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Is it better to be left wing, centrist, or right wing?
Topic Started: Jun 5 2015, 07:22 PM (535 Views)
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What is the best political alignment? From Wikipedia: Left-wing politics are political positions or activities that accept or support social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy and social inequality.They typically involve concern for those in society who are perceived as disadvantaged relative to others and a belief that there are unjustified inequalities that need to be reduced or abolished.

centrism or the centre is a political outlook or specific position that involves acceptance or support of a balance of a degree of social equality and a degree of social hierarchy; while opposing political changes which would result in a significant shift of society either strongly to the left or the right. Centre left and centre right politics both involve a general association with centrism combined while leaning somewhat to their respective sides of the spectrum. The term is often used interchangeably with the Third Way, a political position popularized by Bill Clinton, Tony Blair and Paul Keating in the 1990s, whereby policies favoured a balanced approach and the removal of extreme ideologies.

Right-wing politics are political positions or activities that view some forms of social stratification or social inequality as either inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically justifying this position on the basis of natural law or tradition. Hierarchy and inequality may be viewed as natural results of traditional social difference and/or from competition in market economies.

I personally favour the centre left. I think it's the responsibility of government to get the most out of it's people. You do that by helping the little guy become the bigger guy, by giving them a few breaks here and there. The rich can mostly take care of themselves and need to be encouraged to empty their pockets in favour of the more populace lower classes. And I think that protecting the environment is one of the most important things a government can do.
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It depends on the country you're in I suppose. In America (although you're unlikely to get anything done since there's a metric crapton of Conservatives in Congress) I feel it is best to go for centrist left to full on left-wing. Only because of some of the unfair practices that are allowed and the fact that many states haven't gotten the memo about seperation of church and state.

If you're in let's say Uganda, your extremist left would likely look like an ultra-conservative compared to American conservatives.
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If you're in America, right-wing politics revolve heavily around religion, so I feel it's best to stay left-center or left-wing like Squall said. That's not to say that everything about right-wing politics is wrong. Both sides are, to some extent. It's a matter of picking between two evils.
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Center mainly because I don't like to label myself with either term. I do, however lean left most of the time even though theirs things I don't agree with the ideology.
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Might sounds like an antagonistic answer, but whichever one fits your beliefs. People have different ideas of how the world should be, and different parties cater to different people. Conservatives, for example, would be the party of choice if you were upper class and rich and Labour if you are lower class and poor.

As a whole, centre-left is probably better (although that's obviously just my opinion). That way things are as balanced as they can be, but with help given to those who need it. But again, some people probably don't feel like that fits their agenda.
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I was at a Pride festival yesterday, and there was a booth for voter registration. The guy working it convinced me to register. It was very clear to me that if I had registered as a democrat, I would have gotten a free, cute little donkey toy. I was tempted but ultimately selected "no party." Got some shifty looks too.

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If you're in America, right-wing politics revolve heavily around religion, so I feel it's best to stay left-center or left-wing like Squall said. That's not to say that everything about right-wing politics is wrong. Both sides are, to some extent. It's a matter of picking between two evils.
What's interesting about that, is that there are still people who are Democrat from when there was a conservative shift. You don't see them often but I know of a guy who is very conservative and still thinks that the Democratic party is as well. http://uncpress.unc.edu/browse/page/230
This happened in the 50's.

It's funny because he's ill-informed about the parties. Hasn't changed his voting habits. If he knew the types of things they stand for he'd not vote for them. He's quite racists and very religious. An old man.
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I think that generally speaking people are morally right wing out of ignorance or selfishness, and economically right wing out of ignorance or greed. I'm a lefty all the way.
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Unfortunately, Right Winged don't seem to understand that life doesn't revolve around old traditions and that its not some sort of natural selection where the strong overtake the weak. That's something you guys personally created and when someone wants to change that and give other people chances, they get all up on it and act like progression is going to ruin the country.

And it's like, you stupid idiots. Profession is what has made everything possible. The ability to move forward with new ideas. If your so called traditions work and don't negatively effect others for your own benefit, good on you. But its so painful watching Right Winged Conservatives sometimes because instead of using their great power to actually help everyone, they use it only for themselves and separate the people into specific classes, the poor and rich and focus only on the latter.

The thing that doesn't need to be focused on. Just speaking economically alone, this has created a huge stratification between the rich and poor that Right Winged Conservatives do not seem to grasp in their heads. It's like an opposite Robin Hood. Steal from the poor and give to the rich.

For the flaws that Left Wings might have, it at least comes off as something that wants to improve and help the country and those in need. I don't want to be so ignorant to say Right Winged is completely wrong but the entire idea beyond the political party is to help and support those in need. If you are a corporate billionaire, what is your problem exactly?

And this is pretty much what the Right Wing attests to. The white, male, economically sufficient, heterosexual demographic. Basically the demographic that really doesn't need the attention right now.
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There are certain arguments that I can't stand from conservatives. When they talk about "The liberal Elite" hijacking something. Who is this liberal elite who have the power to hijack things? Pretty sure America has a Republican congress.

"People need to learn to stand on their own two feet." Easy for someone from a white middle class background to say. Someone who's parents saved up a college fund. Try telling it to a child who watched his father murder his mother and then shot himself. Then got sent to live with his uncle who molested and beat him. "Stand on your own two feet."

Single mother raising two kids, one gets meningitis. She's supposed to afford the medical bills when she has to work two jobs just to put food on the table? "Should have got better grades at school."

Basically no one's allowed any help or they are sponging and if you think they need help from the state then you are a libtard.


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I would say that I'm center. I lean right on fiscal and administrative matters, but am socially left-wing. Right-wing social policies are very often f***ed. It really sucks to live in a country where the right-wing party makes that crap such a big issue.

Being extreme right or left is generally a bad idea. Each side can learn something from the other.
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