Your home on the political map
Mar 20th, 2005 by cadmus
Politopia
– a magical land where you can customize your government simply by moving. Here’s how it works:* The government’s role in your economic affairs diminishes as you move North, and increases as you move South.
* The government’s role in your personal affairs diminishes as you move West and increases as you move East.
* The Left / Right model we’re all familiar with is a river (the Main Stream) that runs from the SW corner to NE corner.Though you can customize your government in Politopia, there is no Utopia in Politopia (or anywhere else, for that matter). Rather, where you live in Politopia represents your opinion as to the proper role of the government-that is, the extent to which you believe the government should determine social goals and attempt to achieve them.
But not all visions of ideal societies depend on the government leading the way. The alternative is to allow individuals, communities, and organizations to determine their own goals (for themselves and the larger society) and to strive to achieve them using voluntary and/or persuasive means.
So here are my results. For the limited number of questions I’d say it’s mostly accurate.
West: You are a Westerner, a civil libertarian, which means that you advocate a diminished role for the government in the personal realm. You are more or less pleased the government’s role in the economic realm.
