Friday, June 10, 2016

j reacts to the political spectrum, and where the candidates actually are on it

sometimes, pictures are more useful than arguments.

there's really no rational reason at all why you should expect me to support clinton, or think she's less terrible than trump. all you have is fear. and i'm not buying it.

i'm probably not representative of the average sanders supporter. i'm an exaggeration. a caricature. but, the picture demonstrates the point and why running clinton is so alienating for so many would-be democratic party supporters.

i'm not exaggerating, either. the conservative party of canada supports single-payer health care, didn't push back against gay marriage at all, won't even talk about abortion, supports medical marijuana, wrote some pretty tough campaign finance laws ...

she really is to the right of harper. both economically and socially. not dramatically. but measurably.


this is their take. pretty close to mine, actually - although i don't think trump belongs on the economic right like that with the rest of them.

https://www.politicalcompass.org/images/us2016.png

 


i just did that test and again came up well to the left of even sanders. it's crazy to tell me to vote for clinton.

but, i mean....i identify as an anarchist, or an anarcho-communist. i know i'm left of everything and everyone. no surprises, here. more like no shit.

but, the point i'm getting across should nonetheless be obvious.

https://www.politicalcompass.org/yourpoliticalcompass?ec=-8.0&soc=-6.62

by comparison, this is 2008. clinton & obama are right on top of each other. sanders is closer to kucinich. and, i'm closest to nader - who is who i supported.

https://www.politicalcompass.org/images/usprimaries_2008.png