your politcal philosphy and why you chose it

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Hey we all have a view on politics but what's your political philosophy and why do you have it
ps the poll is not your philosphy but you are that way.

My views are based on my research into philosophy and my morels and ethics, your questioner choices don't apply to me since you left out those kind of options.

There are many things that shape my outlook. Whether one says one thing and does another, honesty, past, respect (such as not name calling), behavior, trust, morality, taking past mistakes into account when making decisions, and so on.

I originally picked my views for economic reasons. I did not trust the government to efficiently seek out the common good as its very drives are not based so heavily in the economic good of each action so much as abstract nonsense. Because of that I decided that the best way to avoid this issue of misdirected ends by government would be to weaken it as it suffers from bad incentives in some ways. Now, my ideas have reached a more philosophical level of the lack of knowledge on good and the lack of need to enforce the unknowable on others. I am a libertarian by the way.

I'm disgusted by everything.
I don't think I have political values.

The range of choices isn't big enough.

However. I am socialist, slightly conservative, and in favour of a democratic government. I have moral values, but also value economic prosperity. I think that there should be a socialist government, but under capitalism. Not too much tax, in a progressive taxation system, and regulations on companies, but free enterprise. Education, Healthcare, there are both well funded state and private systems. A socialist government shouldn't be a nanny state, though. People all have different capabilities, and those capabilities need to be recognised. No point making a poor person well off if they don't deserve it. But I value the right to education and healthcare, and the right to a home. There should also be plenty of anti economic abuse regulations and so on.

Overall, a fair, but not mollycoddling system with a safety net and some institutions under state control. Businesses should be given fair economic freedom, but not the freedom to cut corners and bully people into submission, amongst other things.

I've found a great deal of truth to Nietzsche, primarily.