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[–]RedEyedWarriorGay | Male | 🇮🇪 Irish 🇮🇪 | Antineoliberal | Cocks are Compulsory 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 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.

[–]IridescentAnacondastrictly dickly 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Thanks for writing this up so I didn't have to. I consider myself more-or-less a libertarian who leans a little right from center.

I would add (since OP brought up religion) that I am deeply religious in a Buddhist/Gnostic/Contemporary-Pagan kind of way. As I progress along this path (which I have followed for decades) and as I grow older I understand that this path makes as many demands as any other (e.g. Christianity) although they may be formulated differently. I'm fine with Christians and have some very good friends who are quite devout Christians. I have no illusions about any influence I can wield in changing other people (in other words I have no interest in proselytizing) but it does lead to opinions about contemporary culture that might seem harsh to some. To me it seems there are objective truths whether you like them or not, although I believe people need to learn them on their own time.

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

I don’t have a problem with religion on its own. I don’t like it when religion is used to oppress people, especially oppress people like us. I also don’t like it when religion is used to start wars. But religion does set guidelines on how to live your life, gives you a purpose and give your rituals and a community. By the way, you don’t necessarily need religion to have rituals and a community, but those things are influenced by religion.

I was raised Catholic. I went to mass every week until I was 18. By the time I was in secondary school, I was one of the few pupils in my year who went to mass regularly, and I went to Catholic school. Then I went to a college, and went through an atheist phase for a number of years. Now in the last year, I’ve been praying every night. Last year I gave up something for lent for the first time since I was 18. I might even go to mass when the pandemic ends. So yeah, I guess I’m back to being a Catholic. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t agree with the Bible's stance on homosexuality. Some scholars claim that Leviticus only condemns homosexual sexual activity if you do it too much, or if it involves incest, rape or paedophilia, but I’m not sure whether these scholars are correct, or if they’re just adopting a liberal interpretation just to be inclusive. But most Catholics don’t seem to care if you’re gay as long as you’re not promiscuous (Nick Fuentes being an exception, but there is a lot of speculation that he’s secretly gay so it’s hard to know his true stance), and nobody is perfect. I don’t see homosexuality itself as a sin, and my understanding of it is that vices like sex, alcohol and junk food should only be consumed in moderation so that way you enjoy them without letting them control your life, so that way you can be free.

I also believe in freedom of religion. I used to be hostile towards it, especially towards Christianity and Islam. Now I don’t mind these religions. Yes, they’re both homophobic, but that doesn’t mean every Christian and every Muslim is a homophone. Islamic countries are generally more homophobic than Christian countries, but then you have countries like Albania, Kosovo and Bosnia and Herzegovina, where gays can serve in their militaries, sexual orientation is covered by anti discrimination laws and civil unions are being debated. Turkey is for the most part in homophobic, but homosexuality has been legal there since 1858 and Istanbul gay friendly for an Eastern European/western Asian city. When it comes to homosexuality and religion, I think it comes down to culture and how the religion is interpreted than the religion itself. Although I must warn gay Muslims that Saudi Arabia is financially supporting extremist and homophobic elements within Islam, and Saudi Arabia is being backed by western countries like America, Canada, Israel and Britain.

[–]IridescentAnacondastrictly dickly 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Agreed.

I was raised a weird and somewhat volatile mixture of Catholicism and Buddhism (the latter with a lot of new-age spin). Though I've cycled through periods of Catholicism as an adult, the Buddhism stuck, with an added dose of Gnosticism.