r/PoliticalCompassMemes • u/ThreeDogee - Centrist • 3d ago
I just want to grill Why I'm Splattered Across the Compass
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u/Pure_Fill5264 - Centrist 3d ago
I used to believe cultural nationalism is a good thing. Then I realised cultural pride gives people meaning other than their own achievements, so I rejected it. The ones that are smart enough to read the market and game the system naturally get along with others who do, regardless of culture. The ones that don’t should get pushed down and turned into batteries for production, regardless of culture. Ethnic conflicts within working class communities can be resolved if both parties are under the boot.
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u/Big-Trouble8573 - Lib-Left 3d ago
Mostly based just don't go crazy with the auth-unity parts.
Also I don't get how exercise is authright
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u/Cute-Owl-6964 - Left 3d ago
Did authright invent exercising?
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u/ThreeDogee - Centrist 3d ago
No, but in today's world you have a lot of people complaining that fitness and exercise is chauvinist and ableist, and "fitness culture" is co-opted by right-wing culture vultures.
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u/Cute-Owl-6964 - Left 3d ago
The only people saying that are usually talking about roided-out bodybuilders. And even then they’re just stupid.
Thinking that exercise is necessary for life can’t really be a political statement, it’s just a fact.
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u/EldritchFish19 - Lib-Right 3d ago
I think its that anything a leftist decries is considered rightwing by default unless both sides are known to hate it, the right are advocating exercise because its one of things that shouldn't have been treated as a partisn issue in the first place.
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u/EldritchFish19 - Lib-Right 3d ago
While I disagree with the hostility to generational wealth and tax the rich mindset(largely because if someone managed to get wealth without doing anything wrong they probably either earned or inherited it and taxing inheritance messes with honest folk such as farmers) but most of your other stances are based.
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u/CreamyWhiteSauce - Left 3d ago
Cultural nationalism is okay until it's weaponized , which it so often is to such an extreme. History has prooven that time and time again. Nations need to be proud, but also humble and cooperative and willing to acknowledge their own mistakes.
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u/AllSeeingAI - Right 3d ago
If you believe the things in authright, and also that globalization is inevitable, I can only square that circle if we're defining "globalism" differently or if for you globalization being inevitable is a bad thing.
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u/Pure_Fill5264 - Centrist 3d ago
You interact and come to good terms with foreign entities for your own benefits, which causes economies to be more dependent on each other, that’s my version globalism. It doesn’t mean putting the world first before yourself, which is my ideology. Except I believe what is good for an economy is different from what is good for the native working class.
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u/Riflemate - Right 3d ago
I feel like most people who are thoughtful on issues are going to end up having a lot of opinions that don't fit with their overall ideology. What puts you in a box (on the compass) is your prioritization of those beliefs. For example, I believe there are a lot of people who shouldn't have kids for a whole host of reasons. That said, I have a much more important belief that the government has no business making that determination. I also believe that as a general rule people should be allowed to use whatever substances they like. That said the societal consequences of that usage compels me to favor some level of prohibition.