What is your overall political outlook?

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I am a Minarchist Conservative Libertarian, Reactionary Far Right MAGA Republican and Texas Secessionist and Texas Expansionist. I think Texas should be its own country again and get all its land back and then some.Those are my political views.

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There are a couple nihilist votes. As a reminder, nihilism also means rejection of moral principles. Based on what I've seen around the forum, I can confirm that to be true.

When I asked what I was when I said I leaned away from conservative economics and liberal identity politics, one person on here told me I was a centrist. I was fine with that.

But someone also on here said I was "f***ed"
What the hell is that supposed to mean?

I reckon I'm pretty much politically homeless. There isn't any political ideology I subscribe to 100%. I think we need a balance, a little of this, a little of that.

One thing I do know: If corruption isn't removed from government, then nothing else really matters.

"S****y" is a rather personal assessment based on emotion. Conservatism in the U.S. is Classical Liberal. According to Bertrard Russell, Noam Chomsky's idol, Classical Liberalism has been historically preserved in it's purest form by the Rebublican party. In Europe it has been historically thwarted by the aristocracy and socialism. Classical Liberalism is responsible for establishing a set of values that in modern society we universally take for granted. Such as the freedom of speech, the right to property, freedom of religious worship, consent of the governed, rule of law etc. It was the driving force behind landmark societal changes, like the advent of democracy and the abolition of absolute monarchies, womens suffrage, the abolition of slavery. It paved the way for further changes like the civil rights movement, the LGBT rights and so on. To one extent or another everyone here is a classical liberal, but you don't know it.

My overall political outlook is paleolibertarian.I am a populist and nationalist and isolationist.

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I am an independent centrist who refuses to vote for any party ever again because I think the whole bunch of them are bastardos.

A pox on ALL their houses.

TBH I had seen you express what I would consider populist points of view in the past, however populism wasn't one of the choices.

Every time somebody starts a thread like this, somebody feels the need to lecture the group on the definition of Classical Liberalism, as if that matters in today's world.

I tend to be microcosmic in my outlook, rather than macrocosmic.

My politics reflects (mostly) my immediate needs, which should be met without stepping on people’s toes. Or anybody stepping over mine.

MAGA-type fascistic, Big Brother ideology goes totally against my grain; the trend towards Dear Leader worship throughout the world is troubling.

European-style Social Democracy is the way to go with me.

I believe pragmatism and adaptation to actual conditions in my immediate environment is much better than an abstract/ideological stance.

I’m probably more a “world citizen” advocate than a patriot/nationalist….though I’m a staunch believer in the maintenance of individual ethnic traditions, though always within a framework of universal values.

I can totally understand the desire for people to find a situation where they would have an opportunity to be economically viable. There is justification for people, say, migrating from Syria seeking a better life in a place like France. This is exactly what my ancestors did when they migrated out of Russia to come into the United States. Most anti-immigrant sentiment reeks of hypocrisy.

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I find myself smack dab somewhere between center-left liberal and hard-core socialist. I think I'd be at home in the established social democratic parties of Europe. There are things about every political faction that annoy me though.

Having read the above posts, I must fall into the 'politically homeless' category. Each group has for and against, none has all the answers.

Is "independent" a synonym to "homeless"?

I once heard an interesting metaphor: that voting is like public transport, not a private car. Most likely none goes exactly where you want to get - so you choose one that goes in the direction closest to where you want to get and you change your bus if needed.

^just like philosophy

Why, does that bother you? Plus somebody actually asked and I was happy to reply.

You are wrong. It matters very much in today's world since it was shaped by Classical Liberalism and still runs on classical liberal ideas. Every western democracy has a constitution drawn on Classical Liberal ideas. The global economy and commerce is drawn on Classical Liberal ideas. Also, the Republican party, as well as every center-right major party in every country traces it's policies to Classical Liberal ideas. I don't know in which world you live in, but this world is running to a great extent on Classical Liberal ideas (wit the exception of notorious countries like Russia, China, North Korea etc).

Green politics, perhaps?