Political issues you've changed your opinion about

[Bboystyle]

Communism would work in an ideal country. The US painted Communism as this horrible evil structure because it would mean equality for everyone and there's no social class. If a country was properly ran by someone who actually gave a fukk, communism would be the best system. Unfortunately, this world doesnt breed those type of people so Communism is useless in today's society.


^Never in my life would i have said or agreed with this but here I am...

 

[Thanos]

It's still fukk america, but very pro-wellbeing and the rights of the people.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Decriminalization of all drugs, I used to only think this about specific ones (shrooms, LSD, weed), I think it would lead to less organized crime and fewer people in jail. I just cant in good faith look at legalized liquor which tears bodies and lives apart via alcoholism and then draw some imaginary line that the person who wants to smoke meth or snort H is somehow [more of] a criminal.

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

Oh and I don’t trust class reductionists who don’t listen to black voters. Big red flag

 

[BucciMane]

Death penalty and abortion. Used to be completely for the death penalty, but have realized over the years that there are too many corrupt people in this world. And, in regards to abortion, I've started to understand more why some get it.

 

[phcitywarrior]

I'm probably more pro-gun now than I was before. At this point in America, you can't take away the guns so might as well get one.

On LGBT stuff I'm kind of where I've always been on the issue, but the T stuff is straight-up odd.

I'm more in favour of less US intervention as well. Maintained a neutral stance before, but as a Nigerian, I welcome a more multi-polar world.

This is gonna rub some people the wrong way but you need some checks against free-wheeling liberalism. Most people if left to their own volitions and without proper order and structure e.g. a job, school etc, would succumb to seeking pleasure above anything else and would not do anything constructive with their lives. That's not good for any society in the long run if people put the pursuit of pleasure above everything else. This is why I kinda kick against the idea of UBI.

One thing I haven't changed my opinion on is taxes for individuals. Corporations can pay a bit more, yes, but for personal income taxes the Feds gotta cut that thing by like 5% points across all income brackets

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Basically this.

+ Anti-big spending/MMT thinking after living in California & seeing how inflation has played out recently. Theoretically I'm fine with it, but the administration & accountability tends to be poor when dealing w/ contractors or just blankly cutting checks. The rich & connected find a way to get an unfair share of the $ and it can hurt the poor.

Do you honestly think that poor people would have been better off without stimulus help? Inflation was global and checks were at most a minor factor.

It looks like there's no firm conclusion, but general estimates find it most likely that stimulus money added 2-3 percentage points to inflation, while also cutting the # of people living in poverty by 1/3 and helping prevent a recession.

Stimulus Spending a Factor, But Far From Whole Story on Inflation - FactCheck.org

Economists cite several reasons for high inflation in the United States, starting with the unprecedented circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. But TV ads in midterm races across the country blame one culprit: stimulus spending by President Joe Biden's administration.

www.factcheck.org

Issue I'm worrying about more in respect to all that is how focused the economy had become on demand for goods (even moreso than before they pandemic) and how obviously unsustainable that is. But corporations, advertisers, social media, etc. appear insistent on pushing that trend forward regardless of whether people have money or not.

 

[New Jeruzalem Journalist]

I've always been left of center on most issues and have only moved further in that direction as I've aged, so I don't think that qualifies as changing a position I've held. Changing your approach to how you view reaching a solution to a societal problem isn't the same as changing your position on it. So the only issue that comes to mind at the moment for me that I think I've changed on is the death penalty.

20 years or so ago I was a very strong proponent of capital punishment. Arguments made though by those in favor of abolishing the death penalty have made me seriously question my justifications of it.

 

[Digital Omen]

Decriminalization of all drugs, I used to only think this about specific ones (shrooms, LSD, weed), I think it would lead to less organized crime and fewer people in jail. I just cant in good faith look at legalized liquor which tears bodies and lives apart via alcoholism and then draw some imaginary line that the person who wants to smoke meth or snort H is somehow [more of] a criminal.

I'm with you on that. I also think prostitution should be legal. I don't even partake, but I feel it's a commercial transaction just like any other. Hell, the gov could even tax per nut or some shyt same with drugs. Look at all the revenue legal weed states are making. I'm very adamant on "live and let live" drugs? hookers? abortion? knock yourself out (18+ of course).

Abortion for example: I'm pro-life for me and my partner, and pro-choice for everyone else. My point is the choice should be available. I personally choose not to abort my childbirth (shootout to Bobby Digital), but someone else may feel the need. That's their decision, not mine.

If cocaine and heroin were legalized tomorrow, cool. I personally choose not to sniff or shoot up, someone else may. Their choice.

And before the scaremongers say it will lead to hardcore degeneracy and lawlessness, you mean as opposed to now? We got transnational human trafficking rings, drug cartels, crime wave all over the country, and soon the return of back alley abortions. Legalize all that shyt and watch them go the way of alcohol prohibition mobsters.

 

[phcitywarrior]

Basically this.

+ Anti-big spending/MMT thinking after living in California & seeing how inflation has played out recently. Theoretically I'm fine with it, but the administration & accountability tends to be poor when dealing w/ contractors or just blankly cutting checks. The rich & connected find a way to get an unfair share of the $ and it can hurt the poor.

The Fed has been talking out both sides of their mouths. Fed and ECB printed vast amounts of money and much of it is causing this global inflation we're seeing here. They claim it's only about 2-3% pts of the 9% inflation we're seeing but that number is likely to be revised up. You can print that amount of money when supply chains were shuttered and not expect inflation. The US and EU are much of the world's demand generators so where they go, so does the supply of goods and services.

 

[mastermind]

ive definitely become more leftist over the years. I can’t see any economic solution except moving to the left, especially after 2008. Nothibg is wrong with compromising and winning or fighting another day, but something is wrong with legislation passing and the wealthy some how making more and people making less.

On the culture war issues, I supported the death penalty, but do not anymore after seeing how many people are incarcerated for crimes they didn’t commit and the criminal justice system knows and still punishes them.

While I am pro LGBTQA whatever issues, I am actually less vocal about it because the voices in their community are not rational, and they self appointed leaders only service the elite.

I am also not a black nationalist anymore nor am I supportive of mainstream black race issues because the self appointed spokespeople in our community only service the elite.

 

[Reality]

Do you honestly think that poor people would have been better off without stimulus help? Inflation was global and checks were at most a minor factor.

It looks like there's no firm conclusion, but general estimates find it most likely that stimulus money added 2-3 percentage points to inflation, while also cutting the # of people living in poverty by 1/3 and helping prevent a recession.

Stimulus Spending a Factor, But Far From Whole Story on Inflation - FactCheck.org

Economists cite several reasons for high inflation in the United States, starting with the unprecedented circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. But TV ads in midterm races across the country blame one culprit: stimulus spending by President Joe Biden's administration.

www.factcheck.org

Issue I'm worrying about more in respect to all that is how focused the economy had become on demand for goods (even moreso than before they pandemic) and how obviously unsustainable that is. But corporations, advertisers, social media, etc. appear insistent on pushing that trend forward regardless of whether people have money or not.

I don't, no. Stimulus was needed, but a lot of fraud and corruption took place as well due to administration. I get the need to act fast and not have things get mired in red tape, but it came at the cost of a lot of $ going where it was needed. If given the choice between do something imperfectly and do nothing, something imperfectly clearly wins.

I'm also not just faulting fiscal policy. Monetary policy has clearly benefitted upper income and high net worth individuals more than it has anyone else- the fed's current position on inflation notwithstanding. The average person's pocketbook is getting killed, and the Fed finds itself in a tough place because it's been so accommodative since 2008 basically.

 

[mastermind]

Stimulus was needed, but a lot of fraud and corruption took place as well due to administration. I get the need to act fast and not have things get mired in red tape, but it came at the cost of a lot of $ going where it was needed.

Family, a lot of the fraud—wasn’t that much tbf—but was done by the wealthy who finessed their way into those funds

 

[phcitywarrior]

And before the scaremongers say it will lead to hardcore degeneracy and lawlessness, you mean as opposed to now? We got transnational human trafficking rings, drug cartels, crime wave all over the country, and soon the return of back alley abortions. Legalize all that shyt and watch them go the way of alcohol prohibition mobsters.

I think in theory this could possibly work in isolated vacuums á la Hamsterdam in the Wire but theory and actuality are different. I can't find the studies atm but when prostitution is legalized, there is actually an uptick in trafficking because there's a population of people that will want to seek out working ladies "off the books" so to speak.

Even Amsterdam, known for its red light district is actually kicking against having the location in the city center. The extent of its red light district has actually decreased.

Why it could be the end for prostitution in Amsterdam's Red Light District

Some want Amsterdam's reputation to focus on its art and architecture, and that might mean closing the famous windows of the Red Light District.

www.insider.com

Legal blow, heron, hookers, weed and alcohol all across the US is a disaster waiting to happen I'm sorry. SF has a soft stance on drugs and the place is crawling with so many unhinged MFs.

 

[Consigliere]

I had some misplaced libertarian sympathies. I no longer believe that people can manage themselves without a central government. Too many bad actors.