Which political ideology do you most identify with?
Well you're the stupid expert here not me
I have seen my fair share, yes. It's what happens when you're right all the time, not that I expect…
Claiming to be right all the time? How arrogant of you. I myself have changed my mind on a number of political things – I used to be an interventionist, now I'm an isolationism; I used to be a nationalist, now I'm a States' Rights believer; I used to be a protectionist, now I believe in free trade. I'm the one with the open mind here.
@VulcanMan6 5mos5MO
lol it was a low-effort mocking joke in response to a low-effort ad hominem counter...I didn't realize we were supposed to be taking these last few comments seriously? You are the one who responded with "well you're the stupid expert here, not me" to a simple counter-argument against an anti-democratic claim. Don't act like I started this.
Also, it's pretty ironic for you to insist that you have an open-mind, after literally calling me a "stupid expert" for calling out a flaw in a centuries-old argument twisted to be against democratic decision-making. Odd, if you ask me. And according to your logic, since I used to be far-right but now I'm far-left, that makes me inherently open-minded as well.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution4mos4MO
Or it makes you susceptible to propaganda
@VulcanMan6 4mos4MO
Everyone is susceptible to propaganda, we are all just more susceptible to the kinds of ideas that we already believe in. I am more likely to fall for leftist propaganda because I have leftist beliefs, and you are more likely to fall for far-right propaganda because you have far-right beliefs. It's literally just called confirmation bias, and we all do it, whether unconsciously or not. The only way to differentiate is with supporting evidence and/or reasoning.
@9CJ6CB64mos4MO
Never before has that been better described.
@Patriot-#1776Constitution4mos4MO
My beliefs are not "far-right" but in fact align with classical liberalism, a form of libertarianism.
@9CJ6CB64mos4MO
And it’s just that: classical. Not with the values of the majority of the population, or even most people out there today. When the world creates new rights, abilities, and freedoms, those who hold to the liberal ideas of the past become conservatives because they moved in a different direction. Is moving bad? Not necessarily, and this is one of the times it’s good.
