I would assume the top answer would be “fuck capitalism” with a sprinkle of “lmao”
Capitalism is fucking us all equally so it shouldn’t be a lib idea only but you are probably right.
Liberalism is defined by support of capitalism, the two terms can often be used interchangeably.
You’re looking at anarchism, communism, democratic socialism if you’re opposed to capitalism.
Though experience tells me a lot of the people going “fuck capitalism” just want the capitalists and politicians to be a little less greedy and give some more crumbs to the working class within the imperial core.
Luxury gay space communist.
I’m only 25% joking
I think majority here is left-sided. I personally am right/ conservative (European wise).
However unfortunately, most of the right-side communities are filled with hate and thus, I avoid it.
That makes you left leaning to an American’s perspective. The political spectrum over here is farther right, even the left in the US is technically right center.
Ask a European their opinion on the Romani and watch your perspective change
Its definitely relative what is considered left vs right in Europe, especially since most countries over there have multiple parties (a good thing). But in general the American Left more closely resembles the “general” European right.
Looking up statistics for which countries are considered more democratic or more liberal, USA is always very far down the lists. Even compared to Italy.
Any compas with only two axes is so flawed as to be actively harmful to discourse.
I’m afraid I’m only familiar with the 2-axis political compass: Left/Right and Auth/Lib.
How many axes do you think there should be in an effective political chart, and what aspects of a political position should each one represent?
To be robust, it needs a social axis distinct from the heirarcy / authority axis, a political status-quo-vs-reform axis, and a dedicated economic policy axis. So, at least four.
Do you know of a test that has these axes, or more? I would be very interested to take it if so, and I am inclined to agree with you about the political compass test and others like it - they dont capture the true complexity of most people’s political views - I’m all over the place myself
Overall it’d probably lean toward the middle of the left side, with no strong leaning on the Authoritarian/Libertarian axis.
Very few people on here that aren’t to the left of Blairites or Establishment Democrats. Quite a few Marxist-Leninists, but not a majority. The few right-of-center people here seem to be either Euroskeptics or ancaps who somehow still believe any alternative from the corporate mainstream will be mostly used by ancaps.
