Help me have a fundamental change in my political and economic viewpoints

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  1. Viking Socrates I am Mad Scientist

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    After much thinking I have decided that my views as a Leftist/Communist where just not cutting it enough and thus after careful planing I decided to abandon the communist doctrine, although It appears that I am at an impasse......

    .....I have yet to discover or see a argument as to what I should be in terms of the two (Economics and politics) , nor do I really know what I truly am in the spectrum.....i am at a loss. Be it Capitalist, Socialist, Liberal, Conservative, Anarcho, or any of the branches of the two in between. Or if I should become a communist again. I am open to any sort of economical/Politics branch, as long as it can be argued logically. (Mind you anything Maoist, Anarcho-Capitalist, Fascist, Austrian school of economics hell bloody absolute monarchy with socialist views)

    So I am asking the forums if they could debate it out (Rationally without being assholes) and as such I could better learn to which I may change my views towards. This is totally not a way to see you guys argue in a mass scale like never before and then I will careful analyze everyone arguments until I find the best one for my self.

    Thank you and good day.

    *Remember my conversion will add enough to your side and also will further prove that you are superior. Now go out there and debate.....but be kind very kind.
  2. xXxLKxXx Well-Known Member

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    Do what I do, agree with everyone when its convenient for you.
  3. pedro3131 Running the Show While the Big Guy's Gone

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    Eh... I can convince you of the validity of any ideology but what's important is what you think. How do you view human nature? What do you think the purpose of government should be? Should men be free to persue their interests or should they have to conform to the need of society? As a subquestion who get's to determine what's best for an individual or society?

    These are the kind of questions that will help you figure out where you stand.
  4. BattalionOfRed Mr. Fred Battaliono

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    I think that's a question best left undecided until you're done your Secondary education. Or, if you 'wanna go ahead and take a stab at it, read lots of books, institute some bias in your choice of books. Worked for me, and as a kid I learnt a lot, then I made my 'choice'.
  5. Chives Newest Member

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    Oh Victor, you so funny

    Oh XXXlsdsXXX, you so silly

    Oh, Pedro, you so horny

    Oh Battaliono Fred, you so cheeky
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  6. BattalionOfRed Mr. Fred Battaliono

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    Is this your way of not being an asshole? Well, to be honest, there's no way to blatantly judge you as an asshole through this comment, other than calling me by the stupid Livestream name that wouldn't capitalize what I wanted to be capitalized. :D
  7. Kalalification Guest

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    An answer is only useful if you know what the question is. For some of us, the question is about how man should treat his fellow man, for others it's about how we as a species can achieve some kind of optimal state, and for others it's about what's going to, at the end of the day, put bread on the table and gas in their tank.

    Find out what question is the most important to you and the answers will be readily apparent (not that they're going to be equally valid or that any of them work at all).

    Comprehensive ideologies are always silly, and I'd advise you to explore things on an issue-by-issue basis instead of sticking to a party/ideological line.
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