Do you consider yourself more left or right wing?

[Pemalite]

Lucca said:

Pemalite said:

I consider myself neither. I am in the middle.

I weight up the Pro's and Con's of each side and support the most compelling argument for the benefit of the nation.
...And ultimately in an ideal world, everyone would be like that.

Ever thought that people who identify as left-wing or right-wing have weighed up the pros and cons, and just use those classifications as a quicker way to organize themselves and to find like-minded people? Being left-wing doesn't mean I'll agree with everything every left-wing person says. In fact, I'll probably have a lot more in common with a centre-right socially liberal person than with a left-wing anarcho-communist, for example.

I don't think being a centrist is a virtue—from my experience, it's more commonly just a label that people who think they're superior use to appear intellectual and politically aware. I'm not saying that's what you're doing, but maybe think of being in the middle as just as much of a position as being left-wing or right-wing. None of those imply that you don't weigh up the pros and cons on every argument, they just represent which side you tend to agree with more.

You are missing the point.

Being in the center means you don't hold a bias for any policy just because it's conservative or progressive.

If you are progressive or conservative, then you tend to be extremely abrasive to competing points of view, rather than judge those particular points of view on their individual merits.

For example... I hold very conservative immigration/border policy views because I believe as a nation we shouldn't have unchecked migration, it needs to be controlled to keep cross-border crime to a minimum, but also allow us to plan and build infrastructure to support the increase in population and maintain one of the worlds highest standards of living.

But I also hold very progressive social views in regards to healthcare, universal health care has not only provided us with some of the best quality care in the world... But it's also one of the cheapest systems on a per-capita basis.

If I was stringently progressive or conservative, one of those would come into conflict... I'm not going to support something just because it's conservative or progressive, that would be stupid.

Consequently... The further left or right you go, the more they are the same. (Political horse shoe theory)