Your entire political ideology.

Alright, I am making a thread to state our entire political ideologies, at least most of our positions on the issues.

Foundationally, I consider myself to be a conservative with a strong focus on federalism, in that I believe in devolving more power to the states.

I am fiscally conservative. I support having a flat tax for both personal and corporate income, although one that exempts the poor. I favor abolishing inheritance taxes, capital gains taxes and all taxes on investment. I oppose government intervention into the free market in almost all cases except to regulate fraud. I favor free trade and think globalization is a good thing. I support privatization of PBS, NPR, Amtrak, arts funding and other non-essential programs. I support privatization of Social Security. I believe welfare, health care and education are out of the domain of the Federal government and all programs pertaining to this should be run at the state and/or local level. I would theoretically support open borders on immigration, although as long as we have a welfare state I believe we need immigration restrictions to prevent it from becoming a magnet.

My default position on social issues is "let the states decide" because I view them as fundamentally states' rights issues under the Tenth Amendment. I am pro-life, neutral on same sex marriage (although I think it is inevitable), pro-gun rights but also favor mandatory background checks, support legalizing marijuana, oppose capital punishment for practical reasons but not in principle. I think I might be missing a few minor issues but that covers the popular ones.

On foreign policy I am a moderate and for me it is a case by case basis. I supported the invasion of Afghanistan from the start and thought it was a just war. Iraq I was not so sure about, although I am glad Saddam is out of office. I favored international intervention in Syria after chemical weapons were used, and I think the failure to do so will only embolden those who wish to use them in the future. I am a strong supporter of Israel, and I have mentioned on this forum before my view that if the USA completely turned its back on Israel, a second holocaust would be immanent.

Anyway those are my views.

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I'm actually somewhat sympathetic to Georgism in theory, if by "geollib" you mean "geolibertarian." The rest of it sounds like the typical left-libertarian, green/libertarian fare. Either way you represent a very interesting intersection of ideology.

Durin said:

I support having a flat tax for both personal and corporate income, although one that exempts the poor.

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If you support exempting the poor from taxation then you are not supporting a flat tax, you are supporting *gasp* progressive taxation. OMG!!!

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pro-gun rights but also favor mandatory background checks,

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Why do you favor authoritarian extreme leftist mandatory background checks?

That doesn't sound very conservative to me. That's hardcore left-wing.

Grow but keep it together.

That is my ideology.

"We hold these truths to be sacred & undeniable; that all men are created equal & independent, that from that equal creation they derive rights inherent & inalienable, among which are the preservation of life, liberty,& the pursuit of happiness".

I could elaborate more, but unless someone really wants me to, I think that pretty much sums it up.

Durin said:

Alright, I am making a thread to state our entire political ideologies, at least most of our positions on the issues.

Foundationally, I consider myself to be a conservative with a strong focus on federalism, in that I believe in devolving more power to the states.

I am fiscally conservative. I support having a flat tax for both personal and corporate income, although one that exempts the poor. I favor abolishing inheritance taxes, capital gains taxes and all taxes on investment. I oppose government intervention into the free market in almost all cases except to regulate fraud. I favor free trade and think globalization is a good thing. I support privatization of PBS, NPR, Amtrak, arts funding and other non-essential programs. I support privatization of Social Security. I believe welfare, health care and education are out of the domain of the Federal government and all programs pertaining to this should be run at the state and/or local level. I would theoretically support open borders on immigration, although as long as we have a welfare state I believe we need immigration restrictions to prevent it from becoming a magnet.

My default position on social issues is "let the states decide" because I view them as fundamentally states' rights issues under the Tenth Amendment. I am pro-life, neutral on same sex marriage (although I think it is inevitable), pro-gun rights but also favor mandatory background checks, support legalizing marijuana, oppose capital punishment for practical reasons but not in principle. I think I might be missing a few minor issues but that covers the popular ones.

On foreign policy I am a moderate and for me it is a case by case basis. I supported the invasion of Afghanistan from the start and thought it was a just war. Iraq I was not so sure about, although I am glad Saddam is out of office. I favored international intervention in Syria after chemical weapons were used, and I think the failure to do so will only embolden those who wish to use them in the future. I am a strong supporter of Israel, and I have mentioned on this forum before my view that if the USA completely turned its back on Israel, a second holocaust would be immanent.

Anyway those are my views.

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l dont understand why conservative worldview has to have something to do with any economic system or any imperialist invasion of other countries



many cons must be thinking that god approves their worldview ?

Why is this in the religion forum?

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hatred of anime and japanese girls?

tacomancer said:

hatred of anime and japanese girls?

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eco prefers older women

Medusa said:

eco prefers older women

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that don't shave anything from what i understand

he tarzan

she jane!

* The government shouldn't spy on Americans.

* A legal system that doesn't look at the color of a person's skin, their sex, how much money they have, who they know or what their name is when being tried for a crime.

* Marriage is defined as between one man and one woman.

* If Americans so choose, and regardless of medical reason, they should be allowed to smoke or otherwise consume marijuana.

* Americans have an irrevocable right to bear arms.

* Americans have an irrevocable right to speech.

* Americans have an irrevocable right to be safeguarded from the state or police from unwarranted searches or seizures.

* The government should avoid entangling foreign relationships.

* There should be assistance for disadvantaged and disabled Americans.

* The National Guardsmen's sole purpose is to safeguard the United States. Southern States' guardsmen ranks would need additional numbers, for they would be tasked with Israelizing the Mexico-U.S. border.

* The U.S. cannot allow Iran to get nuclear weapons.

* The drone program should be intensified and expanded.

* The U.S. sould do everything it can to stop a rising China.

* The U.S. fought the wrong kind of War in Afghanistan. Military forces should be pulled out immediately. The U.S. should NOT have fought in Iraq, but even if it was necessary, it too was fought wrongly.

* The government should invest in transparency.

* The U.S. natural resources, like fresh water from the Great Lakes, should be protected at all costs.

tacomancer said:

hatred of anime and japanese girls?

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tacomancer said:

that don't shave anything from what i understand

he tarzan

she jane!

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I don't get it. Well, the Tarzan Jane part, sure, but the rest makes no sense.

RGacky3 said:

Why is this in the religion forum?

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Because I accidentally put it there. I hope a mod moves it to general political discussion soon. And in response to Medusa, trying to get the terrorists who attacked you is not "imperialism." Nor is it for the international community to uphold norms against chemical weapons. Nor is it to pledge your support to a nation to prevent a second holocaust.

"Be excellent to each other and party on, dudes."

It's not enough to simply not do evil, we must actively do good. And we ought to enjoy our lives, not spend our time being afraid, angry, and mistrusting each other. We're all in this together, and we do better when we work together.

I am a Marxist; I accept a dialectical view of social change and a materialist conception of history. This world-view, primarily focused on analyzing capitalism and the nature of society, is satisfying as it i) is meticulous in its analysis ii) consistent with the scientific method iii) offers concrete criticisms of capitalism (its inherent contradictions) as opposed to moralizing arguments.

More specifically, I am an orthodox Marxist. Although a seeming matter of semantics, that qualification of Marxism (orthodox) changes the shift and narrative a considerable deal. I reject extensions of Marxism (Marxism-Leninism) and thereby hold very critical views of 'Communist' (capital C) states. Although many of these states have survived in resistance to imperialism (monopoly capitalism) and Western dominance, at best they were bourgeois socialist regimes using the 'state capitalist' mode of production. Another term for this position is 'Left-Leninism'.

I filled in this in-depth 'brochure' of questions specific to the revolutionary left:

Do you support?

A "vanguard" party: I don't believe we are in political situation in which a vanguard party is at all feasible or necessary. Or as Laurie Penny called it, with 'deregulated exploitation comes deregulated resistance'.

The problem with a vanguard party is not so much its usefulness when an actual installed revolutionary government is in place, but rather its uselessness in other situations. When such power-structures are replicated in non-revolutionary situations, they have the tendency to erect sacred cows and stifle critical debate. This presents problems for my outlook on radical politics, which I believe above all else is what Marx called a "ruthless criticism of all that exists".

Participation in parliamentarian bodies: It depends on how oppositional the politician is, and if they have a working-class movement behind them. We have an MP in New Zealand, Hone Harawira, who has shaken my staunch anti-parliamentarianism just due to how he is using his position for highly subversive ends (especially in the context of stifling New Zealand politics).
Working within current trade unions: Trade unions are by-and-large no longer revolutionary organisations, barring a few. This is due to how capitalism has re-organised in the last 40 years and how the trade union leadership are increasingly weak to bourgeois demands.

Che Guevara and "Focoism": I like Che, but no.

Central planning: Central planning is vital to a functioning counter-capitalist economy. But it needs to have democratic oversight, and that includes democratic oversight over the institutional structures that manage democratic oversight.

Terrorism: Terrorism is a subjective bourgeois abstration that they use as a label for anything they don't like. I cannot take a stand on something which doesn't actually exist.

National-liberation movements: Depends.

The peasantry and petit-bourgeoisie: These terms are a lot more vague now than they were when Marx and Lenin originally wrote of such classes. This question is irrelevant.

What, Who, and Where

What is the most important contemporary event in the world today: The financialisation of everything, so that our very livelihoods are hanging on the erratic whims of the ultimate social construct that is the 'market', which is essentially a bunch of made-up numbers. The encroachment of capital into every facet of life to the point that things are only judged as having worth by their instrumental value - i.e. their ability to generate more value for capital. Things that possess intrinsic value, such as the pursuit of knowledge, the worthiness of artistic pursuit, are not seen as worthy. This is detrimental for the development of humanity as a species.

Where would you like to be in history; what historical event would you like to be in: Right here, right now.

What historical characters do you most associate your views to: Marx, Engels, Pierre Bourdieu, Guy Debord, Carl Sagan, David Harvey.

What was the class character of the Soviet Union: A worker's state that degenerated into bureaucracy and a vulgar brand of Marxism, but was nonetheless progressive in certain ways compared to the capitalist West.

Durin said:

Alright, I am making a thread to state our entire political ideologies, at least most of our positions on the issues.

Foundationally, I consider myself to be a conservative with a strong focus on federalism, in that I believe in devolving more power to the states.

I am fiscally conservative. I support having a flat tax for both personal and corporate income, although one that exempts the poor. I favor abolishing inheritance taxes, capital gains taxes and all taxes on investment. I oppose government intervention into the free market in almost all cases except to regulate fraud. I favor free trade and think globalization is a good thing. I support privatization of PBS, NPR, Amtrak, arts funding and other non-essential programs. I support privatization of Social Security. I believe welfare, health care and education are out of the domain of the Federal government and all programs pertaining to this should be run at the state and/or local level. I would theoretically support open borders on immigration, although as long as we have a welfare state I believe we need immigration restrictions to prevent it from becoming a magnet.

My default position on social issues is "let the states decide" because I view them as fundamentally states' rights issues under the Tenth Amendment. I am pro-life, neutral on same sex marriage (although I think it is inevitable), pro-gun rights but also favor mandatory background checks, support legalizing marijuana, oppose capital punishment for practical reasons but not in principle. I think I might be missing a few minor issues but that covers the popular ones.

On foreign policy I am a moderate and for me it is a case by case basis. I supported the invasion of Afghanistan from the start and thought it was a just war. Iraq I was not so sure about, although I am glad Saddam is out of office. I favored international intervention in Syria after chemical weapons were used, and I think the failure to do so will only embolden those who wish to use them in the future. I am a strong supporter of Israel, and I have mentioned on this forum before my view that if the USA completely turned its back on Israel, a second holocaust would be immanent.

Anyway those are my views.

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Paleoconservative.

I support a flat property tax, with exceptions for the Church and other charitable organizations. I support indirect government intervention in the economy, with direct intervention occurring only when necessary to correct violations. I admire the distributist (that's different from distributionist) system. I think that a nation has a right to regulate immigration.

I am pro-life, against gay marriage, and pro-gun rights but for reasonable regulation. I oppose the legalization of recreational marijuana. I oppose capital punishment except in the case of murders committed by terrorists, drug dealers, and the like, who are still capable of ordering murders from prison.

I oppose the invasion of a country because they refuse to extradite someone or because they might have certain types of weapons. I think we made fools out of ourselves in Syria, and am glad that the Russians talked us out of it. I certainly don't support abandonment of any of our allies, but Israel has the same attitude of imperialism with regards to other middle eastern countries that we have with regards to the whole world.