We're in an Anarcho-Syndicalist Commune...

Grail fans will know the reference, others can read the script though admittedly it's a poor substitute for the real thing.

The reason I'm thinking about such things is that I've recently been made aware of a website called PoliticalCompass.org. I think it's an example of what the web can do very, very well. Their premise is that traditional distinctions between political left and political right are not sufficient. A second dimension is proposed, a social issues continuum that ranges from authoritarian to anarchic. You take a quick survey test and they have an algorithm that places you somewhere on the four-quadrant grid that represents the intersection of left-right (economic) scale and the authoritarian-anarchic (social) scale. You can compare yourself with famous people, too. And that's always fun.

If you're wondering where I stand, well I'm not going to tell you.

Okay, I'll tell you. I'm well to the left of the the economic scale and moderately anti-authority on the social scale. That makes me an Anarcho-Syndicalist, along with folks like Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama, and Ghandi, the only difference being that these people live boldy according to their principles and create change whereas I mostly sit in my cube and surf the web.

Go try it and tell me where you come out!