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LiptomaticMate
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Do you like politics?
Why do you/do you not like politics?
I'm interested in your opinions on this, that's why it's short and simple!
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SoulRiser
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Do you like politics?
I don't like it, it usually involves people saying a bunch of stuff in fancy words, that... when you think about it, actually doesn't mean anything at all. Too much blah blah and not enough meaningful results. I avoid it like the plague.
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Ky
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Do you like politics?
I love politics. I enjoy telling people of the virtues of capitalism, the benefits to having a minimal government, and the problems communism is riddled with.
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Do you like politics?
I hate politics, because no matter what I say (true beliefs or not) or who I ask, I am always wrong.
Hello, traveler.
This is an ancient account I have not used in a long time. My views have changed much in the intervening months and years.
Nonetheless, I refuse to clean it up. Pretending that I've held my current views since the beginning of time is what we in the industry call a lie. Asking people to do so contributes to moralistic self-loathing. "See, those people have nothing damning! I do! I'm truly vile!"
Because you can never be a good person with a single blemish on the moral record, I thought that simply entertaining some thoughts made me irredeemable. Though I don't care for his writing style, William Faulkner presents a good counterexample. He went from being a typical Southern racist to supporting the civil rights movement. These days we'd yell at him for that, probably.
People are allowed to change their views.
Nevertheless, this period of my life has informed some of how I am today. In good ways and bad ways. To purge it would be to do a disservice to history. Perhaps it will not make anyone sympathetic, but it may help someone understand.
If, after reading all this, you still decide to use the post above as evidence that I am evil today, ask yourself if you have never disagreed with the moral code you now follow. In all likelihood you did, at some point. If some questions are verboten, and the answer is "how dare you ask that," don't expect your ideological opponents to ever change their minds.
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Ky
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RE: Do you like politics?
(01-07-2013 11:16 AM)planetfall666 Wrote: I hate politics, because no matter what I say (true beliefs or not) or who I ask, I am always wrong.
I see what you did there .
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RE: Do you like politics?
i hate it because of the same reason SR does...although, when we get to the point that a president is chosen by a battle to the death then i wouldn't mind watching those debates (basically, make politics fun and i'll get interested in them)
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Do you like politics?
I support individual thinking, I really don't like that some people are obligated to decide my state of welfare in my country. As well as decision making, I would more like that everyone instead of voting for someones thoughts and opinions rather think for themselves.
Do you think politics are the only way to control a society, or could a possibility of individual (no political) thinking society exist?
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SoulRiser
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Do you like politics?
Governments (if they must exist) should be as tiny as possible and have little to no control over anything that isn't absolutely necessary. Everything else (roadworks, education, etc) should be split up into seperate departments that have nothing to do with the government.
There should also be no taxes at all. If the government is actually doing a good job, people will want to fund them. Also, with it being so simplified, they won't need as much money. Same with the seperate departments... if they're doing good, people will fund them. Incentive FTW.
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RE: Do you like politics?
(01-08-2013 12:32 AM)SoulRiser Wrote: Governments (if they must exist) should be as tiny as possible and have little to no control over anything that isn't absolutely necessary. Everything else (roadworks, education, etc) should be split up into seperate departments that have nothing to do with the government.
There should also be no taxes at all. If the government is actually doing a good job, people will want to fund them. Also, with it being so simplified, they won't need as much money. Same with the seperate departments... if they're doing good, people will fund them. Incentive FTW.
I mean this as a compliment, not an insult: You should be a political activist. Encouraging people to see that a government need not control everything now that society is more organized, and informing them that the private sector (free enterprise) can handle public works (roads and stuff), is just what we need.
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RE: Do you like politics?
(01-08-2013 12:32 AM)SoulRiser Wrote: Governments (if they must exist) should be as tiny as possible and have little to no control over anything that isn't absolutely necessary. Everything else (roadworks, education, etc) should be split up into seperate departments that have nothing to do with the government.
There should also be no taxes at all. If the government is actually doing a good job, people will want to fund them. Also, with it being so simplified, they won't need as much money. Same with the seperate departments... if they're doing good, people will fund them. Incentive FTW.
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I totally agree. It's not likely that it will happen anytime in the US or Canada but I don;t know about England. Still, It would be nice
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