Apparently the recession changed my political views

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FaRmLaNd said:

I've become more libertarian these past few years but still with a slight left leaning stance on many issues. Whereas I think a few years ago I was almost a fully fledged socialist in many regards.

That has nothing to do with the financial crisis though, its because I got sick and tired of ever increasing government power at the expense of personal freedom through the scapegoat of anti-terrorism (among other things).

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Yeah, i'm somewhat in the same boat in that regard.  All the shit Bush did was outright ridiculious... but then the democrats weren't doing anything to fix what he did even when they got congressional majority.

Made me very distrusting of both parties.

Of course it doesn't help that 9/11 wasn't really a big deal to me in the first place since i didn't know anyone who lived in NY.

A terrorist attack in NY is the same as one in London, Gaza, Dubai or Tehran to me.

A tragic loss of life.