I've noticed that Atheists tend to be either socialistic or very anti-big government. What do you consider yourself? I am for a minimal government with maximum liberties. Since we have many Europeans here I suspect a lot of people will disagree though. :shock:
I would affiliate myself with social democracy. More emphasis on government services and less on privatisation. Some things I think should always be a service (eg. health care, public transport considering the recent performance of Connex :P).
I don't have any problem with big government, but I would say it is normal to be somewhat suspicious of them considering the power that they have. But thats why we have constitutions, balance of power etc.
The Australian system of government I find quite fascinating. It has churned out something that works, but not quite what was intended.Â
I'd say I'm a very left-leaning liberal. I have no problem with a larger government as long as it's run moderately well. We have millions more citizens than we did even 50 years ago, so it would make sense to me that we would need more government to oversee the needs of this large a population.
Well, in my local Australian politics I am pro Liberal Party (who are actually the most conservative of the major parties, figure that out!), I am fairly socially progressive, but like pro-big business economic conservatism.
I'm actually very clueless about politics in the sense of formal knowledge and education regarding the subject, but I'd consider myself at the very centre of the political spectrum.
Nevertheless, there are aspects of both the left and right that piss me off.
I find it weird how some of you are turned off or disinterested in politics. I'm far more interested in politics than in religion, but in the US they overlap anyway.
I find it weird how some of you are turned off or disinterested in politics. I'm far more interested in politics than in religion, but in the US they overlap anyway.helium_flash
I find it much more interesting than religion too amongst other things, hence why it is one of my majors at university.
I have recieved some not so flattering responses when I have told fellow non-politics students I study politics, one of them being "eww politics". :lol:
used to be a republican, but I'm etching closer and close to anarchism (but I will never get there. anarchy=hell). I'm a sort of hybrid between libertarian and republican at the moment.
I'd consider myself moderate, conservative on some issues, liberal one others, and in between on many. Socially, though, I could probably be called pretty liberal. I'm also in favor of some small degree of socialism, as exists in Europe. I guess by US standards, that's rather liberal.
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