[POLL] Where are you politically?

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• Since it is on a large scale, it requires the Government to be more centralized, making the Government more monolithic and less divided
• Because it's in the name of some arbitrary ideological construct, there's no specific or measurable way to see where it's at or where it's going.

I'd like to see an American presidential candidate who confidently strides up to the podium and says, "I'm a liberal socialist, vote for me!"
Wouldn't that knock the wind out of a lot of sails? The sails of those people who like to accuse everyone of being liberals and socialists, I mean. What could they say if someone would just own it and represent it?

This poll does not take into account that some of the choices can overlap.

That said, I vote Republican solely because the U.S. is a 2-party state and I agree more with them than I do the Democrats, but I actually tend to be on the border between libertarian/anarchist.

Politics can be confusing and pretty much all parties/leanings etc only seem to work on paper if that. Though in general I would say I'm more on the left so I voted liberal. I agree with an earlier poster about things being sorted on a case by case basis, I'm very relativist in that way and each issue should be looked at individually and not have one approach covering all. Like a crime case and things like that.
I'm also for the legalisation of recreational drugs, but regulated so they can only be purchased from chemists and they can keep track of how often a purchaser buys them to avoid dependence and addiction.
And the police are a bit rubbish because they overreact to petty things like arguments in the street and thefts of chewing gums when there's better things they could be doing, and prison should be for people who are dangerous and their crimes have a direct, hurt victim (burlgary, murder, rape, severe assault etc). With other petty stuff house arrests, huge fines and community service will suffice so the prisons aren't over crowded by people that don't need locking away.
I also hate large scale war and the military is a pointlessly dangerous job to go into and if the country isn't in direct threat there doesn't need to be one. I hate when someone joins the army because they are risking an avoidable death and they should be safe.
And I think age of sexual consent laws need to be a bit more relaxed, Canada have got it right in this respect. So teenagers aren't patronised and an 18 year old with a sexually active 15 year old girlfriend/boyfriend isn't demonised as a pedo rapist. It's not that black and white.
Also some amount of benefits and welfare are needed and shouldn't be cut so drastically.

I often get chastised for my leanings and beliefs because it's too left, they often get dismissed as stupid or immature, especially when it comes to the military and the law. My mum says I "don't understand" (that's her way of dismissing my thoughts). Ah well.

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I don't see what's immature about your views, but then I'm probably not the best judge.

All over the map. I advocate government that takes care of its citizens and has strong laws. I prefer a society that prizes order, respects the laws of man and respects those in positions of authority (providing those authority figures don't do anything to betray the trust of the people).

In other words, do whatever you want as long as it does not infringe on the rights of others, and don't victimize your fellow man to make money.