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[–]IamCleaver[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

"How do you define socialist?" In broadest terms, for me, a socialist is someone who believes that the economy should serve the society and not the other way round.

"This could range from GOP's minimum wage to communist tyranny." You can overdose on anything, communism is the extreme form of socialism which has been proven not to work. I am not a fan of minimal wage. Not because I don't am against minimal income but because it promotes illegal hiring to circumvent it. It is much better to tax the companies and redistribute the income through various means to the needy.

"Extremist far "Left" Social Justice Warrior cult." From what I have seen it seems that anyone who is economically a socialist tends to at least sympathise with these ideas. I would be glad to be proven wrong.

"This could range from the Moonies to all religions." What makes all religions better then the moonies? I have no hostility to Zoroastrianism, but when it comes to Abrahamic religions I see them as a huge burden on the society.

"What about corporate media and celeb "conservatives"?" What about them? I don't exactly know what you mean. I am not from the US.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

"Extremist far "Left" Social Justice Warrior cult." From what I have seen it seems that anyone who is economically a socialist tends to at least sympathise with these ideas. I would be glad to be proven wrong.

There's no end to the Old-Left people out there saying they are not Right nor Conservative and they aren't for SJWs either - and they don't express any anarchism either. At least half of the news and political content from YouTube I share express this. The Old-Left no longer has a voice in politics, much like the non-GOP-Right, the Alt-Right, and Voluntaryists.

What makes all religions better then the moonies?

Depends how much they want to exploit or kill you. I agree - most religions are terrible.

Most corporate media (and celebs) are Left, but some are conservatives. They're rarely hard-core though. Many of them may claim to be "conservative" yet support socialist stuff.

[–]IamCleaver[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Are there any Socialist conservatives? I don't see a contradiction between socialism and conservatism.

[–]JasonCarswellVoluntaryist 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

How do you define liberal and capitalist?

[–]IamCleaver[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Capitalist? I don't usually use this term but the opposite of socialist. Free market. Reducing government involvement in the economy. Against social welfare, free healthcare etc.

Liberal? Somebody who puts the freedoms and needs of an individual above social norms, traditions and needs.. Supports LGBT, feminism, gender non-conformism...