The Political Thread

[Comrade Khan]

another thing that may or may not surprise you is I'm pro defense, especially these days.

 

[Smart Marx]

I took the UK survey with targeted questions.

Then I took the USA survey with targeted questions, and the results were very different for America. But still the same for the UK. You can't translate policy, but you can understand other nations policies.

Weird. Because the original destination was most likely the shared questions every country gets so it would be interesting to see what USA specific questions altered your results so drastically.

I got conservative and libertarian in the UK and US and I made sure to Google each UK issue I wasn’t aware of before answering. Lots of stuff about houses of lords and proportional representatives.

 

[Smart Marx]

another thing that may or may not surprise you is I'm pro defense, especially these days.

If that’s national defense, another thing we have in common.

 

[Smart Marx]

thats good, but I'd have to point out thats very much a collectivism and left wing policy, at least in theory. in practice, neither sides of the aisle (im america, both here and US) have done a damn thing about anti trusts laws and its a big reason we are in the shit we are today. collectivism needs to reign in individualism, and individualism has to reign in collectivism, as both can be extremely dangerous left to its own device

Which makes sense since I’m not for collectivism.

 

[Comrade Khan]

another thing that may or may not surprise you is I'm pro defense, especially these days.

to go into more detail:
I believe we need to invest a lot more in cyber security and defence
I believe we need to pay ppl who work in the military better wages
I believe we need to support ex military personnel to a much higher degree, shit is deplorable the way we dump em to the side
I believe we should demilitarize the police BUT also pay them a lot more for LESS work. They also need mental health support workers assigned with them so they can focus on community outreach and prevention.

 

[CakeWalker]

Weird. Because the original destination was most likely the shared questions every country gets so it would be interesting to see what USA specific questions altered your results so drastically.

I got conservative and libertarian in the UK and US and I made sure to Google each UK issue I wasn’t aware of before answering. Lots of stuff about houses of lords and proportional representatives.

I mean, its only jump me down by 4% when i then switch it back to the UK, so I am guessing there are lot of centrist viewpoints - that a lot of Republicans would lose their minds over.

 

[Comrade Khan]

Which makes sense since I’m not for collectivism.

well Grim said you believe in what I just said actually (anti trust laws) so in this case, unless you actually think we need anti trust laws , then you DO believe in SOME collectivism. as i said, neither work without the other, going all in one way is disastrous always

 

[Comrade Khan]

I mean, its only jump me down by 4% when i then switch it back to the UK, so I am guessing there are lot of centrist viewpoints - that a lot of Republicans would lose their minds over.

that is correct, GOP is far right on a lot of positions. Democrats are still right of center, Americans still struggle with this because they have only 2 choices

 

[Comrade Khan]

so like, if you're GOP ofc you're still going to poll right of center in the UK, but the other way around , no . its not really that weird when again you realize the GOP is very far right compared to most progressive conservative parties elsewhere on the planet

 

[Comrade Khan]

oh nevermind, barry was saying he has an issue with that policy u support. ya, i have to agree with him, letting wealth and power and greed go out of control is a terrible thing. not tbelieving in capping that is a very strange policy to support as a regular non rich individuals. small groups with lots of power is bad , why would you want that ever, you're basically supporting oligarchy

 

[CakeWalker]

that is correct, GOP is far right on a lot of positions. Democrats are still right of center, Americans still struggle with this because they have only 2 choices

yeah all the right of center Democrats, are Conservatives over here.

 

[CakeWalker]

There is no way in which they would vote for any of the others, without making drastic choices to their politic standpoint (and sacrifices to their character)

 

[Comrade Khan]

yeah all the right of center Democrats, are Conservatives over here.

which is a vast majority of the party heads that arent young or bernie. Democrats are just less facist GOP in practice, but they are still right of center in policy. none of their economic policies are really left of center unless you consider wanting healthcare left of center even though it exists in pretty much every democratically elected country thats worth a shit

 

[CakeWalker]

yeah supporting the NHS isn't really seen as a left or right issues over here. Just seen as a moral viewpoint

 

[Comrade Khan]

and shit even the health care system is a giant insurance scam in America and all for profit. it's pretty terrible lol