I lean hard centrist.
this post was submitted on 28 Jun 2023
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I am libertarian.
Less government. Less rules. Less restrictions.
I don't give a rats ass if you want to smoke pot, get abortions. etc. I support individual rights and freedoms.
I appreciate your point of view, where you didn't do the common thing of strawmanning the left, especially on gun rights, in an effort to put yourself "in the middle".
I believe in all those things you do (for a certain definition of "less government"), as well as gun ownership, but I consider myself a Marxist. There's something really admirable about "old-school libertarians".
I think things like Right to Repair and Net Neutrality are the line between Libertarians who are good at heart, and the nut jobs. To an Anarcho-Capitalist, a company has the right to license their products under whatever conditions they want; an ISP can give preferential bandwidth to big companies. But a real Libertarian believes that not even companies and contracts can limit a person's freedoms.
Somewhere between Libertarian and Ancap. Still waiting for r/libertarianmeme to join Lemmy. But unfortunately, a lot of libertarians on Reddit seem to think that Reddit has the right to charge for the API. While I think this is true, I still think this makes the platform significantly worse.
Working class, independent, American nationalist.
The government should be working for the people, not for corporations. Sadly both parties would rather continue shipping out manufacturing jobs while pretending a few chip factories are a major victory for the working class.
It's crazy how we spend billions on relief for people in poor countries, but when it comes to helping the American citizen we either "can't afford it" or are supposed to go on welfare, as if that's something desirable.
I'm a trans woman and the stuff that affects my life the most deal with are affording food, shelter, healthcare and bills. I'm going to guess that's the same for the majority of Americans.
I think the "billions on relief in poor countries while we can't afford helping Americans at home" bit is a false dichotomy. The money spent on other countries isn't to help their people, it's to curry favor with foreign governments and advance American empire.
Really, the people who are stealing our rightful wealth are not poor people in other countries (or "welfare queens" at home) but the rich and powerful who aren't paying their fair share.
It's not a dichotomy, it's just an observation of fact. We give corporations so many breaks and benefits, help feed billions across the globe, but can't seem to focus on giving people worthwhile jobs that they can thrive on. There's no reason it must be this way.
We clearly do not disagree on where the problem lies.
I just don't think framing the issue as "Us, the first-world middle class vs. Them, impoverished third-worlders" is a helpful one. We are both victims of Imperialism. Nationalism can be important for these third-world countries but I think it's counterproductive in America as it exists.
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Greetings to all my comrades
Marxist-Leninist. I'm a believer in Socialist philosophy and the Marxist Material Dialectic, as explained by Marx, Engles, Lenin, Stalin, and Mao.
While I am not a believer in Dengism, I believe that the Communist Party of China is ideologically Marxist and has made great strides in building China's productive forces and improving the lives of the Chinese people.
China is a large country, with many Chinese.
I oppose Western Imperialism and offer critical support to non-Socialist countries that oppose it.
For what it's worth, I also believe in racial and gender equality and gay/trans rights, but these battles are secondary to the class war.
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Left wing on social issues and economic issues but right wing humor and ideals.