SamSniped
DJ Goodboye
Answering hobbs's OP, mine formed via my own logic and beliefs. I generally tend to lean right fiscally and left socially.
More to come ... but let me start by saying I was a Red State Republican from an old money southern family and now I am a Red.
Betcha can't wait to hear that one!
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There is nothing "libertarian" about the right in America. It might not be the same as classical conservatism. But it also has far more in common with that than either liberalism, which it is not an outgrowth of, or libertarianism, which it also is not an outgrowth of.
because none of what they do or propose to do is based on reason or rationality. Likewise they have no foundation in libertarianism, because nothing they do or propose to do has a basis in liberty. It is explicitly the opposite of that.[/U]
Per my family tradition, I started working with the poor. In college, I read Che, Fidel, Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin.
Started to ask WHY the poor were poor. Found the answers in Marx, Engels, Lenin and Stalin.
Got called a "communist" by colleagues when I told them the poor were poor because the rich were rich.
"Communist" fit me to a tee.
Found a party and joined it. Pledged my life, my fortune and my sacred honor to ending capitalism, establishing socialism.
Found this site. Met RugbyLEAGUEfan who, while he didn't change my mind about communism, DID change my mind about track pants. Take victories when you can get 'em, especially if you're an anarchist -- as victories come so seldom.
Yep, I was right, it's my story lol. Except that track pants are still an abomination.![]()
There's a Zhou Enlai/French Revolution joke in there somewhere.
More generally, it seems we have a lot of formerly conservative/libertarian posters that moved left during their teenage years (which mostly correspond to the Bush years). Wish we had some older posters commenting to see whether, say, the experiences of the 80s made them shift left or right, or if general disillusionment with the Kennedy/Johnson/Carter administrations during their political awakenings made them vote more conservatively.
Not fair. Truman was probably the best ever president in terms of economics. He was well ahead of the curve on Civil Rights. He lead for the reconstruction of Europe and the containment of the Soviets. Very underrated.
Well, given how many children he killed, I'm not sure that we can say history has been altogether unkind to him.Not fair. Truman was probably the best ever president in terms of economics. He was well ahead of the curve on Civil Rights. He lead for the reconstruction of Europe and the containment of the Soviets. Very underrated.