I’m just curious for the new or existing people? Lemmy.ml has taken a hard turn to the right since the reddit exodus. There’s been a lot of pro-imperialist propaganda being posted on world news, and a lot less diversity of opinion. It feels more neoliberal and neo-con to me.

Does anyone want to share what their political leanings are?

I’ll start; I’m anti-imperialist pro-state regulated capitalism. I believe we should have usage based taxes (toll roads, carbon tax) and luxury taxes, and I disagree with wealth taxes for people with less than $250 million. The state should spend more money on consumer protection in all industries (environment, health, finance, etc.) I believe in multipolarity vs. US hegemony.

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    I am libertarian.

    Less government. Less rules. Less restrictions.

    I don’t give a rats ass if you want to smoke pot, get abortions. etc. I support individual rights and freedoms.

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        I don’t follow the 100% libertarian approach, which basically says, companies can do whatever the hell they want. (And, consumers vote with their pockets… etc…)

        If- that is what you were hinting at.

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          Yeah that, it’s the one libertarian standpoint that I really disagree with so I was just curious

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            Another, of the viewpoints I don’t agree with-

            Pure libertarianism- means no federal government at all. No military. If people wanted a military, they would pay a company for it, etc.

            I also don’t agree with that.

            I retain my ability for self-thinking, and also, conclude none of the popular ideologies are perfect. They all have faults.

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      I view freedom more about living without fear rather than doing what you want, which often leads down the don’t give a rats ass as long as you aren’t terrifying others over it.

      Maybe someday libertarians will increase in the upcoming decades 🙂

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        That would be nice.

        BUT… everyone is all too busy picking sides (between the left, and the right, ie, liberal / conservative)… despite both sides eroding away freedoms, and blaming the other side for all of their problems.

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      I appreciate your point of view, where you didn’t do the common thing of strawmanning the left, especially on gun rights, in an effort to put yourself “in the middle”.

      I believe in all those things you do (for a certain definition of “less government”), as well as gun ownership, but I consider myself a Marxist. There’s something really admirable about “old-school libertarians”.

      I think things like Right to Repair and Net Neutrality are the line between Libertarians who are good at heart, and the nut jobs. To an Anarcho-Capitalist, a company has the right to license their products under whatever conditions they want; an ISP can give preferential bandwidth to big companies. But a real Libertarian believes that not even companies and contracts can limit a person’s freedoms.

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        strawmanning the left, especially on gun rights

        When you look at it from an external point of view- neither side is actually helping the gun rights segment.

        Both repubs and democrats are slowly whittling away rights and freedoms, including gun rights.