Message from @Hylia
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congratulations, you're a centrist
I've always thought of myself as decently far to the left, to be honest.
At least on the American left/right scale.
i guess it's most dependent on how you view the right/left divide
i believe transgender people, gay people and women should 100% have the same rights but i still see myself as very right wing
I guess. I tend to side with AOC, Elizabeth Warren, and et cetera on most issues.
This is when you need some economic conversations
I do wish more right wing politicians shared your stance concerning social politics, Austrian.
I think you have a "zero-sum" premise in your understanding of free markets if you think that, without government regulation, they naturally result in one company owning everything, Monopoly-board-game-style.
The way i see it, i believe in competition and hierarchy, and people who don't want these people to have equal rights are scared at the fact they'll have new competition
its a sign of not just unfairness but weakness in my eyes
Well, I think that any system without checks and balances of some kind can eventually fail. Power corrupts, and if power consolidates, that becomes even more true.
I agree there, Austrian.
power will always consolidate its called the iron law of oligarchy
Maybe, but it's best to keep it from consolidating too too much.
Yes i understand
power is an interesting topic
Even a benevolent leader would be unlikely to wield absolute power well. No one can be right all the time.
many people i know want a king or dictator because they believe it will result in less government power
What is a good definition of power? Off the top of my head I'd say power is the ability to influence something but I'm wondering if anyone has a more accurate definition?
How do you feel about economic issues like trade unions, tariffs taxes ext?
@jacovich stabs power is the power to act, or to me, its the power to enforce ones will upon the world
the will to power
I don't have enough of an education on such things to say anything definitive. I base all my opinions related to such matters on a case-by-case basis.
economics can be confusing
e.g
Indeed.
you see yourself as left wing
so you're prone to left wing econ arguments
even tho they are very different
your subconscious bias exists
so alot of left wing people follow people like bernie without understanding things like minimum wage increases, increased taxes trade union power ext
You have to point to antecedent concepts in your definition, you are giving examples of power rather than defining it.
I can say one thing with certainty, however; we need to get money out of politics. The way things are now, politicians are often led more by the whims of their donors or fear of the wealth of others being used against them than their ideals.
"the ability or capacity to do something or act in a particular way."
thats from google
"The ability to speak does not make you intelligent. Now get out of here." —Qui-Gon Jinn
Hahaha
when it comes to money in politics i'm torn because they help the right wing but i can see how its morally wrong to centrist people