• There is no left or right in politics, only fear of the unknown
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I'll make this very clear at the start otherwise someone will come along and try debate that instead of the actual topic: [I]This is a generalisation, it is not all encompassing[/I] If you map what people vote in for elections you'll see quite clearly that people in rural areas are more likely to vote conservative, whereas more left leaning people generally come from the city. I hypothesises, that in general, the reason for this is people are scared of what they don't understand or interact with regularly. For example: Welfare - Because of the high population density, you just have to walk down a city street and you'll see either homeless or poor people everywhere, however in rural areas you rarely encounter homeless people due to a very low population density, they also have a individualist attitude. If you can't afford food you could grow your own or hunt for it. These perspectives make city people more likely to favour social security while rural people may not Guns - City people rarely encounter firearms outside of criminals on the news as there is very few places to actually use them, gun ranges are far and few between and rural land for hunting is none heard of. On the other hand rural people encounter them all the time, they have the appropriate land the use them on and hunting/pest control is common particularly on farms. This regular encounter with firearms makes them more comfortable with them, making them more pro-gun Taxation - As everything is a long way away from everything in rural areas a rural person is less likely to see the benefits of the government spending their taxes, but a city person just has to walk down the street to see new roads being paved, new bridges, buildings etc. Seeing the fruits of their labour in action makes them more likely to approve of higher taxation whereas rural people who see no physical benefit may not. LGBT rights - Higher population densities means you're more likely to encounter minority groups. It's not uncommon to know many hundreds of people in a city environment, each one a chance to meet someone who could be gay/whatever. In a rural area though you rarely know any more people than your neighbours, a few people in the nearest town and maybe a few people at your local church. Minorities/immigrants/people of other religions/etc - See LGBT rights I could go on but I think you get the point. Now, of course there are conservatives in cities and left leaning people in rural areas, but as said a few times it's a generalisation that will probably fit a majority of people
I have noticed these trends before, and you aren't the first person to. You could possibly break it down into more groups and political affiliations as well. If you have peasantry in a rural environment, and they have seen little benefits of the state, they will trend towards anarchism or libertarianism. Examples would be the peasantry of Medieval Europe, modern Spain and Russia, or colonial America. They will also tend to be socially conservative. However, if these people own their land freely and are involved in large scale agriculture, they won't be as anarchistic or libertarian, given often their dependence on the state (in the form of protectionism) and infrastructure. They will tend to be socially conservative as well. If you have townspeople in a coastal city that is mostly dependent on trade, you will get generally tolerant people, appreciative of trade and finance, and hostile to restrictions on trade. They will trend towards liberalism usually. If you have urban dwellers as above, but in a town or city that is built up from industry (steel, timber, coal, railways, etc) the people will be working in dangerous and difficult jobs, and will tend to pressure for more equality. There will be a trend towards Social Democracy (and more radical variants like Communism).
it's no secret that your opinions are formed as a result of environmental conditioning. a man with gay parents is far more likely to believe in a right to gay marriage; it's just the way learning works.
[QUOTE=Bobie;40775130]it's no secret that your opinions are formed as a result of environmental conditioning. a man with gay parents is far more likely to believe in a right to gay marriage; it's just the way learning works.[/QUOTE] Funny story, my father is gay and doesn't believe in equal marriage rights. We argue about it all the time. I think maybe he just doesn't like wearing suits.
[QUOTE=MazerRackham;40786580]Funny story, my father is gay and doesn't believe in equal marriage rights. We argue about it all the time. I think maybe he just doesn't like wearing suits.[/QUOTE] Your father needs to find Jesus Christ, Lord and Savior of Everything. Get out of this thread before I tell Jesus to send you to hell myself, fool. Regarding the topic at hand and ignoring that disgusting atheist. Yes, when left and right come to be only two things many people must choose one, yes. Like George Washington said himself: I don't want two party system and we made two party system. One on left and one not on the left. This cause many oproblems and yes people are scared of unknown things, but I'm not at all. Gay people are not unknown and Jesus himself hates gays and he likes Nascar I'm sure he would I assure you all he would. As for left or right yes there is only left or right but fear of unknown that is a lie. people grow up and choose party based on friends and parents and each party is kind of dumb anyways like George Washington said himself: No two party and he died and two party happened left or roight up or down there will be no end to the world. Jesus is dead the world will end in flames, the muslims will take over we saw it here first in England no one attacked in America we would attack though.
Define Left, Define Right. Then we can talk.
[QUOTE=Cutthecrap;40808442]Define Left, Define Right. Then we can talk.[/QUOTE] IT was an example of the many sides of politics, it really doesn't matter
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