Message from @Jacob
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ahhh
ie leftists party, do drugs, one night stands, etc
right wing is rigid moral structure
I always thought that was gross
family, dating, etc
So I'm guessing morality guided you out of that phase, but you made the intellectual jump to leave?
*I might be wrong, just asking*
I agreed with the BLM stuff but never the LGBT stuff
I could never get behind LGBT stuff
So you were culturally 'moral' and right wing (for the sake of conversation), but thought more leftist?
I was obsessed with muh natives, BLM, islamophobia, that kind of stuff
I always thought trannies were mentally ill
so, yes, you could say that
I flip flopped a lot when I was younger though
Sounds like an intellectual mix, "I thought _____ was okay, but not ______"
Thinking something is right/wrong is intellectual disagreement
my political views have generally been all over the place throughout my life
I don't even know what you would call my ideology at some points
I can get that. I didn't either. Most youth are lying when they say they are X
I was far right (looking back) but then succumbed to lefty morals after some years of being worn down. Then came back when I became Christian--but even then spent a long time burning the old ways out
I've always been concerned more with the cultural aspect than the intellectual
At first I was pro free college and healthcare, anti redistribution of wealth, anti LGBT, and abortion, but also believed America oppresses minorities
(a very lefty thing to do, that's why the right has lost the cultural war)
Then I was libertarian
Then ancap
I had a few weeks as a libertarian, lol
then I reverted to my original position
The natural process of internal debate
A sign of intellectual health, imo
then I was nationalist for Europe but not America
That's bizarre, lol
then I became nationalist for America, too, and switched my economic views to copy Trump
I've always been an American nationalist and have always cared little for Europe
That's changing, slowly (Europe is hard to love, they get stomped every year by EU)
My most recent transition is I shifted left economically
and yes I agree with you
is healthy to debate internally
I'm further left economically than I was before (but I never cared/thought about economics before)
My position was always "if we can just stop ruining our lives with our behavior, I don't care how much you tax us"
But after studying China more, I've realized how damn awful Soc/Com is
But also that capitalism *needs* regulation
I think I was just an edgy kid and had a grudge on America tbh