Ten Reasons I am No Longer a Leftist
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If it's fair to say that leftists want to be communists, why ain't it fair to say that rightists want to be slaveowners in a country where women and non-whites have no rights?
Reductio ad absurdam works both ways, Jody.
The left's selective outrage convinced me that much canonical, left-wing feminism is not so much support for women, as it is a protest against Western, heterosexual men. It's an "I hate" phenomenon, rather than an "I love" phenomenon.
So very, very, very true.
So very, very, very true.
When there is a balance of the two/far right and far left, we end up with a decent society to live in.
either in the extreme on it's own is a recipe for disaster.
I recall in an documentary about France's elite and the amount of tax they pay the one's interviewed did not mind the higher taxes.
They all agreed they liked the idea that the poor knew who was paying for their safety nets.
Communism is insane due to the fact only those few connected can live the life of a Mao, or Stalin.
We live where with a lot of hard work and the right circumstance you too can be grossly wealthy.
there is nothing wrong with being so wealthy you could never spend it.
there is something wrong though , when someone living in the same country has a hard time getting dental care, due to a plethora of different circumstances that leave them poor.
I joke about being more left than a communist, and the real me is right minded in a lot of instance.
But in real life time face to face i would never label myself, because I know I am an interplay of both far right winged minded ideals and far left winged ideals.
So one would say I am in the centre, but i'm not .
either in the extreme on it's own is a recipe for disaster.
I recall in an documentary about France's elite and the amount of tax they pay the one's interviewed did not mind the higher taxes.
They all agreed they liked the idea that the poor knew who was paying for their safety nets.
Communism is insane due to the fact only those few connected can live the life of a Mao, or Stalin.
We live where with a lot of hard work and the right circumstance you too can be grossly wealthy.
there is nothing wrong with being so wealthy you could never spend it.
there is something wrong though , when someone living in the same country has a hard time getting dental care, due to a plethora of different circumstances that leave them poor.
I joke about being more left than a communist, and the real me is right minded in a lot of instance.
But in real life time face to face i would never label myself, because I know I am an interplay of both far right winged minded ideals and far left winged ideals.
So one would say I am in the centre, but i'm not .
The trouble with fence sitting is that it's so damn had on the butt....
But most are not really fence sitters as weathervanes.....they go which way the wind blows to be popular........
nonsensical article really, and anyone who categorizes their beliefs as right or left has the mind of a 12 year old.
The article is a good read. I enjoyed it. But I can't help but feel he stopped being a lefty for the same reasons he was one in the first place.
Personally I abandoned left way of thought because I recognised a need of consequence for bad life choices. I recognised how consequence have pushed me to become better, and a society without them simply will not work.
I still feel we need to feel compassion to one a other to a certain extent, and that's why I take the center positions.
Personally I abandoned left way of thought because I recognised a need of consequence for bad life choices. I recognised how consequence have pushed me to become better, and a society without them simply will not work.
I still feel we need to feel compassion to one a other to a certain extent, and that's why I take the center positions.
most people aren't 'leftist' or 'rightist' to begin with. anyone that thinks so or labels others as is ignorant or afraid to accept similarities above differences. I think we all waver in between some, vacillate from here to there, accepting progressive changes, abolishing newfound stupidity and moving along. besides, labels be kinda lame. :lol:
I'm not ashamed too say I've moved my way of thinking from left to center in the last 10 years. I'd even go as far as to say some of this change has been in part due to discussion on this very forum.
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Kind of.....why I prefer the term "progressive" to the old left-right thing.
It makes no difference....ultra left and ultra right are exactly the same thing, and it ain't good.
I actually agree, to an extent.