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how would you describe yourself politically, Beehaw, and why? (beehaw.org)
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we previously had this thread but it was lost in a sitewide crash. kind of fortuitous, given all the new people!

anyways, i'm interested in how you describe yourself politically but also why you do so, and/or how you came to the beliefs that you did. be as brief or lengthy as you want in answering that.

additionally, as a preface: i would like this to be a generally non-judgemental thread and i think this community is more than capable of that, so please respect that idea.[^1] in general, you are not obliged to justify to myself or anyone else why you believe what you do.

[^1]: exceptions, obviously, go for bigotry or intolerant beliefs that would be otherwise incompatible with the community's ethos. bluntly if you're a transphobe or something like that this is not the community for you.

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[–] animist@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

So I am a bit of a weirdo. Keep in mind I am nearly 40 and have had a LOT of life experiences and come from a very conservative and traditional area of the world which have colored my beliefs.

I have always been a strong fan of Kropotkin-style left-libertarianism (or anarchism if you want to use that label) though sometimes I vacillate between that and democratic socialism. Trying to stick to the "rules" of a label is dumb though.

However, I am also a pagan and animist due to my strong beliefs in tradition, family, military service, and the environment.

Whenever I vote it is usually for whatever party is most left without being ML.