Particracy Forum

Corporatist (in the correct non-American sense of the word), moderate social conservative, somewhere between centre and centre-right, not very ideological overall.

I'm a Neo-Garveyite Left Capitalist.

I usually vote for socialists in US federal elections.

Zongxian wrote:But what of the ideologies like social democracy and liberal socialism? Both accept capitalism with socialist regulations and programs. At least that's my understanding.

I used to identify myself as a liberal socialist when I was in my younger teens, but then I learned about Liberalism properly and it's just... No.

Zongxian wrote:And like I said, in the American context it's hard for me to determine my proper ideological label. And so I've used those labels like 'liberal socialist.'

You make a good point here. I rarely find an American who isn't politically-confused because of how the USA misuses political terms horribly.
Btw, fuck Social Democracy.

Social Democracy is the political ideology that the furthest left party with seats in Canada's parliment uses.(They are Centre-Left).

The Democratic Party is the most right-leaning of any political party on the Left. I always laugh at idiots in this country who think the party is "Socialist" and "Marxist".

CCP wrote:I'm a Neo-Garveyite Left Capitalist.

This here just symbolises this entire forum.

Ecologist, with both libertarian-conservative and fascist tendencies.

Afrocentric wrote:The Democratic Party is the most right-leaning of any political party on the Left. I always laugh at idiots in this country who think the party is "Socialist" and "Marxist".

Were does "right-leaning left" end and "left-leaning right" begin?

Afrocentric wrote:The Democratic Party is the most right-leaning of any political party on the Left. I always laugh at idiots in this country who think the party is "Socialist" and "Marxist".

Is that so? I don't think our left-wing parties would consider legalizing marijuana or euthanasia over here. Likewise, I don't think the Democratic Party of America - or the Conservative party of the UK for that matter - would consider treating school children as "customers" on a "welfare market" were public schools (and hospitals) are privatized, and compete for profit but are still driven entirely by vouchers, bur truly "private" ones are illegal. Which the Social Democratic party of Sweden, together with the Swedish centre-right, does.

"Left" and "right" are, of course, relative terms. But in reality - I think the people called "liberals" in America are the ones called "social democrats" or even "socialists" elsewhere. Likewise, a "social conservative" in my country means a socially conservative person who is "social" - i.e. more pro-big government and the welfare state than ordinary conservatives - not strictly someone who is pro-social conservatism but also pro-laissez faire market liberalism at all costs.

Left Wing. Democratic Socialist/Euro-communism/Ecologist.