Have you ever experienced a major ideological shift?

Too bad Liberalism does't work. It never has and it must be imposed at the point of a gun.

As opposed to conservationism?

I had a few relatives get laid off in the past due to the economic times. But, the rest of us pooled together what we can spare and buoyed up our unfortunate kin until they recovered. It wasn't always easy. But, it's good to know I'll have kin propping me up should I fall into hard times.

I've always been quite the radical centrist.

EDIT: Libertarian republican right now.

Conservative until GWB, now a Democrat. I realized there is no “small government” party. Plus the right wing base is crazy. Tea Party, Evangelicals, and now the Alt-Right. All nuts. A large block of this country seems to think winning means “things are bad for me so I’ll make them worse for you”.

I suggest you focus on making money, nothing better than being a capitalist.

I guess 5 years ago i was a center democrat, now i'm a too the left left democrat.

I believe in legalizing all drugs, prostitution, euthanasia and a capital gains tax. But also, banning all guns and the death penalty.

I guess... Grew up thinking I'm one way because that's what my family is, but as soon as I started thinking for myself I'm not what I thought. I don't know if you can consider that a change though, more like a realization.

These days though, I haven't changed but, I don't know where I belong because I just see the side I considered myself to be on descend into madness.

I was an ideological youngster who was very left-wing on pretty much everything. However, with maturity, education and time, I realized that heavily leftist positions on fiscal issues within a country, usually lead to just as many problems as ultra-conservatism. I really haven't changed much on social issues, and remain quite heavily left in that regard.

There is not a single Canadian political party I have ever felt drawn towards. In fact, since I was able to vote, across each level of government (civic, provincial or federal) I've voted for each of the four major Canadian political parties (PC, LIB, NDP and Green) at some point.

I'm just glad Stephen Harper isn't Prime Minister anymore. He was borderline religious nutjob, but hid it well. I'm also very glad he refused to reopen the abortion debate despite a lot of his ultra-religious party members desperately wanting it to happen.

I used to be super liberal and progressive when I was younger.

I've changed to be a conservative because as my ability to think in scientific and logic terms increased I started understanding the shallowness and arbitrary behavior of progressivism and started becoming increasingly detached and disillusioned of its outrage-fueled, incoherent and myopic world vision.

I'd say the tipping point happened when the gay rights movement became a thing and I was called a bigot for saying that churches shouldn't be forced to give out weddings just because you want them to, while instead states should absolutely make civil unions a thing with the same civil privileges and rights as a marriage. Apparently that counts as "being against gay rights" and warranted ostracization.

Leftist causes since then have been increasingly degenerate and detached from reality. The whole "Resist Trump" and "white privilege" things we have today are eerily disturbing to me in how fanciful they are.

Was pretty liberal during my youth but now I ride straight through the middle only leaning either way depending on the issues. I also became a british nationalist past 5 years or so. Seeing the country go down the drain is depressing.

Always was left leaning. When I was young my musical heroes were either gay or gay icons (Brandon Flowers, Morrissey, Bowie), so that introduced me to social issues early on. I'd say i'm still very liberal. My views: Everyone gets healthcare and everyone gets a college education through tax increase. But I am not anti-capitalism, and I am wary about raising the minimum wage drastically over short periods of time.

If you are on one "side" or another, you are doing it wrong. Thoughtful people should see the crazy in either party, along with the good.

That said...the right side is FAR more insane at the moment, and it's scary as America really is being torn apart by itself. It's not just the crazy, fringe right policies...nor is it the personality of the worst Potus in history.

It's the partisanship that's the real long term problem...what are the left going to be when Trumps administration is finished? Or would Trump even relinquish power? He's taken a lot of steps to become the Authoritarian he wants to be, and I wouldn't be surprised at some kind of attempt to stay in power.

Either way...we'll all die, or come back to the middle at some point. Hopefully it's the latter.

Most people left alone tend to be more conservative. Liberalism goes against human nature.

Ah so you admit the draw of conservatism is selfishness.

Define conservatism for me then? Every brand I have ever seen is imposed at the point of a gun.