Political views

http://www.politicalcompass.org/printabl...&soc=-1.74

I'm probably a little more to the right than my test suggests, and I felt like the questions were worded to tend people more to the left. You'll be hard-pressed to get me to answer strongly positive or negative when the question uses words like "always," and "never." I believe context is key to just about everything. Unfortunately, I feel like people cling too hard to black-and-white style's of thinking and fail to look at a situation in its entirety because they are completely uncompromising one particular point.

Unfortunately the problem with any form of government (or non-government) comes down to the fact that people are inherently flawed and getting more screwed up every generation. And this is across the board, not just in democratic or socialist nations... Pretty much every conceivable government structure could potentially work in an idealized situation with idealized people, but it's just not going to happen. And I don't think its just a matter of educating people better or instilling religious or non-religious morals.

TBH I believe the family structure is the ground level when it comes to these kinds of things and "family" has become such a fluid concept (with divorce rates through the roof, and the increase in electronic media replacing actual interaction) that children lack the security they need to have a healthy understanding of authority and personal resposibility (they go hand-in-hand and are not opposed). I'm guilty of this myself! I probably let my girls watch way more TV than they should (instead of actively spending more time with them) and I don't do a good enough job at working on my marriage to have a solid foundation for my kids to grow and learn under...

The "me, me, me," mentality starts at home, and no government will work with those kinds of people, its an impossible part of the equation to remove. The only difference is which "me, me, me," is in charge.

Ultimately I try to stay out of politics as much as possible. I don't know anyone who's really into politics and is happier for it. I have enough to worry about in my own life and I do my best to work with the establishment that's in place. Ultimately, if I don't like it, I'll leave. I do believe, as the Founding Fathers said, that government should be subject to the people and questioned if it's not working... I just don't think I'm the one to do it.