Political views

I've never been too into politics. It's one of those subjects where I can never feel comfortable with the information that I'm given. Even though there are many who speak with honesty about it, I can never be sure about where they got their information from. When given a set of good, clear facts I can usually make a good decision, but when confronted with slippery half truths from all directions, it's pretty hard to know that I'm not just latching onto somebody else's propaganda bandwagon without any clue what I'm doing. True, I could listen to all sides and try to make an informed decision from there, but at the same time I may just be going with the person who spoke better or who provided better handpicked examples. I simply can't really know anything (that could technically be said about all things, but moreso here than usual), and I don't like that, so I simply run.

Here's my results:

http://www.politicalcompass.org/facebook...&soc=-1.28

I'm fairly certain that I had a leftward leaning despite my proclaimed "not giving a crud" because I'm an idealist to a large extent, but while a lot of those things sounded good on paper, they may not be practical. That's where I would have trouble making a decision.

Personally, I also feel that it makes little difference (to an extent, obviously) who is in power. Right... left... if they didn't both have their pros and cons then there wouldn't be a point in voting in the first place! And one thing I know about things that have pros and cons like this is that they often tend to be pretty close, with only a slight advantage going to one or the other.

As for getting rid of government...nowadays with technology like the internet, to possibly allow people to vote more easily on hot button debates, it would probably be more feasible than ever. The big issues would probably come when people don't know what they're doing. It's possible that without some sort of guidance, those idiots you notice in the YouTube comments will be able to run countries into the ground. And not everybody wants to stay abreast of all the smaller issues, so they may not be addressed adequately without people dedicated to it. If everybody was competent and wanted to help run the country, this would work great. But I feel that even though politicians may be slimy and despicable, they can run the country more effectively than the average YouTube noob.

Besides, voting would be effectively worthless for me. My riding has been strongly right ever since 1987 (the last time another party has been in power), with no signs of stopping.