It’s a utopian image of the woeld

the "goal" is or just a direction they pull rather than a target

usually

I agree in those terms, I like free market, I like limited government

every group has the extremes

I just don’t like anarchistic ideals

I don’t like pure democracy

I don’t like things that are easily corruptable

i mean, how do you get a limited government without pulling towards anarchy?

That’s why I pick and choose bits and pieces

You cant

And that’s a contradiction on my part

But it’s a valid contradiction

I want to pull it back to a balance point

what is "balanced"

Who knows 😂

Trial and error my dude

The US is the best we’ve got right now

But the ideal of freedom has been lost

well, then you are like most libertarians i imagine, pull towards the extreme until it starts causing one of the other principles to be violated, then pull it back.

government got too much power, lets pull towards anarchy

Something like that

government doesn't have enough power to protect individual rights, lets pull back toward large government

My 8 values sits me in liberalism and my political compass sits me centre left libertarian

If that gives you an idea

I think I was half way down and 3 squares over

a constant ebb and flow will have you average out around the balance point without ever really being at the balance point.

Yeah it’s the best we can do

It’s not ideal but there is no perfect system

The best we can try to accomplish is to secure protections for people so it doesn’t over correct into authoritarianism

you don't want a "perfect" system, you want a malleable one as perfect changes often.

must like a stick, balanced on your finger, will usually teeter-totter on either side of the balance point, so too should society.

I 100% agree

in fact, to not teeter-totter requires force

because your hand is always trembling, ever slightly, much like life over time

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Gonna post this here

People are stupid

There are two things I will always be behind. The right to self defence and the means to acquire what is necessary to do so and the right to freely express yourself

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