I'm all over the place when it comes to political views. But if I had to pick for economic views I'd say conservative.
Political/economic identification? | |||
| Socialist (Marxist variety) | 1 | 2.38% | |
| Socialist (non-Marxist variety) | 4 | 9.52% | |
| Social Democrat | 20 | 47.62% | |
| Libertarian/Anarcho-Capitalist | 2 | 4.76% | |
| Conservative | 10 | 23.81% | |
| Fascist | 1 | 2.38% | |
| Other | 4 | 9.52% | |
| Total: | 42 | ||
I'm all over the place when it comes to political views. But if I had to pick for economic views I'd say conservative.
Social democrat and democrat are not the same thing. Conservative and republican are not always the same thing. Liberal and conservative can put you all over the place politically depending on the country and time.

I'm a right leaning libertarian but I don't ever vote for libertarians.

Individualist anarchist, conscious egoist, anti-capitalist, mutualist, left-libertarian, libertarian socialist are all identifiers I have associated with, but I am not sacred about any of them.
I am conflicted between selecting non-marxist socialist and other. I identify as an anarchist first, individualist second and socialist third.
| sc94597 said: Individualist anarchist, conscious egoist, anti-capitalist, mutualist, left-libertarian, libertarian socialist are all identifiers I have associated with, but I am not sacred about any of them.
I am conflicted between selecting non-marxist socialist and other. I identify as an anarchist first, and socialist second. |
Interesting, I assumed that most anarchists would identify as a socialist primarily, such as me.
VGPolyglot said:
Interesting, I assumed that most anarchists would identify as a socialist primarily, such as me. |
My socialism mainly derives from my anarchism. I want to abolish capitalism because I want to abolish rulers (and the means by which they come to rule), consequently there are non-anarchist socialists that I find to be quite dogmatic and authoritarian which make it hard to associate with the label.
This also reflects in how I associate with others politically. I am confortable and can see the value of all forms anarchism, each ome attempts to criticise and warn against a different hierarchy, but state-socialists just lose me because their reasons for supporting socialism seem off.
Even if we talk about non-Marxists, the fabians, Christian Socialists, etc all seem to have some very nationalistic views. In fact, in the U.S nationalism very much originated among early socialists.
sc94597 said:
My socialism mainly derives from my anarchism. I want to abolish capitalism because I want to abolish rulers (and the means by which they come to rule), consequently there are non-anarchist socialists that I find to be quite dogmatic and authoritarian which make it hard to associate with the label.
This also reflects in how I associate with others politically. I am confortable and can see the value of all forms anarchism, each ome attempts to criticise and warn against a different hierarchy, but state-socialists just lose me because their reasons for supporting socialism seem off. Even if we talk about non-Marxists, the fabians, Christian Socialists, etc all seem to have some very nationalistic views. In fact, in the U.S nationalism very much originated among early socialists. |
What?
VGPolyglot said:
What? |
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bellamy
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bellamy
"Francis Bellamy was a leader in the public education movement, the nationalist movement, and the Christian socialist movement. He united his grassroots network to start a collective memory activism in 1892."
"Bellamy's vision of a harmonious future world inspired the formation of at least 165 "Nationalist Clubs" dedicated to the propagation of Bellamy's political ideas and working to make them a practical reality"
Francis is responsible for the pledge of allegiance which incorporated the Roman salute. His cousin Edward was responsible for Nationalist clubs.
Before the nationalist movement most Americans were local-minded, communitarian, and individualistic. These socialists were nationalists because they thought the nation-state and nationalization were the best means to reform.
Last edited by sc94597 - on 09 February 2018Missed the Classical Liberalism option, as it's hard for me to identify myself like fully Conservative. The poll confirmed what I thought: most of the people here are social democrats.