When I first became interested in politics a few years ago, I was a crazy libertarian. Like Ron Paul libertarian. It was awful. I know, you don't have to tell me.
Now, I have drifted much, much further to the left on economic issues (from being very libertarian on them), but I've always been consistently liberal on social issues. However, there was a period where I tried to convince myself that being a moderate is good ("It means you're open-minded!" "Be
the moderate hero!"). I'm so glad I got over that.
Lately, after seeing how little really gets done in politics and how the establishment wing of the Democratic Party always hijacks it and forces the party to the right, I've become a little cynical regarding the American political system. I really just want a president who will radically change things, make America a little more like Canada, or more like Europe. The Democratic Party is ahead right now. We have a chance to show America how good liberalism can be. But we are about to nominate someone who, when liberalism is ahead, is going to govern as a moderate. Someone who cozies up to corporate interests and isn't interested in radical change. It's really depressing seeing very few people in the race who actually want to change America, rather than just get elected, and then get re-elected.
And yes, this happened over the course of a few years. I'm a teen, my political ideology changes drastically over a year. But, I think I've reached a stability. I know more about politics now than I've ever known before, and my positions are mine. I no longer have Ron Paul (
) or Jon Stewart weighing on me. I've reached a point of political awareness where it'd be very difficult to change my position on most issues.
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