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Serious Where do you fall on the political spectrum?

professor plum

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    Where do you fall - somewhere on the scale of far right to far left?
    Do you consider yourself a Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Conservative, Liberal, etc.?
    Have you always had the same ideology, or is it something you've adopted over time?
     
    I'm considerably left, unlike any of the descriptions mentioned there. Democrats and liberals are about as left as my right foot, lol. I'm left from a global perspective - though given the rise of the far right as neoliberalism collapses on itself, maybe that global Overton window is shifting further right. I'm not so good on ideology yet, but I believe in a powerful centralised government that upholds worker power, the backbone of any country, and is not afraid to deal with the notion of mass consolidation being a crippling disease of the contemporary era, and that the apparent efficiency of corporations is a lie that sells a cotton candy dream of exploitation, given that said efficiency comes at the cost we should not be paying. Stuff like that. I'm a dyed in the wool fan of worker rights and bemoan the crushing of union power in the last 40 years. My social stances are what you'd expect, it's a bit difficult to name them without being prompted to, though. It's hard to describe my exact economic stances given that I don't yet espouse an ideology by name, but as I learn more and observe the massive inequality around me, the more I feel comfortable with calling myself a socialist and not simply a social democrat. Automation is not only coming, it is going to change the very idea of work. And we should adjust ourselves to that before it ruins us.
     
    Libertarian leaning here I think. Alot of what Government does, particularly Federal, needs to be discharged back to the States, if not outright eliminated altogether. Government has gotten way too large.
     
    I've voted Republican for as long as I can remember. I'm mostly a Core Conservative, but can consider myself a mix of Conservative and Moderate on a handful of issues. The Constitution to me should be followed, and history be studied closely to avoid past mistakes.
     
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    I have no idea. Before every election, I have to re-educate myself and pick the least annoying option to vote for because in my day-to-day life I don't care about these things.

    Oh god, soon it's the EU elections...
     
    I'm a socialist, but socially speaking I'm a fairly liberal person.

    I started off centre-left but as time went on I drifted further to the left.
     
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    I'm to the left, however, as far as USA politics, I reevaluate the candidates each time.
    I don't necessarily say "ew a republican" if I feel like they'd be good for the country. Though often, as it turns out I tend to side with liberals and democrats. Though, politics over here have become a circus and a popularity contest. Who can get the most attention in gatherings, and who has the most twitter followers. Like they care about winning and not about all of the people in country. They just wanna shape it to their will. It's all so fucking stupid. Like, lead your country, care about it's people - all of it's people. Regardless of race, or social standing, or sexuality. I don't know what that makes me, but I side with whomever usually has (or claims to have) those viewpoints.

    I'm not too sure where I stand globally either? I just impossibly wish all the countries could exist without caring so much about politics, and fighting over it.
    It makes us lose sight of other things.
     
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    I'm very liberal by US standards. I am a strong feminist, very pro-LGBT rights, pro separation of church and state/freedom of religion, pro public education, pro science, etc. Those are the issues that drive me the most, and especially with me being a woman, part of the LGBT community, and non-Christian, I could never in good conscience even remotely associate myself with the right. Even though I'm white, I was also raised to despise racism to the core, and I'm very glad.
     
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    I'm a centrist. I fully support the LGBT community and I consider myself an environmentalist. I also believe in strong social welfare, education, and health care systems. Although, I believe strongly in freedom of speech and I detest censorship. Furthermore I do not believe in equality but much prefer equity.

    I used to be incredibly left-leaning, although I realized that I didn't really agree with certain left policies and I find that there are discrepancies and double standards within certain liberal ideologies and therefore I would not self identify as a Liberal.
     
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    Nowhere. I listened to people from different areas of the spectrum, but I was never satisfied with their ideologies. Half-truths infected with ideology and the inability to actually refute arguments of other ideologies has only made me realize one thing: the truth is neither black nor white, it's somewhere in the middle and nobody is willing to look for it not even those who consider themselves centralists.

    Therefor I'm busy creating my own ideology. It's not right, it's not left, it's not center, it just is. Everyone else can continue kindergarden fighting over their plebean problems. I'll keep looking for my enlightenment.
     
    Very much a Liberal. I feel Republicans have become a greedy, selfish band of ignorant bigots. And I fail to see why they consider socialism a bad thing.
     
    Solidly liberal, but I have trouble identifying myself as far left. In some ways, I feel like I understand the perspective that the best way to govern is through sensible compromise. Emphasis on sensible because I feel like if both sides were to have good (emphasis on this, as well) ideas and come up with bipartisan legislation, that it'd be more healthier for the country as a whole rather than having a pissing match between one side steamrolling another.

    It's unfortunate the direction the Republican party has gone in, though. The GOP by and large doesn't prioritize climate change, doesn't want to hold a discussion on gun rights, and a lot of them are anti-abortion. It's because of this that I feel like for us to progress and finally move forward, the Democrats would have to retake the Senate as well as the Presidency.
     
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    Nowhere. I listened to people from different areas of the spectrum, but I was never satisfied with their ideologies. Half-truths infected with ideology and the inability to actually refute arguments of other ideologies has only made me realize one thing: the truth is neither black nor white, it's somewhere in the middle and nobody is willing to look for it not even those who consider themselves centralists.

    Therefor I'm busy creating my own ideology. It's not right, it's not left, it's not center, it just is. Everyone else can continue kindergarden fighting over their plebean problems. I'll keep looking for my enlightenment.
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    Ironically, this statement plants you firmly in the centre.
     
    Left globally
    I prefer not to argue about politics to others though because most people won't change their ways.
     
    Growing up I used to be extremely left and I think generally younger people tend to be and I understand why. As I've gotten older I'd say I'm in the middle or slightly towards the right.
     
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