Anarchism is the ultimate goal of communism, complete lack of government or state interference and local peer-based grassroot democracy.TMAN10112 said:
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I'm liberal on everything except economic issues. I'm for the destruction of welfare. So I guess I'm a libertarian. Yeah, that'll do.
Its just like Mtn dew. If they say it's extreme, some people will just take their word for it.goodman528 said:
like i said putting a label on yourself is just setting yourself up to be labeled retarded, for allowing to be labeledAsymptote Angel said:
this is probably the only place i can speak so freely about these topics now, seeing how i now live in Texas, thank nerds for internet because without this i would be shot
Same here. Though if you really wanted to fit my views into a box, I'd be a left-wing socialist some non-interventionist right (pre-Teddy Roosevelt) tendencies. Really though, being committed to a specific political ideology is counter-productive, because there is always a best way to do something. And you should always be willing to "sellout" on your politics if the situation warrants for a process or action that, while uncustomary for your side, is the optimal. In other words, flip-flop, conforming to what's most logical at that point in time.L.B. Jeffries said:
Examples:
-Do you really someone like Jimmy Carter or a traditional anti-war Democrat would've united the North and South (and Lincoln is already far from what we'd call a Republican nowadays).
-Tell me with a straight face that somebody like McKinley or Grover Cleveland (non-interventionist right) could've recovered the nation's economic depression and charged forth to engage the Third Reich and the Japanese Empire?
-Both Clinton and Reagen's economic approaches solved different problems, but their relative non-aggressive military campaigns were both admirable.
As you can see, different situations call for different forms of initiative. I hate how today your politics define you rather than the other way around. Absolutist allegiance to one ideology without taking all options in consideration is going to have consequences.
P.S. I'm talking about just American politics here. It would take too much time to go over foreign countries.
I prefer to think of it as an identification. When people hear the word, they immediately know my views on most issues.Berndawg69 said:
And I'm not labeling myself, that's what society has labeled me. I could care less what society thinks of my views, but that word happens to describe them.
I have mad political apathy. I used to try to care a while ago, but eventually I just kinda gave it up. Politics kinda sucks, actually.
A person's political leaning is better expressed as a function of x and y, not just of x.
http://www.politicalcompass.org/analysis2
See here for an explanation.
When I take the quiz on that site I end up being slightly left and below center.
http://www.politicalcompass.org/analysis2
See here for an explanation.
When I take the quiz on that site I end up being slightly left and below center.
I would say I am a socialist and I do also admire the ideals of Communism, which I would like to add, has never actually been implemented.
Gah there needs to be a libertarian option. Till then no vote!
Because communism requires everyone to think/act the same or work towards an identical end, it can only be brought about by everyone thinking the same(not gonna happen) or a all powerful idealist perfect government.(also not gonna happen) I don't admire communism in the least I feel it robs individuality, rather making everyone a singular collective entity. At least thats how I perceive itBooze Zombie said:
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ok, but can you say that you epitomize every trait and view that comes with the label, most of the time no one can, so don't call yourself by any other name then whats on your birth certificate, if society labels you it doesn't mean you have to as well