Poll: YOUR political affiliation!
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I'm a left libertarian and I'm pretty liberal.
I'm leaning towards Democratic Socialism, and I don't like either major part in the USA.
I'd like to see:
Legalization of drugs and an end to the War on Drugs.
Single payer healthcare.
Gay marriage is either recognized by the government or marriage is deregulated entirely.
An end to corporate personhood, Corporations are made of people and they already have rights.
More secure borders and an end to the Iraq War, I'm on the fence about Afghanistan.
No more Patriot Act, NCLB, no more Guantanamo or similar facilities, no more torture.
End free speech zones, and the need for a public permit to protest.
I support gun ownership
I'm not sure why we need affirmative action, or all black facilities like African American colleges.
Woman's right to an abortion.
Evolution shouldn't even be considered controversial, teach it.
Net neutrality dammit, I will not let the internet become a series of toll road like fees from ISPs.
Here's my view on politics and the two major parties in my country:
*Liberalism: a group of political and economic philosophies that generally support social equality and a moderately regulated economy. Liberals tend to not like government interference in people's personal lives, but favour a small degree of regulation in the free market to prevent potential abuses of the free-market system. Liberals also tend to support social programs to help the poor and encourage social equality.
*Conservatism: traditionally, conservatives have had similar aims as liberals, they just had a different idea of how to get there. Conservatives usually support a less regulated market economy than liberals, but still agree that at least some basic regulation is necessary to maintain a working economy. On social issues, conservatives tend to be either unconcerned with social issues, seeing them as beyond the scope of what government should be involved with, or they favour more traditional social mores and oppose radical social change.
*Socialism: a group of economic and political philosophies that support both social and economic equality and democracy. The central tenant of socialism is that the means of producing wealth in a society should, in some way or another, be collectively managed or owned. Socialist differ greatly in opinion on how exactly this should be done, with some calling for government ownership of at least some, if not all, of the means of production, with others supporting worker's ownership through co-ops or worker's councils. Many socialists do not completely reject a market economy, but only wish to heavily regulate it as to prevent abuses and encourage economic equality. Socialist generally support social programs to help the poor, but these programs are not in of themselves socialist as they aren't related to collective management of the economy.
*Libertarianism: libertarians generally support the idea of a very non-interventionist state. Libertarians opposes all but the most basic of economic regulation and believe that government should not interfere in people's personal lives. They also oppose most social programs as well.
*Anarchism: anarchists go farther than libertarians and reject any and all forms of government. Anarchist typically want to have society re-organized into a series of self-managing collectives without the existence of a state.
*Communism: a cousin of socialism that seeks to creation of a classless society with total economic equality. Marxism is the most common version of communism and inspired many of the so-called communist states around the world. It is debatable as to whether or not those states can really be called communist as they often differ greatly from what Karl Marx described. Communist governments tend to be highly authoritarian and repressive with high levels of government control of both the economy and social life.
*Fascism: a highly authoritarian political philosophy that supports extreme nationalism, state control of society and the economy, and militarism. Fascist governments are highly repressive and often attempt to foster a cult of personality around the leader.
*Democrats: a conservative American political party that pretends to be, and sometimes accidently is, liberal.
*Republican: a quasi-fascist American political party that pretends to be, and once was, conservative.
Edit:I tend to sympathize with anarchists, especially anarcho-socialists, I'm just too cynical, and I don't believe it would work out.
I'm leaning towards Democratic Socialism, and I don't like either major part in the USA.
I'd like to see:
Legalization of drugs and an end to the War on Drugs.
Single payer healthcare.
Gay marriage is either recognized by the government or marriage is deregulated entirely.
An end to corporate personhood, Corporations are made of people and they already have rights.
More secure borders and an end to the Iraq War, I'm on the fence about Afghanistan.
No more Patriot Act, NCLB, no more Guantanamo or similar facilities, no more torture.
End free speech zones, and the need for a public permit to protest.
I support gun ownership
I'm not sure why we need affirmative action, or all black facilities like African American colleges.
Woman's right to an abortion.
Evolution shouldn't even be considered controversial, teach it.
Net neutrality dammit, I will not let the internet become a series of toll road like fees from ISPs.
Here's my view on politics and the two major parties in my country:
*Liberalism: a group of political and economic philosophies that generally support social equality and a moderately regulated economy. Liberals tend to not like government interference in people's personal lives, but favour a small degree of regulation in the free market to prevent potential abuses of the free-market system. Liberals also tend to support social programs to help the poor and encourage social equality.
*Conservatism: traditionally, conservatives have had similar aims as liberals, they just had a different idea of how to get there. Conservatives usually support a less regulated market economy than liberals, but still agree that at least some basic regulation is necessary to maintain a working economy. On social issues, conservatives tend to be either unconcerned with social issues, seeing them as beyond the scope of what government should be involved with, or they favour more traditional social mores and oppose radical social change.
*Socialism: a group of economic and political philosophies that support both social and economic equality and democracy. The central tenant of socialism is that the means of producing wealth in a society should, in some way or another, be collectively managed or owned. Socialist differ greatly in opinion on how exactly this should be done, with some calling for government ownership of at least some, if not all, of the means of production, with others supporting worker's ownership through co-ops or worker's councils. Many socialists do not completely reject a market economy, but only wish to heavily regulate it as to prevent abuses and encourage economic equality. Socialist generally support social programs to help the poor, but these programs are not in of themselves socialist as they aren't related to collective management of the economy.
*Libertarianism: libertarians generally support the idea of a very non-interventionist state. Libertarians opposes all but the most basic of economic regulation and believe that government should not interfere in people's personal lives. They also oppose most social programs as well.
*Anarchism: anarchists go farther than libertarians and reject any and all forms of government. Anarchist typically want to have society re-organized into a series of self-managing collectives without the existence of a state.
*Communism: a cousin of socialism that seeks to creation of a classless society with total economic equality. Marxism is the most common version of communism and inspired many of the so-called communist states around the world. It is debatable as to whether or not those states can really be called communist as they often differ greatly from what Karl Marx described. Communist governments tend to be highly authoritarian and repressive with high levels of government control of both the economy and social life.
*Fascism: a highly authoritarian political philosophy that supports extreme nationalism, state control of society and the economy, and militarism. Fascist governments are highly repressive and often attempt to foster a cult of personality around the leader.
*Democrats: a conservative American political party that pretends to be, and sometimes accidently is, liberal.
*Republican: a quasi-fascist American political party that pretends to be, and once was, conservative.
Edit:I tend to sympathize with anarchists, especially anarcho-socialists, I'm just too cynical, and I don't believe it would work out.
I honestly think all this bureaucracy has done nothing but hold back the progress of the human race. I would happily surrender my will to some form of hive mind collective for a greater cause. Though since that probably wont be happening anytime soon I'll just have to hope for a totalitarian regime with a sensible head of state.
I remember earlier today (in a game) someone brought up a similar question, one of moral alignment. She had noticed that I was being attacked about twice as much as she was, and wondered why. While in truth, it likely had to do with my low Intuition/Seeking skills, I explained it had to do with my alignment, Holy.
The Holy alignment is closest described as neutral-good, only not so much. Simply put, it's like this; being on one side or the other doesn't mean you're on the right side, just that you're on a side, likely the wrong one. So we don't take sides. People like me live by our own rules, rules that include charity, integrity, and self-sacrifice.
But it's not as simple as that, either. The crux of the Holy alignment is doing the right thing because it's the right thing to do; you're doing something because it is right, not because you think it's right.
But I prattle on. In simplest terms, I edge more on the democrat/liberal side of things, but only because they seem not to be as self-interested as republicans/conservatives.
Apologies for ranting.
The Holy alignment is closest described as neutral-good, only not so much. Simply put, it's like this; being on one side or the other doesn't mean you're on the right side, just that you're on a side, likely the wrong one. So we don't take sides. People like me live by our own rules, rules that include charity, integrity, and self-sacrifice.
But it's not as simple as that, either. The crux of the Holy alignment is doing the right thing because it's the right thing to do; you're doing something because it is right, not because you think it's right.
But I prattle on. In simplest terms, I edge more on the democrat/liberal side of things, but only because they seem not to be as self-interested as republicans/conservatives.
Apologies for ranting.
Democratic Technocracy.
Highly Liberal social views, belief in care for the poor and needy. Focused on medium regulation of free market, no more than necessary to protect consumers, workers, and general business from corruption and unfair business, which basically means stopping cons and ensuring rights.
I'd also like to see more direct democracy (on certain issues) and proportional representation.
Highly Liberal social views, belief in care for the poor and needy. Focused on medium regulation of free market, no more than necessary to protect consumers, workers, and general business from corruption and unfair business, which basically means stopping cons and ensuring rights.
I'd also like to see more direct democracy (on certain issues) and proportional representation.
Objectivist. I haven't read one thing that I disagree with Ayn Rand on, I'm definetley not conservative though I'd vote Democrat (If I could vote) I take Objectivism as my basic set of principles but not as %100 truth for every subject.
The same can be said for 'True Capitalism' Which is why we must find the middle ground.Downfall89 said:
According to politicalcompass.com, I'm a liberal lefty, although I was playing about on that with some question I must admit.
I consider myself a democratic socialist, and a liberal one at that, although I've being checking out some of the current (British) party policies, as well as reading up on Communism, so I may well find myself swinging towards somewhere else sooner or later.
I consider myself a democratic socialist, and a liberal one at that, although I've being checking out some of the current (British) party policies, as well as reading up on Communism, so I may well find myself swinging towards somewhere else sooner or later.
Actually, fundamentalist Marxists (I'll include Marxist-Leninists) are freaking everywhere. They make up a very large portion of those who ascribe to communism.harhol said:
Fascist. Gahahaha
I myself don't like to choose. I let the group prove themselves to me before I start voting thusway or that.
I myself don't like to choose. I let the group prove themselves to me before I start voting thusway or that.
As every one of my posts on every politically related thread will probably show, I'm pretty damn liberal.