Politics Belief Statements

We need to reimagine politics in the direction of consequential citizen voice, participation and power - globaljack

In general, and in the short term, Republicans tend to win most fights because they fight a bit dirtier than Democrats. Both sides are corrupt but Republicans seem to be more so and they appear more willing to lie. - Angry

Modern politics survives by keeping people permanently outraged. Anger mobilizes voters, raises money, and creates enemies. Outrage is not a side effect of politics anymore -- it is one of its primary products. - Clarify Charlie

Bill Gates amassing farmland is more of a good thing than a bad thing. Too much of capitalism is destroying farmland. - Thinker

People with a left-wing belief system are not open-minded and are unable/unwilling to see a few things that Trump has done, either on purpose or inadvertently, that are good. I believe one must be open-minded in order to win any fight. - Thinker

As robots are taking over more jobs, we need to tax the robots, and boost social services for the new class of unemployed that is likely to grow as tech takes over more and more sectors, pushing people out of work. Can we make that a good thing? e.g. Universal Basic Income, time to follow passions instead of labour. - TaxTheRobots

Governments, like some trade unions, are incredibly inefficient. They would be more efficient if all members were given increased responsibility. - Thinker

If you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem. - Thinker

Republicans, conservatives, are more risk-averse than democrats, liberals. - Thinker