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Originally Posted by The Soup Nazi

I can't help having a problem with the term libertarian. If "left" and "right" are reserved for the economic scale, shouldn't the social scale be liberal and authoritarian?

you're right, and i'd say libertarian is an extreme form of liberalism (in the philosophical tradition).

but given that america has destroyed language and equates "liberal" with "socialist", it's hard not to confuse terms. in american political terminology the liberal and the libertarian are polar opposites almost.

this test of course elevates "libertarian" to a higher status than it deserves. but yeah it's just a minor offshoot of a bigger tradition. but anyway, shit happens to words too.

on other synonyms:
left libertarian would be anarchist
right libertarian used to be called anarcho-capitalist (among other things)

anyway i didnt screencap my results but it looks like yours only economically closer to the middle (but still to the left).