How do you class yourself in terms of your politics?

[MenInG]

Don't be ashamed and say it like it is!

Let's see how many of you can tell us what part of the political spectrum you reside in.

Have a go please on this poll

 

[Syed1]

Correct

 

[MenInG]

Correct

Nope that's not an answer - be honest.

 

[JaDed]

hmm more along the lines of socially Liberal and Economically conservative.. as I do not agree with economic policies of most Liberals..but I support them socially in most..

I think I would prefer another option Liberatarian, almost agree with all policies of Liberatarian party of America.

 

[King_Kohli]

Don't be ashamed and say it like it is!

Let's see how many of you can tell us what part of the political spectrum you reside in.

Have a go please on this poll

Subcontinent meaning of Secular/Liberal is completely different from Western.
I am pretty much ok with secularism.

But our so called seculars play one side game and targeting specifically, most of the people using secular mask to attack whoever they dont like.
They are called pseudo secular. I hate them.

Can u define what is central? how they will think?

 

[sweep_shot]

I am not a liberal. But, I also don't fall under far-right. I am a hardcore centrist. I believe in middle path.

 

[King_Kohli]

hmm more along the lines of socially Liberal and Economically conservative.. as I do not agree with economic policies of most Liberals..but I support them socially in most..

I think I would prefer another option Liberatarian, almost agree with all policies of Liberatarian party of America.

Diplomatic

 

[andy0204]

hmm more along the lines of socially Liberal and Economically conservative.. as I do not agree with economic policies of most Liberals..but I support them socially in most..

I think I would prefer another option Liberatarian, almost agree with all policies of Liberatarian party of America.

You can see my DP why I like him .

 

[sweep_shot]

These are my stances:

- I support universal healthcare and education for everyone.
- I dislike abortion.
- I support death penalty.
- I oppose extreme secularism.
- I support renewable energy.
- I support women empowerment but I oppose modern feminism.
- I am against LGBTQ lifestyle.
- I oppose identity politics.
- I support strong military.
- I support fiscal conservatism (balanced budget).
- I support social conservatism provided it doesn't become too extreme.

I think it is fair to say I am 50% liberal and 50% conservative.

 

[JaDed]

You can see my DP why I like him .

Lol I thought you liked the character but yes the character is Libertarian

 

[Bigboii]

Libertarian all day long

 

[King_Kohli]

What about
Conservative
Nationalist
Socialist

 

[King_Kohli]

Right wing and Nationalist fall under same category?

 

[MenInG]

Right wing and Nationalist fall under same category?

I used broad categories.

 

[CricketCartoons]

These are my stances:

- I support universal healthcare and education for everyone.
- I dislike abortion.
- I support death penalty.
- I oppose extreme secularism.
- I support renewable energy.
- I support women empowerment but I oppose modern feminism.
- I am against LGBTQ lifestyle.
- I oppose identity politics.
- I support strong military.
- I support fiscal conservatism (balanced budget).
- I support social conservatism provided it doesn't become too extreme.

I think it is fair to say I am 50% liberal and 50% conservative.

We would have been great friends in real life. I strongly agree with all your stances, except a small difference. I don't support education for everyone as it is now. Engineering/medical/science degrees should be limited. Instead people should be given vocational education, and only a small number of students should get professional degrees limited by number of seats and through entrance examination. Vocational education seats should be unlimited.

 

[James]

I’m not sure; what I will say is that the various political compasses and tests that I have taken over the years have generally landed me in the centre, leaning slightly left on economic issues and slightly right on social issues.

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

For the most part I am Fiscally Conservative and Socially Liberal.

I am fiscally conservative in that i believe that the goverment does not create wealth, but instead it is the free markets. I support low taxes. I support free trade.

I am socially liberal in that i believe that the goverment should not interfere with peoples individual freedom, in regards to issues such as abortion, drug use, religion, sexual orientation, etc.


And while i want the goverment to have as little impact on people lives as possible, i cant be a complete libertarian as i do think there are few areas where the Government should be involved and not the individual.

Such as I support Universal Health Care
I support Social Security (govt retirement system)

 

[Gharib Aadmi]

We would have been great friends in real life. I strongly agree with all your stances, except a small difference. I don't support education for everyone as it is now. Engineering/medical/science degrees should be limited. Instead people should be given vocational education, and only a small number of students should get professional degrees limited by number of seats and through entrance examination. Vocational education seats should be unlimited.

Germany does something like this.

 

[sweep_shot]

I don't support education for everyone as it is now. Engineering/medical/science degrees should be limited. Instead people should be given vocational education, and only a small number of students should get professional degrees limited by number of seats and through entrance examination. Vocational education seats should be unlimited.

That seems reasonable. Specialized fields should have limited seats. I agree.

But, general education should be available to everyone.

 

[miandadrules]

Anarcho-syndicalist

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Left wing but drifting more to the centre. A lot of the identity politics in left wing politics is really counter productive and is pushing people to the right. Overall as I've got older I'm probably left leaning more so on economic issues and conservative on social issues.

 

[Farz]

I am a Bernie supporter, so puts me in progressive/left wing side of scale.

 

[Angrez Pakistani]

Left Wing. I support Universal Education, UBI (without using it as a Trojan Horse to siphon of other benefits, demilitarisation, mostly neutral on abortion because I think a lot of it depends on the context but in general I’m pro choice, staunchly believes in the devolution of power but in a way that makes the work of federal government easier instead of making it more complicated, strong advocate for climate change policy.
I strongly oppose death penalty. I strongly oppose the war on drugs because it raises the stakes for the illegal drug industry and drive the price and profits higher for the drug lords.

 

[Angrez Pakistani]

It also don’t like Liberals. They enable and facilitate the rise of right wing nut job in places of power by their naivety (see the rehabilitation of George Bush by the liberal press).

 

[Syed1]

I have equal disdain for mullahs and liberals, idk what that makes me.

 

[CricketCartoons]

I present myself as a moderate, as it allows me to defend the ones in the extreme. I criticise the ones on extreme sometimes to maintain my credibility.

Support majoritarian views. Don't support multi-culturalism. Support demographic homogeneity. I believe immigrants should work harder and make positive contribution as they are ambassadors of their community. Don't support LGBQT glorification, as it pollutes our social and family values. Don't support democracy as it gives same importance to the vote of someone who makes no contribution, to someone who makes lots of contribution to soceity. Voting should be limited to the upper and middle class. Poor should be given state benefits and subsidies but no voting rights.

 

[SpiritOf1903]

Centre-left

 

[MenInG]

I defo center-left

Like to see who is right wing here!

 

[JaDed]

I have equal disdain for mullahs and liberals, idk what that makes me.

Center.

 

[Bigboii]

I defo center-left

Like to see who is right wing here!

Lol isn't the poll public?!

I think libertarianism is a right wing ideology so that makes me a right winger

 

[miandadrules]

I defo center-left

Like to see who is right wing here!

You’d have to clearly define the Overton window to decipher that.

In the cold, hard light of day, it’s pretty obvious that the overwhelming majority on PP are right wing to far right.

I have found that the political affiliation people ascribe to themselves, rarely correlates to their actual views.

 

[MenInG]

You’d have to clearly define the Overton window to decipher that.

In the cold, hard light of day, it’s pretty obvious that the overwhelming majority on PP are right wing to far right.

I have found that the political affiliation people ascribe to themselves, rarely correlates to their actual views.

I am trying hard to get people to say who they really are. They need to say it.

 

[Farz]

It also don’t like Liberals. They enable and facilitate the rise of right wing nut job in places of power by their naivety (see the rehabilitation of George Bush by the liberal press).

Rehabilitation of Bush, John Kasich getting to speak at Democratic convention. The democratic establishment, DNC, the neo-Liberals, will even bring Hitler to their team as long as Hitler is on never-Trump side.

 

[JaDed]

Lol isn't the poll public?!

I think libertarianism is a right wing ideology so that makes me a right winger

Yes but socially Left without the force ofcourse..

 

[JaDed]

I defo center-left

Like to see who is right wing here!

South Asian politics is already right compared to most western Democracies, so they might as well be Center and it would still be right in England.

 

[miandadrules]

South Asian politics is already right compared to most western Democracies, so they might as well be Center and it would still be right in England.

And there isn’t a truly left wing government in the west anyway, so it shows how far right the east is.

 

[JaDed]

Rehabilitation of Bush, John Kasich getting to speak at Democratic convention. The democratic establishment, DNC, the neo-Liberals, will even bring Hitler to their team as long as Hitler is on never-Trump side.

Both sides are actually pretty much follow the same Corporate business policies except below leaders:

Trump (alt right currently)
Bernie, Warren (alt left)

Everyone else is pretty much the same Biden,Hilary,Bush Snr,Bush Jr, Reagan.

 

[JaDed]

And there isn’t a truly left wing government in the west anyway, so it shows how far right the east is.

My assumption is Socialist ones are left of the center for western democracies(Finalnd) but yeah to have pure left don't think anywhere in the world currently they are present.(at best maybe Cuba?)

 

[miandadrules]

My assumption is Socialist ones are left of the center for western democracies(Finalnd) but yeah to have pure left don't think anywhere in the world currently they are present.(at best maybe Cuba?)

Even on the left there is authoritarian left vs democratic left.

Both are very distinct positions.

 

[Abdullah719]

Let’s see some more votes.

 

[Usman]

I defo center-left

Like to see who is right wing here!

I think the term right wing is often associated with a lot of negativity - anti-immigrant, racist, protect the wealthy etc. I'm none of that but I am right wing. I believe that wherever there is state interference in a market, there are huge inefficiencies, huge costs and huge taxes for the regular man to pay.

Take healthcare in the UK. I accept that universal healthcare is important but for all the love the NHS gets, it is highly inefficient. Our healthcare spend in this country is eye watering and for that we get very good emergency care but not much else. If you want to see your GP, you often can't. If you need a routine operation, you'll be waiting a long time. It doesn't matter if the quality of your life is really poor without it - as long as your life is not in danger, you will have to wait. Cancer outcomes are not great here.

Compare that to other Western countries. Germany is run by those on the centre left but the country is renowned for its efficiency. They have a mix of private and public healthcare and their spend on healthcare isn't dissimilar to ours. However, unlike us, they have lots of spare capacity at all times (corono virus apart of course).

The railways here are privatised but not fully. Network Rail is still in charge overall. The railways are the most expensive here than anywhere else in the world.

We pay huge taxes - up to 40-45% in income tax alone. Add on top of that national insurance. Then we have huge taxes on every other part of our lives. Do we get value for money? No.

I would prefer a system where we all pay lower taxes and the market plays a bigger role. You can guarantee universal healthcare for those who can't afford it, but the rest of us would have to use the money we save on taxes to pay for our own healthcare. The overall amount of money we pay for healthcare would probably be similar, but instead of one inefficient NHS, we'd have multiple private health care providers all competing to provide the best care at the best cost.