I was left libertarian till I realized it was anarchy rebranded by Ayn Rand and company, purpose built to give corporate pr a “philosophy” to hang it’s deregulation agenda on.
But I’ve almost always been pronuclear and progun because science nerd and the facts and logic respectively are quite clear.
Then 2016 happened and suddenly I’m branded a sexist racist Russian spy because I understand the coming jobpocalypse thanks to robots and the myth of trickle down and “job creators.” And because I know who Seth Rich really is. (DNC leaker.)
Especially since I know Russia Russia Russia is DNC smoke for the contents of the Podesta emails having legitimately creepy human trafficking implications.
Add that to being painfully aware of how hated I am simply for being white and male, and I find myself sitting in the new right of the overton window.
And I’m what they call an automated space socialist now. (Robots and basic income.)
Funny how you can be the same and yet find yourself in a new place because the world warped around you.
Am I right wing? You tell me.
I see a lot of people arguing balls and strikes with people who don’t realise they’re playing baseball. As I see it if you’re “right wing” there’s an implication of where you stand on hot button cultural issues. You’re not that person. You think through issues and more importantly, realise which ones are worth the time and effort. One cannot save the masses from themselves if they don’t realise that “right” or “left” they aren’t fighting for a legitimate solution as they have not addressed the actual problem. Our “left” politically is to the right of legitimate first world nations (of which I do not consider the United States part of that group) so to try and identify where you fall on our political spectrum is similar to arguing who has the best three pointer in all of Major League Baseball. Sorry for all the sports analogies;)
That’s an awesome point. And the analogy is incredibly apt. Thanks much for the comment man 🙂