sabato 31 agosto 2013

I'm a flaming liberal

Certificate: Test results
Are you a Liberal, Conservative, or Centrist?


1001

For 68 % you are: You are a true blue Liberal. You'd die before you'd vote Republican.







Liberals…
  • Are wary of American arrogance and hypocrisy. 
  • Trace much of today's anti-American hatred to previous US foreign policies. 
  • Believe political solutions are inherently superior to military solutions. 
  • Believe the US is morally bound to intervene in humanitarian crises. 
  • Oppose American imperialism. 
  • Support international law, alliances, and agreements. 
  • Encourage US participation in the UN. 
  • Believe US economic policies must help lift up the world's poor. 
Historical liberal: President Woodrow Wilson

Modern liberal: President Jimmy Carter



36.8107 % of 25805 Quiz participants had this profile!


You could also get this result:

For 28 % you are: You are a Centrist. You vote according the problems the world is currently facing. You would vote democrat or republican.


Centrists…
  • Are guided more by practical considerations than ideological vision. 
  • Believe US power is crucial to successful diplomacy - and vice versa. 
  • Don't want US policy options unduly limited by world opinion or ethical considerations. 
  • Believe strong alliances are important to US interests. 
  • Weigh the political costs of foreign action 
  • Believe foreign intervention must be dictated by compelling national interest.
Historical Centrist: President Dwight D. Eisenhower

Modern Centrist: Secretary of State Colin Powell


Or even this one:


For 4 % you are: You are a red hearted Conservative. You'd die before you'd vote for a Democrat.


Conservatives…
  • Want the US to be the world's unchallenged superpower. 
  • Share unwavering support for Israel. 
  • Support American unilateral action. 
  • Support preemptive strikes to remove perceived threats to US security. 
  • Promote the development of an American empire. 
  • Equate American power with the potential for world peace. 
  • Seek to democratize the Arab world. 
  • Push regime change in states deemed threats to the US or its allies.


Historical neoconservative: President Teddy Roosevelt

Modern neoconservative: President Ronald Reagan




Durante la mia permanenza negli Stati Uniti ho imparato molto sul sistema politico statunitense e ho discusso parecchio sul sistema duale che vede la contrapposizione tra democratici/liberali e repubblicani/conservatori, ma, per non mettere troppa carne al fuoco, rimando le mie riflessioni sul tema ad un prossimo post.

Per ora invito anche voi a fare il test, vedere il risultato e magari rifletterci, chissà che non trarrete le mie stesse conclusioni. Se, una volta fatto il test, volete saperne qualcosa in più sulla differenza tra prospettiva democratica e repubblicana, vi consiglio di consultare il seguente link, che è davvero interessante e, a mio parere, ben fatto.