I would describe my self, politically speaking in the US, mystified. The political system, here in the US, is almost entirely doomed. It is supposed to be a representative democracy that reflects the will of the populace.
An example of how corrupt the US political system is can be found within Citizens United.
There are, roughly, 400 people that control everything on Earth with their enormous wealth and power. They are diseased dragons lying on mountains of gold as J. R. R. Tolkien described them in his fictional (yet metaphorical) novels.
The two parties in question have no interest in diluting power, so they won’t let that happen. Eventually this nation will strangle itself to death, which is great because then everyone else can look at us as an object lesson of what not to do.
@dax Oh, I’m pretty sure they already did if they cared so far. Those states/governments that didn’t have already employed similar dark patterns in order to ensure the stability of their grip on power.
Here in Romania, we have an abysmally high number of signatures that need to be gathered in order for someone to run on elections (that no independent can fully gather without support from the parties) and local elections in one round no matter what (the presidential ones are still in two rounds). Until a few years ago, even creating a new party would require at least 25.000 members from a certain number of counties. There was a scandal around 2015 or something and the number was dropped to 3 members.
How is the US supposed to satisfy everyone’s political choices when there are literally only two parties making it to the legislative…
I believe that you’ve missed my point or didn’t think through my original comment. There are, roughly, 400 people that control everything on Earth. Two-party and/or multiparty arguments are moot.
@admin sorry, I get it now. It was late night here FWIW 😁
This report from Oxfam Novib shows a similar view. As a citizen from the EU I’m therefore torn between two choices. Either go the Taoist way, cut myself loose from society and remain on the side line. Or rather radicalize and take part in nonviolent but hugely annoying action to try to change the course of events.
You may want to fix that link.
Done. Thx.
European “Centrist” Social-Democratic.
Multi-party parliamentary democracy. Free market for labor and goods. Progressive taxation. Slightly favorable treatment for investors and business etc. Universal healthcare and a social safety net. It’s still not perfect but everything else seems to be worse.
A Berniecrat who yearns for social democracy. Why? Because there is too much suffering and not enough empathy.
Anarchist. I believe that people should rule themselves by the means they see fit. For large scale government I’m a fan of social support. Tax more and even out wealth disparities please
angry, if I’m honest.
Some type of socialist, still not sure what though, but could be anarcho-communist because I hate capitalism, imperialism, and strict hierarchy (fascism). I was a conservative libertarian in the past, and that experience informed me that there is no solution to overthrowing capitalism/fascism that doesn’t involve some type of armed struggle. The ruling class will use violence against any movement that tries to tear it down and should be met with an opposing force equal in its willingness to use force.
@alyaza just like @anji (I can’t get his comment to federate here so I can reply to it) said, I do feel like I’m more into social-democracy (as I do agree with most of the policies this implies). However the Social-Democrats around here have deep ties to the former Communist Party and are also populist as hell, not to mention deeply corrupt (so deep that they do not even care about international bodies recommendations, like the Venice Comission, when it’s about judicial reforms - in 2017 they kinda tried what Benjamin Netanyahu did in Israel this year). So I cannot support them here. As such, my natural choices would be for one tent party that is increasingly going neo-liberal called USR and one that is slightly more to the left called REPER.
I am also quite pan-europeanist, as I believe that a united Europe can better face a resurgent China, while potentially being a democratic counterweight to the US internationally. Lastly, I am quite an unionist - meaning I am in favour of a peaceful unification between Romania and the Republic of Moldova (whenever conditions will be more favorable).
