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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.
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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.
More on Political
Quizzes and Models
The two dimensional
political model that Politopia is based on was originally proposed
by David
Nolan in an article he wrote in the summer of 1970. "Classifying
and Analyzing Political-Economic Systems" appeared in the January
1971 issue of Society for Individual Liberty's newsletter The Individualist.
Since then, there have been many innovations on the idea.
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Today Weekend's Political Quiz
The
Challenge of Democracy Political Quiz
The
Political Compass
Kelley
L. Ross's Three-Dimensional Political Model
World's
Smallest Political Quiz
World's
Second Shortest Political Quiz
David
Boaz's Libertarianism: A Primer
The
Banneker Center's Political Quiz
IDEAlog
-- an application for analyzing political values
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