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Old 12-03-09, 07:20 AM   #26
UnderseaLcpl
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I like the number of posts I'm seeing here wherein people identify themselves as independents. Refusal to identify with a political label is a good indicator of dissatisfaction with established parties and views - something we need badly at the moment. There are few things more harmful than an established and unrestricted power structure.

Speaking of established power structures, I would invite those of you giving Letum crap about this survey to consider the power structures that govern your own thoughts and actions, namely, your own brains. What right do you have to criticize Letum for attempting to collect data? Yeah, the survey isn't the best, but he has already pointed out why, and you should have known that it wasn't going to be a precise survey by virtue of the fact that it's a forum poll.

To answer your question, Letum, I will say that I hold socially liberal and fiscally conservative views of the American variety. More than anything, I believe that the violation of personal freedoms is both immoral and socially harmful. I recognize the need for a state to enforce protections of freedoms, but I see it as a necessary evil that must be limited as much as possible. I see fiscal and societal controls beyond an near-minimum as harmful. To put it briefly, I believe in free minds and free markets.

For the purposes of you survey, count me as one vote for American right and one vote for American left. If a label would be more helpful, call me a Libertarian.
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