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So, I am wondering what people's views here are in terms of politics. I know that we have used the political compass many times, but now I want us to be more specific so that we are not categorized by labels. So, my views are considered to be fairly extreme by many, especially economically (many refer to me as a communist, though I don't know if that is an accurate description or not):

-I support gay marriage, and in fact am more liberal than that: anyone should be able to marry anyone of legal age, whether it be a parent/child, sibling, cousin, etc. I am not against polygamy if everyone is consenting.

-I believe that all drugs and prostitution should be legal, as criminalizing them causes violence, as prostitutes have pimps that violently protect their employers, and drug dealers that arm themselves to protect their property as the government won't do it.

-I am absolutely against the death penalty and torture, as I think that the right to live is the most important of them all

-I support high degrees of freedom of speech; the only things that I don't support are threats

-I believe that the idea of countries is stupid: there should be a unified world, free of borders

-Income inequality is a massive problem: ideally I would like everyone to have the same pay, but realizing that this task is almost impossible, I believe that along with a higher minimum wage there needs to be a maximum wage

-With a maximum wage, the extra money earned that doesn't go to the person can go towards the population, ideally leading to a society where all healthcare, education, goods and housing is provided for

-To talk more in-depth about the previous point, I believe that property should not be bought; instead we would only have a monthly fee taken from taxes, and as long as we agree to stay there, we can't be forced out

-The only money that we would be given is disposable income: this would prevent debt, as the only money that we would have is for non-essential items

-We should have a direct democracy where everyone can vote on issues, instead of the current situation where we elect someone to represent us

 

Okay, I think that's good enough for now. I may add more as I come up with them. Of course, this is demonstrating an ideal situation for me: I do not know how well my ideas would work in practice, as I have almost no knowledge of economics.



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My political view is to not be involved in politics.



They are mine and mine alone like you have yours, if I were to label I would say I am a Libertarian leaning conservative.



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Libertarian.

Which means I like Ayn Rand, Mises, Rothbard, Hayek, Ron Paul et al.



VGPolyglot said:

So, I am wondering what people's views here are in terms of politics. I know that we have used the political compass many times, but now I want us to be more specific so that we are not categorized by labels. So, my views are considered to be fairly extreme by many, especially economically (many refer to me as a communist, though I don't know if that is an accurate description or not):

-I support gay marriage, and in fact am more liberal than that: anyone should be able to marry anyone of legal age, whether it be a parent/child, sibling, cousin, etc. I am not against polygamy if everyone is consenting.

-I believe that all drugs and prostitution should be legal, as criminalizing them causes violence, as prostitutes have pimps that violently protect their employers, and drug dealers that arm themselves to protect their property as the government won't do it.

-I am absolutely against the death penalty and torture, as I think that the right to live is the most important of them all

-I support high degrees of freedom of speech; the only things that I don't support are threats

-I believe that the idea of countries is stupid: there should be a unified world, free of borders

-Income inequality is a massive problem: ideally I would like everyone to have the same pay, but realizing that this task is almost impossible, I believe that along with a higher minimum wage there needs to be a maximum wage

-With a maximum wage, the extra money earned that doesn't go to the person can go towards the population, ideally leading to a society where all healthcare, education, goods and housing is provided for

-To talk more in-depth about the previous point, I believe that property should not be bought; instead we would only have a monthly fee taken from taxes, and as long as we agree to stay there, we can't be forced out

-The only money that we would be given is disposable income: this would prevent debt, as the only money that we would have is for non-essential items

-We should have a direct democracy where everyone can vote on issues, instead of the current situation where we elect someone to represent us

 

Okay, I think that's good enough for now. I may add more as I come up with them. Of course, this is demonstrating an ideal situation for me: I do not know how well my ideas would work in practice, as I have almost no knowledge of economics.

Not every occupation can have the same pay. An occupation is subordinated to the supply/demand relationship. We don't need as many bus drivers as we do doctors. We don't need as many singers as we do politicians. Bill Gates is unique, that's why he makes tons of money. McDonald's employees don't make much money because there are tons of them. Pay is strictly related to how society views a position.

Minimum wage creates unemployment. For a minimum wage to be effective, it has to be above the lowest pay possible. If no one makes less than $10/h, it'd be pointless to set the minimum wage to $5. It'd have to be above $10. Since $10 would be the equilibrium price, distorting it would create unemployment, because there will be more demand to positions than what the market can offer. Maximum wage creates more problems as well, such as black market.

What you define as non-essential may not be the same to someone else. Everyone should be entitled to earn as much as they can get paid, and spend their money on whatever they want. 



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jigokutamago said:
My political view is to not be involved in politics.