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« Reply #100 on: July 16, 2012, 05:04:31 PM »

Essentially, it's vapid nostalgia for an imagined past combined with an intractable feeling of moral superiority (the answer to the question of what said superiority is derived from is unclear).

Conservatism.
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« Reply #101 on: July 16, 2012, 06:56:23 PM »
« Edited: July 16, 2012, 06:58:23 PM by Supersonic »

A solid centre-right, pragmatic, Conservative. While being more socially conservative than fiscally so, he focuses on the latter rather than the former. His strong support for Jon Huntsman in the GOP primary calling him the only 'sane and principled' candidate goes quite a way to showing his moderate-esque tendencies.
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« Reply #102 on: July 17, 2012, 12:21:06 AM »

Based on his political score, he seems to be a Thatcherite.
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« Reply #103 on: July 18, 2012, 07:28:13 AM »

Southern conservative, who seems like a Gingrich supporter.
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« Reply #104 on: July 18, 2012, 02:36:02 PM »

Generally reasonable, history-minded (which I can forgive a lot for, although definitely not all, see for instance Niall Ferguson), but fairly strident and not really yet fully developed libertarian. Definitely on the right-libertarian end of the spectrum, and like many Americans who align their politics this way his opinions on some social issues I personally think leave a bit to be desired. Pretty standard libertarian orthodoxy on the economic axis, perhaps more paleoconservative and less neoliberal, as it were. He's young, so he's still developing his worldview and he used to hold some fairly unconscionable positions, which he's smart and honest enough to own up to. Politically active at a young age, which is always a plus (says the person who was the youngest elected official in Massachusetts for a while and so is TOTALLY OBJECTIVE.jpg Tongue).
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« Reply #105 on: July 18, 2012, 03:11:50 PM »

Interesting fellow. I was going to make the joke of quoting his own description of himself as displayed in his signature, but I'm assuming that's already been done. Tongue

Nathan occupies a fairly unique position on the Atlas' ideological map - his fundamentally traditional - not conservative, necessarily, I think there's a difference - outlook forming an interesting contrast with more traditionally liberal posters who might reject the very notion of "family" as being good for society. I get the impression that, above all else, Nathan values family and community as being paramount in a decent society, and his politics seem to reflect that - a Republican candidate for office might describe themselves as supporting "family values", but from what I can tell Nathan might see such a claim as ridiculous considering said Republican may well want to destroy the very social safety net so many families - and communities! - rely upon.

I've said before that if he were an elected politician - well, uh, he is, but y'know what I mean - he'd be Daniel Patrick Moynihan, as one of the few academics to hold a Senate seat. Nathan is Daniel Patrick Moynihan if Senator Moynihan studied Japanese poetry and had a large number of lesbian friends.

While it's unfortunate that he thinks someone being involved in politics at a young age is a positive, I suppose such attitudes can't be helped on a political forum. Wink

Regardless of that upsetting belief, Nathan remains by far one of my favourite posters to read bar none, and one of the (few, I'll admit) whose posts I never scroll past when reading a thread, although if it's on a religious topic I'll inevitably have to look up about eight-hundred words in the process. To use the appropriate Atlas lingo, Nathan is an "FF".
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« Reply #106 on: July 19, 2012, 03:55:44 PM »

While it seems I have talked with oakvale much thanks to the forum's chat, I know little of his beliefs. He once humorously commented that our PM scores were mirror opposites of each other, though one would have to switch around the social and economic scores. So what you end up with, I guess, is a liberal who is moderate economically and quite liberal socially. I know I'm not doing him justice here, but this is what I've come up with. Godspeed.
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« Reply #107 on: July 19, 2012, 04:37:48 PM »

Social and economic conservative with protectionist and commutarian leanings. Definitively more traditionalist than fanatical.
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« Reply #108 on: July 19, 2012, 05:21:50 PM »

I honestly have no idea what Kalwejt believes and what he is repulsed by outside of the fact that he is a democratic socialist in the European mold with few liberal roots. As far as I can tell, he dislikes Obama and is an opponent of the liberalized brand of social democracy that has been the norm over the past few decades.
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« Reply #109 on: July 19, 2012, 05:58:43 PM »

Solidly left, which is rare for the state he is from. I cannot say that I know much about him, but I believe he is supporting the Stein/Homulka ticket this year.
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« Reply #110 on: July 19, 2012, 07:34:03 PM »

Very much a Ron Paul conservative, with a dash of nostalgia for the Confederacy mixed in.  
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« Reply #111 on: July 19, 2012, 08:11:02 PM »

amusing mix of obtuse dlc 'centrism' and classical liberalism. im still somewhat annoyed people couldn't figure out i was parodying him several years back.
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« Reply #112 on: July 19, 2012, 08:37:53 PM »

Mint is fundamentally anti-democratic, and his surety in the failing of democracy strongly influence the rest of his politics.  While I have seem in vacillate between a number of mutually exclusive positions, the best I can describe him as is authoritarian, somewhat reminiscent of early Italian-style fascism. 
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« Reply #113 on: July 19, 2012, 09:02:22 PM »

Mint is fundamentally anti-democratic, and his surety in the failing of democracy strongly influence the rest of his politics.  While I have seem in vacillate between a number of mutually exclusive positions, the best I can describe him as is authoritarian, somewhat reminiscent of early Italian-style fascism. 

Yelnoc... how to describe Yelnoc.

He's very much a political centrist on average. He's apathetic on most social issues, generally placing the "don't be a dick test" on most things. He's an economic moderate, certainly. He shows support for the role of Government and making sure the Government's economic policies are "fair"

His support for more 'libertarian' candidates - but I don't actually get why. Perhaps a lack of interest in either "side" forces him to what he sees as an alternative to that.
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« Reply #114 on: July 19, 2012, 10:18:15 PM »

Polnut is your average American Democrat. When I think of politicians he might like, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden all come to mind. He is center-left to the core. I could see him voting for a very moderate Republican, however.
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« Reply #115 on: July 19, 2012, 11:03:03 PM »

Sanchez is young, so his earlier links to white supremacy can arguably be excused, and he's slowly becoming a more standard libertarian - albeit retaining some traces of the paranoia and conspiracy theories that inevitably accompany white supremacist ideology. He distrusts "big government", although these days it's more of a traditional conservative stance than because he thinks the UN are going to his guns. Tongue The best way I can describe Sanchez is "evolving".
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« Reply #116 on: July 20, 2012, 10:39:47 AM »

Oakvale is a good friend.

Oakvale's a diehard Sinn Fein Irish Nationalist, constantly talking about the need to retake Ulster and of the value of Irish-language education in preserving Irish nationality.  Oakvale's political activities tend to lean to burning the Union Jack on March 17th and picking random letters of the alphabet and forming new chapters of the IRA under them.  (QIRA, ZIRA, XIRA...)
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« Reply #117 on: July 20, 2012, 12:23:06 PM »

I truly have no idea... my interactions with Mikado have  not been about politics and the few times he has discussed a political issue- he showed himself a mature and thoughtful moderate. He has the perfect political beliefs to be an arbiter on a political board!
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« Reply #118 on: July 20, 2012, 12:27:07 PM »

Remarkably standard American conservative even though somewhat... umm.. flamboyant in a personality sense, which clearly comes through his posts.
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« Reply #119 on: July 20, 2012, 12:30:25 PM »

a consequence of his general attitude towards life, secondary rather than primary, not standing on their own for any particular purpose, and owing nothing to the orthodoxy of or faith in a particular school of thought.
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« Reply #120 on: July 20, 2012, 12:33:45 PM »

Blames the institutions which have given him the opportunity for success in life for the world's problems... disputes anything he sees as "pro-Western" and in so doing is even more rigid then he accuses us of being
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« Reply #121 on: July 20, 2012, 01:25:30 PM »

When he's not trolling us with his weird fetish for the fattest and ugliest women possible, he is a fairly standard-issue conservative although he understandably is a defense hawk and a vocal defender of veterans and veterans issues. He also doesn't seem too doctrinaire, as his more open-minded positions on stuff like gay rights shows.
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« Reply #122 on: July 21, 2012, 02:56:56 PM »

Hash is an interesting character: based off of his general bent, he seems like the ultimate defender of neo-liberalism and the centrist consensus. The type of guy who is more passionate about cosmopolitan values and globalization than poverty in a banlieue. The reality is that he hates this consensus and firmly supports decentralized government, broad center-left reform and an end to the shielded elitist political system in the western world while at the same time he despises populism. This sort of stance is the perfect formula for an intense misanthropy and a hatred of nearly all parties and political figures. In short: he tends to hate everything and everybody in politics outside of a few regionalist parties and a few bulwarks against the most odious forms of reactionary ideology.
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« Reply #123 on: July 21, 2012, 06:28:33 PM »

A staunch left wing Democrat. I detect quite a hint of populism among his rhetoric, but that may just be me. I'm not quite sure what else 'stands out'.
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« Reply #124 on: July 21, 2012, 07:33:14 PM »

A typical lad you might find at the Young Briton's Foundation. Based on his score, he seems to embrace the Thatcherite combination of economic liberalism and British nationalism. I could see him as a member of UKIP. Although I might be taking this a bit to far, he reminds me most of Daniel Hannan.
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