Mercy Not Sacrifice
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No offense to libertarians and conservatives...but is it just me, or is this a theme common to many people?
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Am I the only Libertarian on this forum?
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No offense to libertarians and conservatives...but is it just me, or is this a theme common to many people?
Aqualung
Tasty
Most people get more moderate and confomist as they grow up.
Mercy Not Sacrifice
Well-Known Member
Sometimes. AFAIK, young people tend to become more liberal as they leave home and settle reality for themselves and not based on what they were told to believe. Years later, once they start a family and have children, they swing back toward the Right.
Aqualung
Tasty
I think people just tend to get more radical, in either direction, as they leave home, and become more moderate when they have their own family. For example, I was a pretty moderate conservative. Now I'm a radical libertarian. My mom was a communist as a teenager and college student, but now she's so moderate I don't know if she's democrat or republican. Obviously, this is anecdotal, but I think in general it holds more true than an idea that people get more radical only in one direction as they move out.
Ody
Well-Known Member
Moderate capitalist d00d.
Zephyr
Moved on
Meh. Anti-immigration, pro-environment libertarian really. I'm a libertarian outside of immigration issues, and the only real restrictions I would place on a business (outside of preventing slavery and such) would be to make sure they don't screw up the environment too much. That stuff is kind of important.
Pariah
Let go
Economic Left/Right: -3.13
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.08
The political compass offered on Page 1 gave me these numbers.
I would have to agree with the idea that radicalism breeds away from home; the safety of routine and the grounded mindset needed for a family develops naturally.
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.08
The political compass offered on Page 1 gave me these numbers.
I would have to agree with the idea that radicalism breeds away from home; the safety of routine and the grounded mindset needed for a family develops naturally.
"Libertarian" is an unknown label in Sweden. Excluding the immigrant haters, I vote as far to the right as possible.
I tried to think of what I would have thought in the US, because for example a statement like "Our civil liberties are being excessively curbed in the name of counter-terrorism" just isn't applicable in my country.
My score: Economic Left/Right: -3.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.69
Sufficiently close to the Dalai Lama, not too far from the Mahatma. It fits.
I tried to think of what I would have thought in the US, because for example a statement like "Our civil liberties are being excessively curbed in the name of counter-terrorism" just isn't applicable in my country.
My score: Economic Left/Right: -3.25
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -5.69
Sufficiently close to the Dalai Lama, not too far from the Mahatma. It fits.
lombas
Society of Brethren
Sweden has Johan Norberg and Per Bylund. Which is enough to make me jealous, even if we have Van Dun.
spacemonkey
Pneumatic Spiritualist
I am a libertarian
