[Buddha-l] Political views of Buddhists

[paul bennett]

Economic Left/Right: -6.63
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.59 
  (right smack on top of gandhi)
  And I thought I was a hardass

Richard Hayes <rhayes at unm.edu> wrote:
    Dear comrades, er um, LURKERS:

LURKERS of buddha-l, your assignment if you should choose to accept it, is to 
take the short political quiz at http://www.politicalcompass.org/ and to 
report your score back to the rest of us. (This will help Benito do his 
research into the political orientation of Western Buddhists.)

My score: -8.63, -7.13 (This means I'm about 87% communist and 71% libertarian 
and therefor in the same sector as Gandhi, HHDL and Mandela, although 
consideraby more to the left than any of them. This would put me pretty 
solidly in the sector of folks that Benito sees as Buddhists in dire need of 
reform and cure, perhaps even of inquisition. My company in this sector, in 
addition o HHDL, would probably be Thich Nhat Hanh and Bhikkhu Buddhadasa. 
   
  I'm eager as hell to hear reports of where my beloved fellow denizens reside 
on the Political Compass graph. So drop what you're doing and take the test!

http://www.politicalcompass.org/questionnaire



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