Political Affiliation

[Phoenix]

Capitalism, Socialism, and Communism are all forms of Economy, not Government/Politics. Of course, governments have forms of Economy, but Economy is not a Politic. But for the sake of arguing semantics: ...

I like the idea of a Resource-Based Economy a la The Venus Project. If I had to go with one of the above, it'd be something between Socialism and Communism.

As for Politics, I'm more Democratic (in the sense that I believe the people should be ruled by the people rather than individuals or parties representing or disregarding groups of people (a Republic)). What that represents in America's society is of little concern to me. The basic idea of Democracy is what I lean toward regardless of the fact that it's difficult to upkeep with such a large population. (Currently we're in a weird state that incorporates both Democracy and a Republic, and performs neither very efficiently or accurately. I could go further and say we're closer to an Oligarchy (being corporations) than anything else.)

[mdk]

Conservative, which, if you're in the states, probably doesn't mean what you think it means. I'm not quite 'libertarian' because I do actually want some government structures over my head, but the government should be drastically cut down from its current form. Ultimately that means I vote Republican, which is a poor fit, but it fights the statists on the left, so I stick with it.

Economically I'm all supply-side and capitalist, so again, must vote against the democrats and their filthy union cronies, or the whole country's gonna look like Detroit.

Socially, I resent the word 'progressive,' because most people who label themselves that turn out to be jerks, but ... I'd call myself 'enlightened.' Marriage equality and racial equality and women's rights and blah blah blah, I'm down with all that. Put simply, 'In every case, freedom.'

Internationally I sorta look like a hawk.... if I advocate a bigger stronger and more aggressive military posture, it's only because doing so prevents war. Hegemony is good for the globe, and they can call us imperialists or whatever, but I don't feel like one. Nations should look out for themselves, benevolently if possible, but Numero Uno is Numero Uno.