RavioliAfficianado
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Not to always be a contrarian, but the idea that political beliefs exist on some sort of one-dimensional line is just beyond silly and even if it were true that line would bear little resemblance to the party affiliations we have here in the US. There are a whole multitude of different ways to come up with a belief system. You could use a certain religion, you could use science, or you could use a certain philosophical outlook. You could also attempt to use combinations of these.
However, what we see in the US is none of these. In the US there are dozens of special interest groups and demographics of different sizes which each have their own agenda. Unfortunately the "winner take all" electoral system forces them to join into two different diametrically opposed parties. It's important to understand that the platform of each of these parties is simply an amalgamation of the different groups it claims to represent and changes as the power of those groups change. In other words there is no actual logical or philosophical underpinnings to the platform of either major party in the US. Anyone you meet who appears to agree with one party or the other 90% of the time (or greater) can therefore reliably be assumed to be devoid of actual thought. Such people have become trapped by the multi-billion dollar propaganda machines that each party employees and have essentially ceded their belief system to that propaganda machine. Unfortunately as the scope and sophistication of the political machines that group of people has gone from a small minority to seemingly a majority of Americans. The result is that politics in the US has become much more akin to a sports game than an intellectual debate. Right and wrong are a question of what color jersey you wear and truth (like sports referees) is hated by all.
However, what we see in the US is none of these. In the US there are dozens of special interest groups and demographics of different sizes which each have their own agenda. Unfortunately the "winner take all" electoral system forces them to join into two different diametrically opposed parties. It's important to understand that the platform of each of these parties is simply an amalgamation of the different groups it claims to represent and changes as the power of those groups change. In other words there is no actual logical or philosophical underpinnings to the platform of either major party in the US. Anyone you meet who appears to agree with one party or the other 90% of the time (or greater) can therefore reliably be assumed to be devoid of actual thought. Such people have become trapped by the multi-billion dollar propaganda machines that each party employees and have essentially ceded their belief system to that propaganda machine. Unfortunately as the scope and sophistication of the political machines that group of people has gone from a small minority to seemingly a majority of Americans. The result is that politics in the US has become much more akin to a sports game than an intellectual debate. Right and wrong are a question of what color jersey you wear and truth (like sports referees) is hated by all.