I realize I may have lost friends, talking about politics. I mean Facebook friends, and although I am no longer going to say what my very unpopular views are on certain matters, not wanting to hurt people's feelings, because some of my views are a bit radical, and I realize that they have personal content.
For all practical purposes, I always vote Democratic. I have voted in every election, since I was old enough to vote, and the first person I voted for was Jimmy Carter.
I believe in a certain amount of socialism, but not complete of course. We already have a certain amount of socialism. I believe that this is a good thing, and I believe in the Democratic fiscal system, of rich paying more taxes, etc., rather than 'trickle down economics.'
However, when it comes to certain values, I agree more with the conservatives, not the radical ones, but the moderate ones. I am not liberal in all areas, which I will not expose in this blog, and are a personal matter, but I guess what I am saying is, I wish there were a political party that was fiscally liberal, not to the point of complete socialism, but fair socialism, and some capitalism, at the same time socially conservative.
In America, there is mainly a two party system, for anyone outside this country. There are other parties, like the Green Party, but these are kind of useless, because independents never win. Only a Republican or a Democrat can win an election, so people who vote for others, are really throwing away a vote.
I guess what I am saying is that I wish people did not have to be lumped into a category of thinking, or a complete thought system, due to the way they vote.
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