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how would you describe yourself politically, Beehaw, and why? (self.chat)
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we previously had this thread but it was lost in a sitewide crash. kind of fortuitous, given all the new people!

anyways, i'm interested in how you describe yourself politically but also why you do so, and/or how you came to the beliefs that you did. be as brief or lengthy as you want in answering that.

additionally, as a preface: i would like this to be a generally non-judgemental thread and i think this community is more than capable of that, so please respect that idea.[^1] in general, you are not obliged to justify to myself or anyone else why you believe what you do.

[^1]: exceptions, obviously, go for bigotry or intolerant beliefs that would be otherwise incompatible with the community's ethos. bluntly if you're a transphobe or something like that this is not the community for you.

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[–] balerion 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hardcore leftist, of the libertarian variety. Anarchist sympathies but not technically an anarchist.

[–] alyaza 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anarchist sympathies but not technically an anarchist.

what would you say makes you not "technically" an anarchist? or alternatively: what disagreements do you feel you have with contemporary anarchism that make you hesitant to embrace the label?

[–] balerion 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do technically believe in a state, just as small a state as can be achieved while still accomplishing its job (namely, keeping people from dying by supporting them in whatever way they need).

[–] alyaza 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

your mileage may vary since it's a term typically associated with right-libertarianism, but what you're describing seems like a good label fit for minarchism/the night-watchman state.

[–] balerion 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's not a totally wrong label, but I've avoided it for the exact reason you stated.