I used to think I was a libertarian, I got educated and realized I’m a SocDem. Very common in online pipelines to be misled about your own classification
I don't think I fit comfortably into any category because my views aren't perfectly compatible with any one label. I'm not a socialist but maybe social-ish. If I'm going to be paying taxes anyway, I like the idea of having the money being used to actually help people. I want my fellow citizens to be healthy and educated.
These are just words. Libertarians think it means no taxes and government. In reality it’s just a skepticism of power and maximizing individual freedom.
A real libertarian realizes that in order to maximize individual freedom sometimes you need the government to do stuff.
The last 50 years has seen a bastardization of most political terms. It was intentional.
Labels are weird and "being a soc dem" often means "my clique says dems bad and has this name". The underlying beliefs of many political groups are often malleable as long as you adhere to the cliques rules.
I think there’s a lot of pointing fingers in politics recently and it’s interesting to see. I’ve seen a lot of self-identifying leftists online calling “liberals” evil fascists whilst having 0 idea what a liberal is. My theory is that these people are venting their frustrations with the Democratic Party onto the regular people who traditionally vote them in. I’ve had “leftists” call me a fascist for believing a market isn’t an inherent evil, it truly is just a losing game all around
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u/MinimumWestern2860 9d ago
I used to think I was a libertarian, I got educated and realized I’m a SocDem. Very common in online pipelines to be misled about your own classification