I don't know if I'm an outlier, but my political opinions tend to match up with some supposedly liberal views, some supposedly conservative views, and some libertarian.
For example, I suspect overly generous welfare programs are corrosive, and I reckon abortions to be infanticide. But I also think it's insane to ignore environmental, labor, and consumer concerns just in favor of big-business's interests.
So I have to wonder: are people's views really so clustered as we imagine? And if so, would that stay true if the major political parties were unable to advertise for a few years?
You're either an outlier, young, or pay very little attention to politics. It's very difficult for anyone to avoid falling into the talking points of one party or the other these days.
I'm pretty much a level headed pragmatic libertarian... depending on the quiz, I've come up as centrist libertarian, communist or conservative libertarian.
I tend to not have many hard views, but lean towards options that lean towards freedom, while having a chance of enough populism to move in that direction successfully. Hardline actions rarely succeed in terms of getting into policy or law.
okay, we'll give you two years to find yourself, and after that you have to pick a side.
Jokes aside, it might be advertising, but I don't really know. I suppose if we consider news sources to be a form of advertising, that might be a reason.
For example, I suspect overly generous welfare programs are corrosive, and I reckon abortions to be infanticide. But I also think it's insane to ignore environmental, labor, and consumer concerns just in favor of big-business's interests.
So I have to wonder: are people's views really so clustered as we imagine? And if so, would that stay true if the major political parties were unable to advertise for a few years?