I remember meeting a guy at a nightclub in Belfast. He was a Protestant and unionist but also a leftie. He had no one to vote for. Republicans were the left unionists the right. A complex situation thee for sure but, why can’t you mix it up.
It will be a long time before we can transcend the binary view of views.
Solid example and great line - the binary view of views. Fully agree.
That new German party are a great example of how poltics is pulling in weird and previously almost incompatible ways. They're for big state, social spending, social welfare but want to bring in far stricter checks on immigration and the movement of people. Their position is only going to become more reasonable with time given the fall out from climatc change. They're also anti-NATO and US imperialism. If it wasn't for their position on climate change, I'd be pretty well sold (as long as they position on immigration was simply stricter and more pragmatic, and not racist). But pro big state and welfare mixed with immigration scepticism wouldn't have aligned in a party in the past.
You constantly avoid one really quite obvious alternative. Just don't have a position on the political spectrum at all. There is absolutely no need for it. As each political problem arrives before you, solve it! There is no requirement to approach it from a priori position. There is certainly no necessity to pluck an existing answer off the shelf.
It is true each time you 'solve it' you might find yourself lined up with, say, the Left, but that doesn't mean you can't line up with Right on the next problem. Or even the same problem in a different place or at a different time. Though often, after a bit of practice, you will find yourself coming up with a solution that is novel, that is all your own.
It's easy once you get used to it, though ridding yourself of left (or right or centrist) assumptions does take a bit of time. Whether it will do you or the world any good is another matter.
I remember meeting a guy at a nightclub in Belfast. He was a Protestant and unionist but also a leftie. He had no one to vote for. Republicans were the left unionists the right. A complex situation thee for sure but, why can’t you mix it up.
It will be a long time before we can transcend the binary view of views.
Solid example and great line - the binary view of views. Fully agree.
That new German party are a great example of how poltics is pulling in weird and previously almost incompatible ways. They're for big state, social spending, social welfare but want to bring in far stricter checks on immigration and the movement of people. Their position is only going to become more reasonable with time given the fall out from climatc change. They're also anti-NATO and US imperialism. If it wasn't for their position on climate change, I'd be pretty well sold (as long as they position on immigration was simply stricter and more pragmatic, and not racist). But pro big state and welfare mixed with immigration scepticism wouldn't have aligned in a party in the past.
You constantly avoid one really quite obvious alternative. Just don't have a position on the political spectrum at all. There is absolutely no need for it. As each political problem arrives before you, solve it! There is no requirement to approach it from a priori position. There is certainly no necessity to pluck an existing answer off the shelf.
It is true each time you 'solve it' you might find yourself lined up with, say, the Left, but that doesn't mean you can't line up with Right on the next problem. Or even the same problem in a different place or at a different time. Though often, after a bit of practice, you will find yourself coming up with a solution that is novel, that is all your own.
It's easy once you get used to it, though ridding yourself of left (or right or centrist) assumptions does take a bit of time. Whether it will do you or the world any good is another matter.
Eristics. Learn the art of dialectics and we'll talk.
That's OK, just fire away. I can take it.