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[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I’m neither left wing nor right wing. I’m neither liberal, nor moderate, nor conservative. And I oppose both communism and capitalism. But if I had to label myself, I would say that I am a nationalist, a libertarian and a proponent of tightly-knit communities.

I’m a nationalist because I want governments to listen to the people they govern instead of global elites. I consider the idea of a one-world government to be neocolonialism, because all cultures are different and have different ways of doing things, and with a one world government, one group of people will inevitably dominate and oppress other groups. Let countries like Ireland, South Korea, Botswana, Taiwan, Cuba, Poland, Nicaragua, Iran and Pakistan be independent and do what they want in their own countries. And FYI, I oppose racism and racial supremacy. If you don’t like a particular race, whatever, but don’t live in a country that belongs to that race you don’t like. For example, don’t live in Nigeria if you hate black people, don’t live in Hungary if you hate white people.

I am libertarian because I believe in a small government. I believe that it is the responsibility of the community and the individual to govern society. Do what you want, but think about the consequences of your actions and how these consequences affect people around you. Instead of waiting for the government to get involved, help out your neighbours when they’re in need. We do need a government to manage certain services, such as postal services, regulations, anti trust laws, health and safety, justice, the prison system and military, but we need to be less reliant on the government and more reliant on ourselves, our families, our neighbours and our friends. Stop treating the government like your parents. I believe in a free market, but a true free market needs regulation in order to prevent predatory corporations from forming monopolies and crushing the competition. Companies like Google, Microsoft, Nestle, Johnson and Johnson, Disney and many more should be broken up.

On current issues, I oppose the lockdowns. I know there is a pandemic, but governments are using the lockdowns to increase their powers over people and take away our rights. People are killing themselves because their lives are destroyed. People have not been able to go to funerals of loved ones and have not been able to say goodbye to dying loved ones. Small businesses are closed and will never open up again, while soulless corporations like Amazon and Walmart are bigger than ever. Obesity levels are on the rise, and obesity makes you more vulnerable to COVID. People should have the right to quarantine, but they should not be forced to quarantine. They should not be forced to do anything.

Just in case anyone was wondering, no, I do not support Donald Trump. In fact, I’m glad he’s gone. He’s done a lot of horrible things. He appointed warmongers, corporate lobbyists and his ambitious son-in-law to his cabinet. He murdered Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian general who was invited to be in Iraq, because he wanted to stick it to Iran. He bullied other countries into boycotting Iran - yes, Iran is a horrible country to live in, but who appointed Trump's government to be the world police? He pushed the lockdowns in the first place, even going as far as to insult the Swedish and Brazilian governments for refusing to lockdown their populations. He put pressure on vaccine companies to rush the productions of their vaccines, when the proper thing to do is to let these companies take their time with these products because these vaccines are going into your body, so they should be safe. Those COVID vaccines are 90% safe, but they would be much safer if Trump didn’t interfere and force them to rush out their products. Trump never pardoned Edward Snowden or Julian Assange. Trump never stood up for his supporters when social media companies were banning their accounts (which contributed to Trump's well deserved downfall). Instead, what Trump has done was sow division and polarisation, not just in America, but in western civilisation in general. Trump never should have been elected in the first place. By the way, QAnon is not real, Trump is never getting re-elected, and Trump supporters need to accept that Tromp has lost.

[–]milknciggiesLGBToxic[S] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Thanks for the detailed response. I understand where you're coming from and I agree with some of your points, especially regarding market regulation to avoid massive conglomerates controlling everything and suffocating smaller businesses. As for lockdown and COVID, I must admit I'm getting fed up with this whole thing. I am becoming quite skeptical. Protecting vulnerable people is important but goverment restrictions are getting out of hand.

[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The government in Ireland said that the lockdown was only going to be for two weeks. Now a year in and we’ve been through three lockdowns. First was almost two months, second was six weeks and the current one we’ve been in since the start of the year. I’m all for protecting vulnerable people, but the lockdowns have made people depressed, obese and unemployed. A lot small businesses will never open again, while large corporations are getting bigger and richer. In Ireland were locked down, but our borders are still open, so that people with the virus can still come into our country and spread. In which case, what is the point of the lockdowns? I’m not sure what you think of Russel Brand, but he did a good video on this topic.