Conservative or Liberal?

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I'm conservative. I can never support a party that supports any type of abortion.

I am extremely libertarian, socially. Like, "the laws of physics are oppressive", transhumanist type stuff. Economically, I'm a mutualist, a true and honest market economy is founded upon the principles of mutual aid. In regard to government, I'm conflicted between anarchism and minarchism, so yeah.

I'm progressive. I consider myself left of typical US Democrats but not far left or anything.

For as long as I can remember, I have had a deep, deep disdain for discrimination and bigotry toward people who are different from others by no choice of their own. I'd go so far as to say that it is evil. People are people, no matter our sex, no matter our skin color, no matter our sexual orientation, no matter our gender identity, etc.

For perhaps that reason alone I came to be staunchly opposed to conservativism. It didn't take long for the rest of conservativism to unravel in my mind, as well. The ignoring of climate change, the tearing down of separation of church and state and thus harming freedom of religion, the treating of guns as if they are toys that can not be regulated at all, the desire to destroy public education, the opposition to universal healthcare, welfare, etc., etc. I do not agree with any of this. It does not align with reality, with being good people to each other.

Needless to say, I'm progressive. Conservative policies are the #1 reason I am leaving my home state and leaving friends (some of which I've had for decades) and family.

I'm neither, I'm a libertarian socialist. Very far-left and pretty much right on the cusp of being an outright anarcho-communist (I find myself agreeing with the general anarchist perspective 9 times out of 10 tbh, I just think that, with the way the world is now, a minimal state that exists to safeguard people's rights is needed)

Always cracks me up whenever I'm flipping through TV channels and I catch someone on Fox News saying that Joe Biden and the Democrats are trying to force a 'radical left-wing agenda' on America.

I'm a Dennisist.

Who's Dennis?

^ I’m a Dennisist feminist.

Economically I would describe myself as favouring a healthy balance of socialism with capitalism (the scales are too far in favour of capitalism, currently, in my country, in my opinion).

Socially, in some respects, I lean towards some more conservative ideas.

I have never voted for the Conservative Party in my country, however, since they represent the rich people of society and not much else.

Why are there two of each option?

mebbe the higher positioned dupe represents a stronger flavor of whatever it is?

Downunder, the conservative party deceptively adopted the name Liberal.
Guess that just leaves me "progressive"

Mostly liberal with some libertarian thrown in but it depends on the issue, I'm a bit of everything because there's no one size fits all solution to life's questions.

For a while I wanted to support the whole progressive agenda, nevertheless I believed that Bernie Sanders' blatantly Socialist program would never appeal to an electoral majority so I voted for Democrats who were somewhat closer to the center.

Since the failure of the Democratic Party in the 2024 election, I have come to re-examine a lot of that, and have become way more cynical. I can see that the Democratic Party's appeal is limited to wage earners, but they have nothing to offer to self-employed people and business owners, and the direction of the economy probably means the proportion of the electorate that are wage earners will decline. The alternative to the Democrats is Trump. I see him as a reality for the time being, but at the same time I get tired of the anti-Trump messaging that clogs my feeds as much of it is sensationalistic. I don't have much good to say about Trump (but then I also don't think he's totally evil) and I don't see how ranting about him on line or marching against him in public will do me or anyone else any good.

In the past, I tended to defend wokeism, but I've come to realize that, although woke people may have a valid message, the average voter really doesn't care about the feelings of people for whom gender identity is an all-consuming concern, etc. Also a lot of people who would be expected to embrace that attitude actually want no part of that. In the US, many POC and gay people are staunch Republicans. Seeing that, I can no longer be inspired by wokeism nor can I see an urgent need to return the Democrats to power.

One more thing is the recent world-wide outpouring of support for the aims of Hamas. I see no reason to admire them. I don't think the leaders of Iran, Russia, N. Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, etc. feel any genuine sense of solidarity or love for each other (I happen to think the Chinese leadership just takes advantage of that situation) but supposedly average people around the world all admire that group for its steadfast opposition to the US and Israel. At least since the Cuban Revolution, there have been "intellectuals" who admired anti-American dictators simply because they thumbed their nose at the US, but those people have failed to improve the lives of the people in the countries they rule. In particular, I totally support the aim of the State of Israel to continue its existence and the role of the IDF in furthering that aim (note I didn't say its "right to exist" because as Chairman Mao said all political power comes from the end of a gun) which means I am not an anti-Zionist and in particular I have no intellectual respect for anti-Zionist Jews. The truth is, although I accept the premise that the IDF has committed atrocities in Gaza, I blame the war there on Hamas. I also genuinely think the situation there would be worse than it already is had Trump not been elected. Most people would think of those as extreme right-wing views.

I hope this is clear.

I am a far right libertarian with some centrist views.

I am a Trump supporter but only because is the Republican in the White House.

No...! Love for Trump, as he quietly disassembles the countries status as a Better nation than others .And quietly dismembers our civil rights, through uses his goons operating under his direct control , And has removed any safeguards by installing persons that only bow to him and not the Constution or bill of Rights .And disolved the current standards of living for anyone who is not a millionaire or billionaire class, Through his aggressive taxation of incoming goods. That causes middleclass ...on down, to suffer,and allows crap medical. care to flourish under a semi capilolist regime, and installs a commie dictator back in power to replace Maduro in Venezuala ,And am a lifelong Republican. Have lived through much history , But it is certainly appearing a vote for Rumpy, is a pro communist vote nowadays .
Hopes this changes like yesterday!

I am a right wing populist.