I don't have any ideology. I just simply don't care about politics. Most of the are there only for money. What is more I'm quite disgusted with the state of politics that is prevalent in the Czech Republic.

Those from EU probably know that our government was shot down by opposition though they've agreed not to do that during EU presidency and were surprised that the government didn't get trust of the parliament. What the heck? When I don't want something to happen I don't attempt it.

Fortunatelly I was unable to attend general elections last time, because I wasn't old enough (few days saved me from that). All in all I tend to vote for the least evil. There are five major parties. I won't vote for communists so no votes for them and socialists. I don't like Christian democrats and same can be said for Green party - if you want ecology then not with them. So only one party remains and I'm not happy with them either, but at least they are the smallest evil.

There's an idea! Have check boxes for all the candidates to be filled in if you don't want them to fill the position! Checking all the boxes indicates you don't want any of them.

US, on the political compass (http://www.politicalcompass.org/) very libertarian and somewhat liberal.

Problem solved.

Quoted for truth.

People are naturally curious, and will seek out knowledge in the things that interest them. All you have to do is provide a stable enough platform for that personal growth to happen, and encourage it along the way.

Schools right now just cram a textbook down your throat and see what you shit out. That's a completely wrong approach.

I refuse to subscribe to ideological package deals.

You can't have 1 and 2 at the same time.

My political views:
- Restrict markets, only allow freedom where it makes sense. A free market works well for some things, but not at all for others. Simply removing restrictions does not automatically create a healthy balance; an economy that relies on growth cannot be truly stable; what's good for an individual (or a company) is not necessarily good for the community.
- Strong social security, high taxes. Seriously, I want higher taxes. Much higher, especially on top incomes and luxury goods. The more tax income a government has, the more can be done with the money, which in turn is good for the community as a whole. I want a strong government, but not in the sense that it poses lots of restrictions, rather in the sense that it is financially powerful to be able to finance important community projects and facilities. I'm absolutely for free education, free healthcare and free public transport.
- Astronomic salaries for politicians. They should be doing it for the money, not the power. And if we pay them enough, maybe we'll get the best people for the job instead of the most power-hungry.
- A cap on personal income, or at least extreme taxes on absurdly high incomes. I'm not against higher incomes for hard work, but at some point (say, a hundred times the average), things get disgusting. Someone who makes a hundred dollars a minute, seriously, what's the point?
- Heavily restrict advertising. Advertising binds valuable resources (especially creative humans) that could be of better use for the common good doing productive things, and it helps in selling products nobody really needs, again wasting valuable resources. While it is true that a single company can gain a huge benefit from advertising, this benefit is relative, and if all companies advertise equally, their gains cancel each other out - at the customer's cost, because all that advertising needs to be paid for.
- Disallow media to be profit-oriented companies. Media are an important force in a democracy, and represent maybe more power than the other three forces (executive, judicative, legislative) together at the moment - how can I vote for the right person if the media don't give me a good picture about who the candidates are?

I guess all that makes me a socialist, huh?

I mean absolutely no personal disrespect to you when I say this but: That is the dumbest idea I've ever heard.

I'm sure the $30,000,000 CEOs get at AIG would ensure the best possible people are making the leading decisions. ... Oh, I'm sorry, I just vomited.

Politicians should be living in poverty. Status, prestige, and class should all be removed from the positions. They should live (at best) with the median income of the people they represent. If they want more money, they better raise the median income of their represented class. If they're no longer seen as "Gods among men", the position will no longer have the lure of greedy war-monger fools, and instead that of the volunteer. The people willing to sacrifice of themselves so that they community may benefit.

I think that first, there's a correlation between being a libertarian and being the sort of person who programs computers for fun (technical/creative, the 'hacker' mindset, is somewhat hostile to authority), and there's certainly a correlation between that and hanging out on A.cc or similar.

You're always free to write a check to your country's Treasury, at your heart's content. You can even donate all you have in the interest of paying down the national debt taken out in your and your children's names.

But if what you want is really higher taxes for other people (but of course, not yourself - you're taxed sufficiently as is), then that's a different story.

The problem with that is that it can quickly and without warning turn into malevolent dictatorship, and one malevolent dictator can do much more harm than is worth risking for the benefit of having a stable government beforehand (see Hitler).

As well as Hitler, consider Pol Pot, to me he is much scarier. He tortured and exterminated 1-3 million of his own citizens, taking out aproximately a third of his population.

Hitler actually believed what he was doing was "right" and for the best. He rationalized with propaganda, the ends justify the means. Sadly, the United States Government did the exact same thing in the 50's (which is still why my previous generation hates Russia and Communism as if they were inherently evil)