I don't know if I'm a communist or libertarian

[King]

I'm like Josh22 these days.  Some days I wake up feeling like the government should take over vital industries and plan the economy and other days I feel like we should cut our budget by $2.5 trillion, gut everything, and start fresh.

What should I do?

[dead0man]

Step away from the teeter-totter*.



*(from wiki)In the southeastern New England region of the United States, it is sometimes referred to as a tilt or a tilting board.

Speakers in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, sometimes call them teedle boards. In the Narragansett Bay area the term changes to dandle or dandle board.

According to Michael Drout, "There are almost no "Teeter-" forms in Pennsylvania, and if you go to western West Virginia and down into western North Caroline there is a band of "Ridey-Horse" that heads almost straight south. This pattern suggests a New England origin or importation of the term that spread down the coast and a separate development in Appalachia, where Scotts-Irish settlers did not come from New England. "Hickey-horse" in the coastal regions of North Carolina is consistent with other linguistic and ethnic variations.

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Step away from the teeter-totter*.



*(from wiki)In the southeastern New England region of the United States, it is sometimes referred to as a tilt or a tilting board.

Speakers in northeastern Massachusetts, United States, sometimes call them teedle boards. In the Narragansett Bay area the term changes to dandle or dandle board.

According to Michael Drout, "There are almost no "Teeter-" forms in Pennsylvania, and if you go to western West Virginia and down into western North Caroline there is a band of "Ridey-Horse" that heads almost straight south. This pattern suggests a New England origin or importation of the term that spread down the coast and a separate development in Appalachia, where Scotts-Irish settlers did not come from New England. "Hickey-horse" in the coastal regions of North Carolina is consistent with other linguistic and ethnic variations.

Just call it a seesaw.

[Derek]

Become a conservative!

[Magic 8-Ball]

What should I do?

Give up on labels altogether.

[Derek]

That too ^^. You are who you are. I'm not going to think any less of someone based on their views. I'll only think less of them if they advocate badness.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

What should I do?

Give up on labels altogether.

^^^This. Pick each issue position individually based on what you think should be done and to hell with ideology. Then pick your candidates based off who supports you the most on those issues as well as character, intelligence and other important selection criteria. And generally annoy the living hell out of people who try to figure you out. And you will get some enjoyment out of it from time to time instead of the bewilderment you currently feel.

[Free Trade is managed by the invisible hand.]

I'm like Josh22 these days.  Some days I wake up feeling like the government should take over vital industries and plan the economy and other days I feel like we should cut our budget by $2.5 trillion, gut everything, and start fresh.

What should I do?

jump in the fire of ideology and embrace it for awhile,but never forget your core values of love and kindness. It is fun to consider things from a unique perspective every now and than.

[President Mitt]

I'm like Josh22 these days.

Hasn't he been in every quadrant of the Political Matrix?

[Хahar 🤔]

What should I do?

Give up on labels altogether.

^^^This. Pick each issue position individually based on what you think should be done and to hell with ideology. Then pick your candidates based off who supports you the most on those issues as well as character, intelligence and other important selection criteria. And generally annoy the living hell out of people who try to figure you out. And you will get some enjoyment out of it from time to time instead of the bewilderment you currently feel.

This says a lot about you, doesn't it?

Ideological consistency matters.

[The Mikado]

I'm like Josh22 these days.  Some days I wake up feeling like the government should take over vital industries and plan the economy and other days I feel like we should cut our budget by $2.5 trillion, gut everything, and start fresh.

What should I do?

Communist or Lib?  Sounds more like you're turning into Winston than Josh.

[KuntaKinte]

This says a lot about you, doesn't it?

Ideological consistency matters.

Very true. Eclecticism leads to political dilapidation.

[opebo]

King, what motivates your discomfort with the status quo?

[King]

King, what motivates your discomfort with the status quo?

Opebo, you're a genius psychoanalyst.

The status quo seems pretty unstably put together, likely because each part of it was designed in a different era so there doesn't seem to be a coherent direction for it right now.

[opebo]

King, what motivates your discomfort with the status quo?

Opebo, you're a genius psychoanalyst.

The status quo seems pretty unstably put together, likely because each part of it was designed in a different era so there doesn't seem to be a coherent direction for it right now.

That's a pretty bland answer.  I was hoping you were mainly riled by all the poors dying in misery, or perhaps by the effrontery of the top tax rate.