answers. It just helps to locate you on a chart of political ideology, for comparison & insight. If you like, post your own results on the two main scales. eg Economic Left/Right: -6.88 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.44 fwiw, I'm nestled in between Nelson Mandela & the Dalai Lama, as shown on the last page diagram. See "Take the Test" link at top left of the page. http://www.politicalcompass.org/index -- "...

... economic issues is restored to U. S. jurisprudence. The "more to life" doesn't seem to have entered it. _You_ are the one who changed the issue to European economies. For example, that China has an authoritarian one-party state which is in direct opposition to any notion of "free speech" doesn't seem to matter. Is the "inner kingdom" out on the dock counting containers? They have high growth rates and - supposedly ...

...fits-all schools, the corporate workplace, government bureaucracies and other giant, impersonal institutions routinely promote manipulative relationships rather than respectful ones, machine efficiency rather than human pride, authoritarian hierarchies rather than participatory democracy, disconnectedness rather than community, and helplessness rather than empowerment. In The Sane Society, Fromm warned, "Today the function of psychiatry,...

...x 21 The Discordian People's Most Powerful and Revered Being (without portfolio); Lits Slut #16; AUK Psycho & Felon #21 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cabal_of_the_Holy_Pretzel/join Economic Left/Right: -7.63 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.38 Real email should go to gmail.com, otherwise the same as above. Quotable quotes: "Three OS's from corporate-kings in their towers of glass, Seven from valley-lords where orchards used to...

...x 21 The Discordian People's Most Powerful and Revered Being (without portfolio); Lits Slut #16; AUK Psycho & Felon #21 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Cabal_of_the_Holy_Pretzel/join Economic Left/Right: -7.63 Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -7.38 Real email should go to gmail.com, otherwise the same as above. Quotable quotes: "Three OS's from corporate-kings in their towers of glass, Seven from valley-lords where orchards used to...