[quote=@SleepingSilence]
So you believe in a socialist system of government achieved through 'majority rule'?[/quote]

Mostly I am for a mixed economy. I think the best we can achieve in the US is a capitalist economy with strong social elements.


[quote]I know you're not fond of firearms. (Or I guess have been lead to believe such, is a more fair statement.)[/quote]

I don't want to ban guns. I just think there should be more regulation. And I'm not talking about making it near impossible to get a gun. I'm talking about logical shit like universal background checks and waiting periods. Getting a gun shouldn't be easier than getting a driver's license. 

[quote]Do you have any problems with drugs? (Assume not.) But if not, how far do you think that rabbit-hole should go? Decriminalization? Legalization?[/quote]

I honestly think drugs should just be legalized, with very few exceptions like those drugs that literally rot your skin off. Legalize drugs, tax them, make bank, and simultaneously cripple illegal drug trade. I think a lot of the problems we see with cartels would probably go away if their product was made legal. Fighting the war on drugs is a waste of time and money and it's ruining people's lives over non-violent drug offenses.

[quote]How about food? Being socially liberal, would you oppose things like higher taxes on soda? Or banning certain fatty/high calorie foods? Like New York's soda ban for example.[/quote]

I haven't really put much thought into this. I think Americans' diets are dogshit and I see why we would want to discourage unhealthy foods, but at the same time, it's up to the individual. If you want to drink soda until you're diabetic that's your business. I don't know if I'd go as far as increasing taxes on soda, but again I haven't really thought about it.


[quote]You don't disagree with the ideas, like pushing for equal outcomes over equal opportunity, 
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I don't think this is true; I think this is a right-wing meme. I don't know of anyone on the left who thinks everyone, regardless of education, financial success, ect should end up in the same place. I think when people on the left advocate for "equal outcome" it's not in all things. What they mean is everyone should be guaranteed a certain degree of *basic* means with which to live. A living wage regardless of who they are, healthcare, ect. They're not saying a poor person should be guaranteed a BMW. They're saying they should be guaranteed basic things.


[quote]you just believe most of their ideas should be cranked to the 11th? So to speak.[/quote]

No, I think a lot of mainstream democrats are against left-wing ideas like free college and healthcare, among others. There are a lot of democrats who scoff at the idea and are more concerned with lining their pockets with donors' money to keep peddling corporatist policieswhile the average person struggles to put food on their table. Those democrats, I think, are more centrist than they are leftist. People like Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi, among others, but also people in media trying to push for a Biden candidacy are just ridiculous. They're out of touch. I think the party as a whole should lean more to the left and start working towards actually serving the people instead of special interests. I want fewer Hillarys and more Bernies. I don't think it's radical to want people to have access to higher education regardless of their economic background; I don't think it's radical to not want people to die because they don't have access to healthcare, or can't afford it. So I wouldn't say I want to turn it up to 11. I just think right now it's at like 4.

[quote]Are you fond of either Bernie Sanders or Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?[/quote]

Yes.

[quote]How do you feel Alexandria has been displaying herself as of late? Do you feel her win shows that there's many on the far left who have similar opinions to you about the democratic party not going far enough?[/quote] 

I think she's doing alright. There are certain things I think she needs to work on, and I'm not fond of her calling herself a democratic socialist, because she simply isn't. She's a social democrat. I do think her win (and the subsequent uptick in people joining the Democratic Socialists of America) does show there are many people in the Democratic Party who think we should go further left. In fact, I think most politically active young people on the left do. I think she generated a lot of excitement and interest.


[quote]Or is it just because the jack-off didn't even acknowledge her and skipped a debate, and got a taste of karma?[/quote]

That may have had an impact, but he was a 20 year incumbent, so I don't think she just got lucky. She did her job, ran a good campaign, and appealed to the interests of people in her district. She earned the win.


[quote]Just curious. Do you know any popular/well-known major conservative person who has "no/overturn gay marriage" as the focus of their platform? I can't think of any. Is there a specific example you have in mind?
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I mean, literally the Vice President.

EDIT: "Focus" is a pretty narrow qualifier. I think we'd have to go down to like, religious fundamentalists to find someone who has made it their "focus" to overturn gay marriage. But I think a lot of people on the right are against gay marriage as a secondary thing that isn't their main focus. Pence being one of them. I literally googled "republicans who are against gay marriage" and found several results showing anti-LGBT legislation being passed (or attempted) by Republicans as early as last month in some states.