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1.The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

What direction this is supposed to indicate is clearly beyond my imagination.

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2."From each according to his ability, to each according to his need" is a fundamentally good idea.

Getting kind of uncreative, by simply putting in word for word a central tenant of communisim

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3.The rich are too highly taxed.

This is questionable as it is partly based on where you live. Someone may think the rich are too highly taxed in your country, but in another countries tax system think they get off too light.

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4.The prime function of schooling should be to equip the future generation to find jobs.

Which way this would indicate is dependant on what you think the alternative prime function should be (is it to instill obedience and moral/religious values, or is it to provide person enrichment and encourage creative thinking?)

5.The most important thing for children to learn is to accept discipline.

Again, this ones effect would be dependant on what the alternative most important thing is.

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6.Mothers may have careers, but their first duty is to be homemakers.

If someone disagrees with the first part, rather than the second part it would skew the wrong way.

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7.Astrology accurately explains many things.

Do they disagree with astrology because they reject any sort of spiritual or religous thing, or because it contradicts the teachings of thier particular religion (I've heard people say that astrology is un-christain).

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8.It's fine for society to be open about sex, but these days it's going too far.

Again, what if they disagree with the first part, rather than the second part.

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Overall, the most basic problem is that these labels are just convient things used as certain groups of beliefs tend to overlap, though it is seldom always the case. The only true indicator of a person political belief is the entire set of all distinct beliefs they hold.

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