How did you get your political views

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As for my views. As long as I can remember I've always felt a sense of outrage at inequity and injustice. As young as 4 years old I'd observe that the NT world is not based on values of merit or fairness, but on nepotism and crony hierarchies. It baffled and outraged me that in NT group play in the sandbox, the kids with the higher standing in the social hierarchy demanded their "right" to hoard the best toys for the longest period of time. Therefore it seems only natural that someone on the spectrum would be more sympathetic to left-wing economic ideals that at least attempt to aim for those values (regardless of what actually occurs in practice). That's not to say that the left isn't ever mistaken in it's assessment of society or impractical in it's attempts to pursue their values. I'm pragmatic terms I am more centrist than some of the more far-left posters here, but ultimately I will always be more sympathetic to the values of people on the left than to those on the right.

Bleeding heart liberal here. My family always voted democratic, but they often didn't walk the walk. To be honest, they were kinda racist and hated taxes more than anything. I think my own experiences have contributed more to my outlook than anything else. I've been broke. I've had loved ones loose everything to medical bills. I've lived in poor, urban areas as well as out in the cornfields and in the midst of suburbia. My family members have/had many different religions. Etc.

I think having a personal connection to various life situations has helped me to empathize with a more diverse population. This is something that I don't believe the republicans are generally capable of. They often seem to have a real problem putting the shoe on the other foot. Not all of them, of course, but it's real easy to say cut welfare, cut education, ban gay marriage, prohibit abortion, etc., when your family's secure, your kid goes to private school, you don't associate with "the gays," and you've never known a woman who died from a back-alley abortion.

I'd also like to say that I like Ruveyn and I think some of you are being a bit harsh. Sure, I disagree with him on most things, and in spite of his callous demeanor, I think he's a good person. He's admitted to a good amount of charitable contribution so I think he may be just a little bit full of crap when he says things like lazy and weak people should rot. I think his problem is more with anyone (government) forcing contribution, and he has full right to voice this aversion. But basically I think he's sort of a live and let live kind of guy and I respect that.

As much as I know why I believe what I believe, I find it difficult to explain, so I won't bother.

It was mostly my upbringing, observation of what makes people tick and my internal locus of control that shaped my political views, but that's still just scratching the surface. I used to be very left wing but I eventually became a right winger. I grew up in the inner city in an abusive household so I've always had to rely on myself and face adversity head on. Because of that I value impulse control, emotional control, mental toughness, adaptability, maturity and self-reliance very highly.

I believe whatever help goes out to the disadvantaged should be geared towards helping them help themselves rather than just merely sustaining them. Instilling self-reliance rather than just enabling dependency is the way to go in the long term. Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll eat for a lifetime.

Generally my political views are very syncretic. I believe the family unit is the fabric that holds society together. I don't see things in a victim and villain fashion but as mutual affairs so rather than give more power to one side than the other, they should both act as checks and balances against each other. Unions and corporations for example should act as checks and balances against each other rather than just overregulating the crap out of the economy or resorting to union busting. Although private charity is more efficient than social welfare, the quality control isn't as universal so a safety net is still necessary. Besides basic economic regulations that protect us from deforestation, sweat shops, pollution, etc. a free market is essential to granting autonomy to people. The economy should be put on a leash, not in a chokehold.

Anyways that's as much as I can say for now. There's no cut and dried way that I arrived at my views so once again it's just scratching the surface.

Well its really a joke to me now......I mean yeah I used to think we had a government that was ran the way a government should be and pretty much supported it, I used to buy into the anti-abortion(in all cases) propaganda and anti-gay propaganda when I was middle school aged......After that due to life experiance and new knowledge I realised I personally saw nothing wrong with being gay or abortions in some cases and then I kinda started thinking maybe I was more democrat leaning......but then of course I decided that was not a whole lot different then the republican party so I expressed a liking for more socialist veiws for a while. During all this I kind of thought simple votes and political action would eventually be enough to change things for the better......But now I do not think there is anything worth saving as far as our government/corporate fascism system goes. I guess I could be described more or less as an anarchist because I think the whole system needs to be done away with. If that takes place I am not sure exactly what I will support but I do not support the current system that is for sure.

I won them in a raffle.

I gave my old ones to charity

I became a libertarian after years of writing software that the government buys.