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In reply to the discussion: Which of these do you consider yourself? [View all]Amishman
(5,559 posts)7. I don't fit very well into categories, as where I am really depends on the issue
I'm not woke and feel increasingly out of step with the direction of our party on racial/social issues, but at the same time the Pubs have their heads up their asses on this. I'm in the middle and alone.
I feel nicely at home when the topic is labor issues and wall street
Immigration is a really tricky one as I believe we do need stricter immigration controls due to what I feel is a seismic shift in the labor market coming in the next ten years due to robotics and automation. (I see low skill jobs being decimated as rising wages and cheaper technology drives employers to automate tens of millions of jobs out of existence)
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I empathize. That my thing. Sometimes I empathize for a second with the creepiest
applegrove
Nov 2021
#1
I don't fit very well into categories, as where I am really depends on the issue
Amishman
Nov 2021
#7
sigh, this makes me so sad (I am too tired to even get mad over it, it is just wearying)
Celerity
Nov 2021
#30
I thought it also meant that you are ok with banning long time things now found offensive by some
Polybius
Nov 2021
#24
History of the...Left - Right spectrum. Where did it come from? French Revolution..
Stuart G
Nov 2021
#21
Not many, only a handful self-label as such. AOC and Bernie are the two most well known.
Celerity
Nov 2021
#36
It is hubristic to think you can simply 're-brand' a toxic (toxic in a reactionary nation-state like
Celerity
Nov 2021
#39