June 9Jun 9 I voted 'Left-wing'. I definitely haven't always been in that category throughout my life, though I've always had strong liberal views and beliefs. When I was younger I would have put myself in the more centrist category on economic issues, but I think that changed significantly after the 2010s and I've gradually drifted more left on that area over time. I now firmly believe that critical assets (water, energy, rail/public transport/major infrastructure) that are a public good* - should be owned by the public and ran not for profit, but for the benefit of wider society with investments to safeguard their operation into the future. I do think that the wealthiest should pay more towards improving the outcomes for the wider community (be it public third spaces, health outcomes, or education), and those who are able to, pay toward providing a robust safety net for those who are unable to work.Honestly, the 2017 Labour manifesto was the first that has ever chimed so well with my values, and will always be incredibly sad to me remembering how close we came to genuniely getting that.*and natural monopolies.
June 9Jun 9 39 minutes ago, Doctor Blind said:. I now firmly believe that critical assets (water, energy, rail/public transport/major infrastructure) that are a public good* - should be owned by the public and ran not for profit, but for the benefit of wider society with investments to safeguard their operation into the future. I do think that the wealthiest should pay more towards improving the outcomes for the wider community (be it public third spaces, health outcomes, or education), and those who are able to, pay toward providing a robust safety net for those who are unable to work.*and natural monopolies.all of this here is exactly my view.All these extremely necessary things for survival and society shouldn’t be run for profit. It’s not as if you have 6 different gas pipes going to the house and you can chose whose to connect to the stove. Like it’s the same gas regardless of who „sold“ it to you and so what you have is an illusion of choice where you get the exact same damn molecules of gas and instead choose what group of shareholders pockets you would rather line
June 9Jun 9 I'm European moderate left-of-centre.My main economic things are end to boom and bust capitalism, workers owning the means of production, a gradual end to capitalism, redistribution of wealth and wealth caps, ending the class society, and equality for all. My main social are, pr voting systems, ending voter suppression, fair and free access to abortion within medically decided term limits, free access to universal healthcare, a well funded public health system and educational system (I like the German model ), membership of the EU, equality for all, equal marriage. The media should be regulated by independent organisations, bringing in clear impartiality rules, and social media should be banned from promoting or hosting political stories, as they are usually a load of lies. Meanwhile, I don't care about centrist identity politics (see, Hillary's campaign,.or Tories criricising Labour for not having a female PM yet). What matters is policy, not the person.Soo all in all, moderate European centre left.
June 10Jun 10 Far-left. I don’t believe that we will ever be able to make capitalism work especially in such a dire state of our deeply egotistical and uneducated society that would rather reach towards fascism rather than compassion as a solution. None of that matters though and Earth is about to evict us all anyway lol should’ve paid those bills on time
June 10Jun 10 If I answer this much broader question entirely through the prism of UK Labour shenanigans then I disliked various aspects of Corbyn's leadership and felt quite centre-left then, even though I was still voting for the most leftwing mainstream party in the UK (Scottish Greens). But I hate Starmer. And Starmer's opposition leadership and now government has probably radicalised me leftwards.
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