Left wing stupidity vs Right Wing Stupidity

Pauleta wrote: »

If the people before profit loons got their way we would be bankrupt in a matter of days.

As opposed to being bankrupt now.

OisinT wrote: »

Wait we talking about social left and right or economic left and right?

Stop it you're confusing me. I may have to lie down for a bit...

Johro wrote: »

Fair enough, but it's close enough for me. Buy manners.

Did I hurt your feelings?

I'm a middle winger :pac:

Lefties are too busy on campaigns of tolerence and PC not realising the hypocrisy they create by battling against the right-wingers "propaganda machine" and generally make life that little less bit fun day by day.

Righties are too conservative and afraid of moving forward in some instances. Unfortunatley they have a stong grip on society.

Both are dangerous groups with their own agendas, fighting over how our society should be run.

sensibleken wrote: »

Thats true. Clearly there are 12 view points. my viewpont is pisces

Let's not go there:D

liah wrote: »

Ah, of course they're generalizations, if they weren't I'd be on the topic all day. Of course it only really applies to the extreme in most places, but I pay quite a bit of attention to US politics and it's a pretty fair representation of the media's (and, frankly, a very large slice of the populous') take on each side. Not that the media is anything to judge an individual's personal political views on, but again, this is just a generalization and doesn't really mean anything on an individual basis.

I don't really consider myself any wing, tbh, some of my viewpoints are based on both sides.

In that case, I totally agree. I suppose I don't really consider myself left wing as I stated earlier, it's just that for me, right wing ideologies are so anti-people, and disagreeable enough for me to want to put myself on the opposite side.

Johro wrote: »

My problem with that is some of the right wing posts on AH such as the one saying we should stop sending food to starving people in an overpopulated world. 'Let them die' could be considered 'practical'. It even makes good economical sense. Doesn't make it right though.

Actually many people believe that direct aid to third world countries is doing more harm than good.

You need to clarify some things. Left and right is far too simplistic. There are generally 3 pillars to society
Political
Economic
Social (includes cultural)

Now you can have groups on either side of these in various degrees. Most Irish parties are politically right or authoritarian i.e. we know whats best for you so we're going to tell you how to live.
Economic is the main area of where people focus there left/right argument. Fairly straightforward but can be areas of gray and political economy comes into it.
Social - Here is one where Irish parties have not been honest with people. FF/FG/Labour/SF are all conservatives, not wanting personal freedoms for people, limiting human rights to certain groups but not others. Only implementing social protections when they have too. There are currently no registered pp that are historically liberal socially imo, if you can prove me wrong, I'm happy to be corrected.

So would you frame your OP differently now given this explanation? maybe just confine to economic sphere?

pmcmahon wrote: »

i disagree,mainly because i am a strong believer in natural selection.Me being genetically stronger and all.

Walk six miles to the well and back for dirty water in baking heat and we'll see how long you last.

This is an interesting quiz that shows you where you stand politically:D

http://www.gotoquiz.com/politics/political-spectrum-quiz.html

thebigbiffo wrote: »

when i was younger i associated the left with more personal freedoms and greater distribution of wealth and power. as i've gotten older i realised the left is actually more about taking how society develops and regulating it.

thats why i now lean to the right. the right focuses more on the individual, and the individual's right to live the life they want unhindered by the mechanisms of the state.

give me anarchy over nannystateism any day.

i know this is another example of over simplifying this but it's how i look at it.

Yeah, the wealthier individual.