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Re: What is your key personal political positions? [Re: Enlil]
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Find me an argument against altruism, emotional communion, peace and love. :razz:

Benevolent dictatorship FTW.

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Re: What is your key personal political positions? [Re: Pinkerton]
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I'm not against altruism, peace or love. I'm saying it's impossible to create or foster any of those things by operation of  law. Benevolent dictatorships work with pets and children... not grown humans.


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Re: What is your key personal political positions? [Re: Enlil]
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Outsmart the law and the establishment and convince the masses and you're set. It's very difficult. :sad:

Why do you think evil dictators get to power and not the benevolent kind?

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Re: What is your key personal political positions? [Re: Pinkerton] * 1
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Benevolence requires cooperation. Evil can be enforced with violence. Human cooperation is limited, particularly as populations increase


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Re: What is your key personal political positions? [Re: Pinkerton] * 1
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Poverty is violence.


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Re: What is your key personal political positions? [Re: The Ecstatic]
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MAGA, economic nationalism, anti-globalization.

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Re: What is your key personal political positions? [Re: Pinkerton] * 1
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Common Sense by Thomas Paine - Of Monarchy and Hereditary Succession

here's a section of a short and quite famous pamphlet.  If you haven't read it before, I recommend reading the entire thing. (it's a short read)

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Re: What is your key personal political positions? [Re: The Ecstatic]
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The Ecstatic said:
Poverty is violence.


:burke:

Did you post that on your smartphone while sitting in your BMW?


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Re: What is your key personal political positions? [Re: Enlil] * 1
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Yes actually :lol:

But I think the fact I don’t directly deal with poverty makes it an all the more admirable position to hold.

Plus my bmw is like 10 years old


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Re: What is your key personal political positions? [Re: The Ecstatic]
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The Ecstatic said:
But I think the fact I don’t directly deal with poverty makes it an all the more admirable position to hold.



:wonka:


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Re: What is your key personal political positions? [Re: The Ecstatic]
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The Ecstatic said:
But I think the fact I don’t directly deal with poverty makes it an all the more admirable position to hold.



Admirable ≠ accurate


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Re: What is your key personal political positions? [Re: Enlil]
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There will be a Federal election here in 2 weeks time.
The ABC has a nifty online questionnaire to help work out which political party most closely represents your views on key issues.



I found out I wasn't as Green as I thought I was and am basically still a Labour voter... which is useful to understand, as I was undecided on whether to vote Labour or Green.
Actually, it appears I may be turning Right Wing!  Man this 'getting older' business sucks.

https://votecompass.abc.net.au/survey

There are quite a few Aus-specific questions but other interesting immigration and social issue questions as well. Give it a try  :thumbup:


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Re: What is your key personal political positions? [Re: Stable Genius]
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Don't trust a poll by the establishment media.  They will try and get you to think that you are more establishment than you really are.


I also took the questionnaire, and like you, it told me I'm not nearly as green as I know I am.  Here's why:

I strongly support a very high minimum wage, for example, as does the Green Party.

I know that Australia already has the highest minimum wage in the world, so for the question "How high should the minimum wage be?" my answer was "neutral" rather than "Much higher".  But to be counted as green, you had to answer "Much higher".

It's not a good poll.

Don't get tricked - vote Green!  :cool:


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Re: What is your key personal political positions? [Re: Falcon91Wolvrn03] * 1
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The poll's questions change each time you open the page. I thought it was interesting however I get what you're saying Falcon.

The wages question was slightly loaded as wages growth has stalled here, as well the
unemployment benefit has not risen for over 20 years.

The minor parties have changed the political landscape here and often end up with the balance of power.
If it wasn't for the Greens negotiating with Labour our Renewable Energy sector would still be languishing.

I'm a swinging voter and I think my measly vote does count.

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