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Post by WaterWizard on Dec 27, 2010 14:20:26 GMT -8
Since we have members from several different nations, I'm sure we'll have some diverse results. A brief explanation of your vote/placement is encouraged! ~ I picked #2, which means I'm in favor of limited government. In my opinion, the less the government interferes with the private sector, the better. When picking a candidate, I vote according to economics first, as I believe economic policy is far more important (if we go bankrupt, "social" problems will be the least of our concern). If there are two candidates with identical economic policy (conservative, laissez-faire), I'll pick the one who's more socially liberal.  |
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Post by posthuman on Dec 27, 2010 18:21:32 GMT -8
I don't agree with everything associated with the "economically liberal" label (social security), but I am strongly in favor of the regulation of corporations. All companies have one main purpose: to make a profit. The government's purpose is, hopefully, geared towards the people of the country, and so they should be able to keep corporations in line. Because of companies' pursuit of money, they don't always make decisions that are good for customers, or are even moral. There are countless examples, but here's a recent one. I'm also obviously against lobbying. I'm socially liberal as well. The government has no right to restrict me from living my life other than preventing me from violating the (natural) rights of others. Honestly, I don't like the entire political two-party system... |
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Post by Isa on Mar 25, 2011 16:08:56 GMT -8
I welcome you to the political world of Sweden. We have eight different parties in our Parliament, and I'm a member of the Green Party. It's a green, liberal (there's no real conservative parties in Sweden, thankfully) party on the left side of the political spectra. I also sympathize slightly with the Social Democrats of Sweden. Generally speaking, I'm in favour of a quite strong government, but I'm also quite social liberal. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Party_(Sweden) |
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Post by Vaerris on Apr 4, 2011 19:17:49 GMT -8
I consider myself fiscally conservative and socially moderate, depending on the issue. I'm an American living in the People's Republic of Madison (Wisconsin). The politician I'm most aligned with is probably representative Paul Ryan (R) from WI. I'm relatively far-right in beliefs.
It's great to get perspectives from different places. I think different systems can be viable, and a lot of social democracies are successful.
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Post by posthuman on Apr 4, 2011 21:48:25 GMT -8
I've changed my views a bit since this.
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Post by Vaerris on Apr 4, 2011 23:15:39 GMT -8
How would you describe yourself now? And what changed in the last few months?
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Post by posthuman on Apr 5, 2011 13:34:00 GMT -8
Well... I've sort of moved outside of the liberal/conservative thing. I've really gotten into moral philosophy, so after I explore that more I'll start applying it to politics. I guess basically I think the guaranteed path to living a good life is being a good/moral person, and so the government should operate on a system that promotes that with its citizens above everything else. So I support stuff like total education reform and prison reform.
On the dichotomy of liberal vs. conservative, I'd still likely be considered more liberal, but I definitely don't support all the typical liberal stuff.
My interest in ethics was sparked by a few conversations with people last semester and over the winter break.
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Post by Vaerris on Apr 5, 2011 14:38:36 GMT -8
That's interesting. What do you think would be an effective system of government for promoting morality, and on what basis can the government determine morality? Also what type of educational reform would you support?
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Post by WaterWizard on Apr 5, 2011 14:50:57 GMT -8
My interest in ethics was sparked by a few conversations with people last semester and over the winter break.  |
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Post by posthuman on Apr 5, 2011 16:27:49 GMT -8
That's interesting. What do you think would be an effective system of government for promoting morality, and on what basis can the government determine morality? Also what type of educational reform would you support? Well, like I said, I'm not fully there yet. I haven't figured out a full ethical system and I definitely haven't applied it all to politics yet... but you can read about my general view of ethics in this thread: www.rby2k10.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=prwee&action=display&thread=464Yes WW, you're in there. |
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Post by posthuman on Aug 3, 2011 10:28:11 GMT -8
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Post by mughin on Aug 3, 2011 14:05:49 GMT -8
i like to consider myself as an anarchist that simpatizes with marxism-leninism
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Post by Destiny Warrior on Aug 11, 2011 7:42:41 GMT -8
There isn't really much of a difference between the parties in India; the policies are nearly identical, with the only main clash points being how they treat religion. The Congress is minority-oriented, while the BJP is more oriented towards the majority(Hindus).
I sympathize with the BJP, not because of their religion policy, but because their the last government that got anything useful done without using work done by other parties. The Congress is on a second term right now, and it hasn't done very much that's actually good this term. THe first term had it working on a base built by the BJP, but in the second, it pretty muched ****ed everything up, with a huge scam being exposted to boot.
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Post by garrinred on Aug 11, 2011 13:20:29 GMT -8
I don't agree with everything associated with the "economically liberal" label (social security), but I am strongly in favor of the regulation of corporations. All companies have one main purpose: to make a profit. The government's purpose is, hopefully, geared towards the people of the country, and so they should be able to keep corporations in line. Because of companies' pursuit of money, they don't always make decisions that are good for customers, or are even moral. There are countless examples, but here's a recent one. I'm also obviously against lobbying. I'm socially liberal as well. The government has no right to restrict me from living my life other than preventing me from violating the (natural) rights of others. Honestly, I don't like the entire political two-party system... This. |
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