• Political affiliation?
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I am very interested in DD's political views. According to a gallop poll, more liberals are in support of legalization than conservatives. [url]http://www.gallup.com/poll/123728/U.S.-Support-Legalizing-Marijuana-Reaches-New-High.aspx[/url] [img]http://sas-origin.onstreammedia.com/origin/gallupinc/GallupSpaces/Production/Cms/POLL/axd7bz2gaeywbjpvxtvu8a.gif[/img] I am a liberal myself, but I have nothing against people with opposing views.
Wheres the hoodlum section at
Libertarian / Constitutionalist / Free Marketeer
[QUOTE=Anubis678;17943372]Libertarian / Constitutionalist / Free Marketeer[/QUOTE] This, for the most part.
I'm also a liberal.
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socialist
[QUOTE=jonashappy;17943012]Wheres the hoodlum section at[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.politicalcompass.org/test[/url]
ANARCHY! not really.
Idealistic communism.
Socialist. More specifically: Socialist Existentialist Atheist for Physical Evidence and Reasoned Logic. or SEAPERL. So yeah. Very liberal. Of course that just fits in with my idea of utopia. Given the way the world is now and the fact that most people don't want to change, if I were to become politically involved I would "market" myself as a independent liberal. Parties just muddle shit up.
[QUOTE=BnevolntElefant;17950551]Idealistic communism.[/QUOTE] Left leaning moderate libertarian
Anarchist
Pretty liberal.
Not political at all, pro-pot
I'd say I'm a reasonably balanced person. I try not to affiliate with parties.
Political idealism is silly. Communism is a laughable concept.
Communism ruins all sense of individuality, and governments can't handle everything that private corporations can. There is too much work to be done, and that little people can't handle it. Communism always ends up being a corrupt dictatorship, and even if it did work, then it would be fucking boring. Read [url=http://www.amazon.com/Giver-Lois-Lowry/dp/0440237688/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256189441&sr=8-1]The Giver[/url].
Communism sucks. It kills all sense of creativity, of motivation and of aspiration.
[QUOTE=SomeRandomGuy18;17954697]Communism ruins all sense of individuality, and governments can't handle everything that private corporations can. There is too much work to be done, and that little people can't handle it. Communism always ends up being a corrupt dictatorship, and even if it did work, then it would be fucking boring. Read [url=http://www.amazon.com/Giver-Lois-Lowry/dp/0440237688/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256189441&sr=8-1]The Giver[/url].[/QUOTE] ... Almost everything in our society (western) ruins individuality. From trends, to Cadets, to school, to offices, to the white/black tile on your bathroom floor. Governments can handle whatever the people running them can handle. If all the private corps. became part of the government they would still carry the same workload. Communism always ends up being a corrupt dictatorship, so now communsim = dictatorship? IDEALISTIC communism. That means following communistic IDEALS without human intervention/corruption. Creativity, individuality, etc. can all be experienced in a communistic society, the same as they can in this society.
1. No, all those things you mentioned [b]contribute[/b] to individuality. The ability to choose from a set of options is what creates individuality. 2. Governments certainly [b]can not[/b] handle all of those things. Here are a few examples: (a) The War on Drugs: They've done a fucking stellar job of handling that, haven't they? (b) Education System: Why is the public school system so fucked while private schools, which operate without any government funding, are able to provide a higher quality education? Private schools are run by a school board that operates out of the school, not by a bunch of bureaucrats on the other side of the nation. 3. Idealistically, communism would work. However, it would require the unwavering support of every single person living under the system. Every single person would have to have the same motivation to make it work. The entire system would have to be free of corruption and greed. Basically, communism would work if you removed humanity from the equation. Communism can never be anything more than an ideal. It will [b]NEVER[/b] work on a large scale. In small communities, sure, but a nation operating under a communistic economic system [b]WILL[/b] fail. Saying you believe in "ideal communism" is fucking useless. You believe in a system that could never actually work, so what fucking good is that? What can come of it? I cannot express how fucking pointless your views are. [editline]08:51PM[/editline] The key to a successful political system is [b]Delegation of Power[/b] Give the authority to the people most qualified to handle the problems.
An argument about communism? In [i]my[/i] drug discussion? [quote=Anubis321321;434343]The key to a successful political system is Delegation of Power Give the authority to the people most qualified to handle the problems. [/quote] Now, if communism is idealistic, I wouldn't like to know what this is.
[QUOTE=Conscript;17962548]Now, if communism is idealistic, I wouldn't like to know what this is.[/QUOTE] I fail to see how that's idealistic...
[QUOTE=Anubis678;17962345] (b) Education System: Why is the public school system so fucked while private schools, which operate without any government funding, are able to provide a higher quality education? Private schools are run by a school board that operates out of the school, not by a bunch of bureaucrats on the other side of the nation.[/QUOTE] It can be argued that most the people in the public school system don't give a fuck, while those in private school have higher expectations due to their parents spending a shitload of money on a education.
[QUOTE=Luke510;17963448]It can be argued that most the people in the public school system don't give a fuck, while those in private school have higher expectations due to their parents spending a shitload of money on a education.[/QUOTE] That's definitely a valid point.
[QUOTE=Anubis678;17963081]I fail to see how that's idealistic...[/QUOTE] How, exactly, would delegation of power work? What and who defines qualified? Furthermore, what is the point of 'delegating' political power when something a bit more important, economic power, is privately controlled and run? And what of the country that's supposed to be an example of this, the US, in action? In that case, power may very well be delegated (amongst careerists and opportunist bureaucrats), but in the larger picture, it is very far from being 'balanced'. IMO, this has more contradictions and flaws then communism ever will.
[QUOTE=Conscript;17963785]How, exactly, would delegation of power work? What and who defines qualified? Furthermore, what is the point of 'delegating' political power when something a bit more important, economic power, is privately controlled and run?[/QUOTE] What the fuck are you going on about?
[QUOTE=Anubis678;17963828]What the fuck are you going on about?[/QUOTE] Are you stupid?
[QUOTE=Conscript;17963864]Are you stupid?[/QUOTE] I was wondering the same about you... You read too much into that. What I was meant was that certain authorities need to be left at the local and state-level governments, as opposed to the federal government.
[QUOTE=Anubis678;17963873]I was wondering the same about you...[/QUOTE] let's have it over a blunt then shall we
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