Which political system do you like best?

Libertarianism isn't an viable political system?

 

This book I was just reading, Black Flame, argues that anarchism is an extremely libertarian form of socialism. Does that count?

 

Sure, I just don't think it's possible to have society with absolutely no gov't. Even the smallest non-industrialized tribes and villages have some form of organization.

 

If you are an American citizen, I question your Patriotism.

 

This survey is flawed. Democracy is a political system, and the only rational choice. Socialism is an economic system, the only rational choice for economic democracy, and it's not even listed. Communism, which is also an economic system, is listed as if it were a political system. The Soviet Union had a hybrid communist/socialist economy under a totalitarian political system, but I didn't see totalitarianism as a choice, not that anyone rational would have picked it. Fascism is also totalitarian, but it's a specific kind based on a dictatorship of the military-industrial complex. A real hippie would know that. Just sayin'.

 

Eh, Totalitarianism wouldn't nessisarily be a bad thing provided the cheif potentate wasn't an evil bastard who really kept the needs of his subjects close to heart. Democracy leaves too much room for idiots messing things up by voting in nonsensical "feel good" legislature,,, America is a prime example of this.

 

it ought to be obvious that no ideology, even anarchism, can actually solve the problem.

from that it ought to be obvious that there's no good reason for anyone to kill each other over them.

i support complete ideological neutrality, instead of making excuses for not solving real problems in real ways that are considerate of everyone and everything.

i would support a form of government in which there did not have to be political parties for people to have a voice in issues that interested them enough to understand, instead of having beauty contests, between candidates about whom we can almost never know enough that is pertinent.

one in which it would cost nothing to run for office, and everyone who could vote, was automatically eligible to be elected.

we do not live in a hierarchical universe, and the true value of anyone, is neither who nor what they are, NOR what they have, but how they act, and their imagination.

 

kind of surprised socialism isn't on your list

 

Like I said earlier in the thread, the last thing Hipforums needs is a case of the Trots.

 

the poll needs an option for complete ideological neutrality. that would be a closer fit for mine, then any of the options given.

i neither support nor directly oppose any of them, but rather am against the dominance of aggressiveness, which every last one of them, just uses different words, to create a deceptive excuse for.

i know anarchy COULD be an exception. but that depends on the intention. i've seen too many use that as still yet another excuse for the same thing.

size of government really has nothing to do with it. and when economic interests usurp the roll of government, they defacto become the same thing and the same problem.

i lean toward my own meaning of socialism because the existence of government needs some positive roll to keep it busy, instead of busy being destructive do to lack of one.

i agree that a sufficiently self dicipled populace would have no intrinsic need for social organization, infrastructure does not exist without social organization in some form, and while some of us could maybe live with the complete absence of infrastructure in any form, most, including most who claim to, have no clear picture of what such a world would be like.

not only would that mean no maintenance of paved roads, but no batteries for their game boy and no grid to charge them from.

 

I like Warrism.

 

it more or less says that when you sign up on this site, but some people seem to think that those rules dont apply when they enter this forum.Fuck them, what makes this forum special? Nothing. Fucking lock the whole thing.

 

Why bother to start a thread asking others what they think IF YOU ARE TOO AFRAID TO SAY WHAT YOU DO

I believe the first option on your poll is the best though....

 

Where's the 'Other' or 'None of the Above' option in this poll?

 

Communism is the best way to go for everyone, the problem being that human nature prevents it from ever taking root. Communism requires people who WANT to be communist. Most people don't. A little greed creates a lot of problems.

 

Join a commune.

 

Yeah, I've been in a few. Good advice.

 

For all you people wanting anarchy...

Think about it, there would be no laws (laws have saved your ass many times i'm sure) there would be no building code, food code, health code, and regulations in general... which means, your house wouldn't exist, you would have little to no medical, and the little medical you do have would be shitty because there would be no governed schooling to teach doctors. And your food wouldn't meet the standards it does today. Every business, every store, every managed place you love... simply wouldn't exist. How would you get food? Water? A safe shelter? How are you supposed to walk down the street and feel safe? People will kill you simply for the shirt off your back in a world of anarchy.

If you want to experience anarchism, move to a 3rd world country. Have fun...

Don't get me wrong though, i used to be all for anarchism... until i started thinking logically. I do believe in freedom, and i do believe the government is shit and they strip away most of our freedom. I believe we should still have government, but they just need to back off a little...

 

wtf GLOBALISM!!

 

I think that an honest Parliamentary system seems to work well. Examples like Germany, Israel, Sweden, Possibly Britain seem to work well and the power of the presidency is limited. When mistakes are made the constituents can call for elections and throw the Tyrants out.