Political Ideology


SteveFranck's avatar
So deviantart, what political ideologies do we have floating about out there? Are you left, right, a bit of both? Are you active in your political community? If so, how?

Personally, I find myself leaning slightly to the left in matters of social care and welfare, but to the right about who should get it and when. Being a European, I'm starting to see trends in the major cities, and talking to people living there, it's obvious that there is an issue regarding welfare and other social services. Some people contribute nothing to society, yet hold out their hand for government money, which I think is wrong, or rather, unsustainable.

Anyhow, I ramble. What are you lovely people?
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SlashInTheCDSP's avatar
Socialist/Pro-Athiest/Centrist.

Kill all the believers.
ToshaDaydreamer's avatar
I hope you realise "right" and "left" mean whole different things in different countries. The biggest right wing party in The Netherland is considered left by American standards. Democrats (who are supposed to be the left party in the USA), are a right-winged party by our standards.

Anyhow, I most often vote for a left-winged party, but I call myself a social liberal. I am active for the Pirate Party in election time for their views on privacy and information sharing, but not between elections.
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mgonzales041090's avatar
Communist! >:D

I HATE FREEDOM!
SteveFranck's avatar
Okay, so thats what you aren't, so what are you?
SpaniardWithKnives's avatar
Ok. Conservative, but not in all aspects like healthcare or abortion. Those two fields are more complex to position myself in one or other side of the fence.

As somebody that has lived in two socialist countries that now are in deep shit, I can not support that ideology. No matter what others told me about the wonderful effects of socialism. In fact, I radicalize more if pressured and to piss off certain individuals
SteveFranck's avatar
I live in Norway at the moment, and while I think the socialist system works, I believe that there is a lot of room for improvement.

In essence, I agree with the first part of your post.
SpaniardWithKnives's avatar
In Venezuela and Spain is a disaster (more disastrous in the former one), with the companies, (the ones that help to maintain a country with their taxes) leaving the ship. I do not say it is impossible to make it work, but the socialist system allows the lazy workers to get away with their laziness. Apparently Nordic countries have a more civilized population. I do not know why, but they seem to care about the country more (cleaner cities for example) and their public system work, but again, less people, less problems.

Not to mention that in my country an state worker can not get fired, not matter what he or she does, so the abuses are common
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puddelbal's avatar
Pro-market democratic socialist. Social anarchist.
hopeira9's avatar
I've been called Libertarian before :P but i consider myself more a traditionalist conservative.
SteveFranck's avatar
Bullet-Magnet's avatar
I'm in favour of an autocratic anarchy that I run.
Cosmic--Chaos's avatar
Dr. Horrible, is that you?
HtimsNayr's avatar
I am vaguely left-libertarian. I advocate a form of decentralized market socialism, political reforms that would allow for better representation of the desires of the citizenry, and complete social equality (regardless of race, sex, religious views, etc).

I would consider myself a "democratic socialist," but I'm sympathetic to a variety of left or center-libertarian forms ranging from social democracy in the manner of the Scandinavian states, to the anarcho-communism of Kropotkin.
HtimsNayr's avatar
Heh. Didn't take me for the type?

If you don't mind my asking, what are your ideals, Joey?
TBSchemer's avatar
I'm a Libertarian.

Why do you believe that the violent force of government is the only mechanism that can offer a safety net? Have you heard of insurance?
RestInMotion's avatar
Somewhere a little left of libertarian on this one specific ideology map that I've found and really like. I'll try and post it when I have more time to look.
Sheepy94's avatar
I'm waiting for someone to come in here saying very dogmatically: "I'm a right libertarian, laissez-faire capitalist who believes in liberty and traditional values against taxes and welfare" which is really nothing more than a fancy way of saying "I am both a racist and a misogynist, and I don't want to contribute to society".

Thank goodness I am a human being and don't subject myself to such nonsense. Speaking of which, if I told you right now that I was a socialist, I would have to respond to countless of never ending posts of some raving lunatic who would equate me to the devil as he likes to pretend that he knows what 'socialism' is because the white men in suits on TV told him that "it's bad". About every argument I've ever heard against me is either a cold war era strawman and a flat out transmisogynist insult. It gets really tiring trying to beat logic into someone who thinks 'logic' is something you buy, along with the false sense of 'liberty' or 'security'.

Really, I'm just glad that the Ron Paul Fanclub is as small as it is, giving that it's crumbling prestige has left it to nothing more than a internet meme on tumblr, while actual oppressed people are still fighting their good fights and all without having to ever read Atlas Shrugged. Thank God.
Unvalanced's avatar
So... you equate right libertarianism with racism, misogynism, and parasitic behavior...

Ok...

And then you go on to complain about people equating you with the devil...

Notice a parallel there, maybe?