What political philosophy do you dislike?

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The question is simple. What political philosophy do you dislike and why do you dislike it? The grounds for your dislike can be a dislike of the philosophy behind it, a belief that it causes bad results, etc.

The philosophies are as follows:

Statist: Human action needs state coordination in order to be effective and just in a modern society. Capitalist greed undermines the fabric of society and extreme individualism destroys family structures and hurts society as well.

Left-wing: Freedom is an important part of a modern society and should be one of our major goals. Ultimately, capitalism is not very stable and it creates inequality, which undermines society.

Right-wing: Freedom is important but this freedom is that of the individual to rise upon their merits. Governments tend not to improve market outcomes and market outcomes tend to be just so capitalism is alright. We do need to make sure that traditional values do not fade though, as bad family structures can damage society. There is no right to do what is wrong.

Classical Liberal: Freedom in all respects is very important and governments tend to hamper this freedom. This means that government should be reduced as much as possible while still maintaining law. Trade and property are just and a society based upon those 2 will prosper.

Anarchist: Freedom is very important and governments tend to hamper this freedom. Therefore government should be abolished so that people can be free. Property is unjust and creates inequality, which is inherently dangerous to freedom.

Tell me if I need to change anything. I think I have captured the essence of the major, distinct philosophies.

Last edited by Awesomelyglorious on 27 May 2007, 9:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.

i hate neo-cons.

I dislike right-wing parties.
Basically just because I disagree with them on practically everything and find most of them to be as*holes.

Well, I suppose you should look at the aspects that you hate about them and classify their philosophy. I would think they are either right-wing or statist depending on what aspects you dislike.

I suppose it wouldn't be unjust to ask for a little elaboration? I think I have a rough idea on where the disagreement comes on both sides but I would just like to make sure that I have it clear.

i'll just bold the parts from your description that best sum up neoconservatism.


Statist: Human action needs state coordination in order to be effective and just in a modern society. Capitalist greed undermines the fabric of society and extreme individualism destroys family structures and hurts society as well.


they believe capitalist greed is good for the economy and believe that supporting the upper class is the best way to encourage economic growth.


so...i guess statist is the closest. neo-conservatives tend to go towards big government like traditional liberals but view nation building, restriction on liberties, and an emphasis on the national deity as also important...but not christianity's god but rather propping up the nation as a parental figure or god figure that does no wrong.


the noble lie also plays a key role in manipulation of the people.

Anarchism as it is not practical.

i hate anarchists. being from the punk scene, i had to put up with a lot of those idiots. their ideas eventually amounted to communism but they wanted it to be communism without a central basis for government.


i hate neo-cons more just because it's a more viable political trend that is equally as flawed and equally as idiotic.

Yeah, nothing further is needed given how common that statement is on that belief.

Hey, don't knock as*holes. A lot of guys on the left like 'em.

I have a strong dislike of left wing ideas. I think it's a lot closer to a religion then a political ideology though. I would describe my self as a classical liberal and i vote libertarian.

I hate big governments that try to interfere with life and keep their eyes on you and know what you're doing. It'd be like there's an invisible guy gazing over my shoulder, and I end up serving the government's interests instead of the government serving my interests. I voted statism for this poll, but I also dislike neoconservatism, which seems very prevalent in today's government (kind of like pseudo-statism).

While I frequently use anarchist symbols and reflect anarchist ideology, I consider myself a libertarian / classic liberal with moderate socialist leanings.

All of them
let me be free
to see what I want to see
I know them
who control everything we see
it's not them
it's me

My primary dislike of any political/philosophical idea is where it believes that it is so superior that it believes any questions or objections are illogical, irrational and immoral. It comes to the point where it thinks that anybody who asks a question violates the rights (to not be questioned) of the proponents of the idea.
I've seen this mentality among proponents of "tax the rich", abortion and gun control. Perhaps other issues share the same screeching demands for conformance. Not sure.

Violent nationalism; authoritarianism; statism; aggressive socialism. That sort of stuff.

i dont know what a statist is, but ive known a few statisticians, so am gonna vote for that option.