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Many of these questions are answered in the book "The Age of Reason" by Thomas Paine. I think everyone here would benefit if they read it

In today's world it would likely mean companies like Google would have those private armies

That's not a good thing

Anarchism to me has cool slogans but it ultimately isn't sustainable or good for the common person

Any form that is good, is good despite the anarchist part, it's not good *because* of the anarchist part

I think some forms of Anarchism are better than others. I would rather live in an Anarcho-Capitalist society than a full blown authoritarian communist one

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No no, I was meaning that the good parts of Anarcho-Capitalism comes from the Capitalist part, not the Anarcho part

I think Anarcho-Syndicalists propose a decent argument too

They have a different understanding of the word

Yea the decent an synd ones are the ones who kind of like Capitalism but don't want to admit it

Are ancaps even considered right winger anarchists? I know everyone hates it but I feel horseshoe theory eventually comes into play with anarchy

Some libertarians become so anti gov that they just end up being communists who call themselves ancaps

I think the modern idea of left and right is so arbitrary that the compass is worthless

I wonder how many of them are actually going back to that life style

Hm, good point

I'll keep my civilization. I don't want to get eaten by a grizzly bear anytime soon

Are there any conservatives in here that consider themselves democrat?

If there are, why do you stay Democrat? I don’t understand these numbers saying that 30% of democrats consider themselves conservative. Seems almost paradoxical

But why would you stay in a party if you disagree on the main premise of the party? Doesn’t conservative usually mean low government?

If we flipped it around I think It gets weirder. Could you imagine a progressive who was a republican? It simply could never happen

Why can the opposite happen?

Man I hate the two party system

The fact that I have to chose between two groups that I have severe disagreements with sucks

*choose

What would the difference be?

Wouldn’t a 2 party system also have a coalition prior to elections?

And in regards to that, the reason my question came up is that all of the candidates tonight seemed exactly the same if I’m being honest

They all are just with the party line

But ultimately there are two parties that support what the majority of the party supports

They all were for Medicare for all and most didn’t protest with open borders

That seems very socialist to me, or at least opposite of pro corporate

In regards to what?

Huh, I didn’t think of it that way

Makes sense now that I think about it

Yea Delaney wanted privatization and an option for free Medicare for all

But that’s still Medicare for all

So where would a conservative Democrat fall?

Corp dem?

Or just somewhere else?

Yeah that’s about where I fall. But I don’t agree with anyone on the democrats. Joe Manchin is the only guy I remotely agree with on that side

Do you think most people mean “someone who protects the status quo” when they say conservative?

I mean inside the US

When the media polls democrats to see who is conservative

What do they mean by this

Man, politics has gotten so conflated and stupid

It just feels like no one knows what words mean anymore. Conservative seems to mean the same thing as republican. Liberal seems to mean democrat

Libertarian just means not wanting an authoritative state

All of this seems so silly and like it’s a game or something. I honestly don’t even feel like voting in the next election

But who is muddling with the terms?

Are both parties in on this?

Is this some global thing?

I’ve got to get smarter on this. I feel like an idiot to be completely honest

I’m not quite sure to be completely honest. For me I just don’t want the state screwing with my daily life. But in a way I feel like there is a sort of civic responsibility that comes with this

Well maybe it is worth just opting out of politics in general then

As an individual you can’t do anything and gain nothing out of it except anxiety and hurt friendships

The world is screwed up feelsbadman

Maybe you don’t need to examine the political life and can just examine your own?

Does anyone here have what they would consider evidence for or against climate change being caused primarily by humans?
If so could you link me to it? I'm trying to research some more about it over the summer