02-29-2020, 09:42 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-29-2020, 09:45 AM by ChamonixBaggie.)
Don't know if anyone follows Simple Politics on social meejah but they posed this question this morning and I thought it was quite interesting.
When I was younger (18 ish) I voted Conservative and was pretty individualist/libertarian. As I've got older I've come to believe that 'success' or lack thereof is mostly down to circumstance and luck (to pre-empt accusations of jealousy, I've got an alright job in my favourite place in the world - I'm fine). As a result, I've become more in favour of the redistribution of wealth and heavy investment in public services and education to attempt to level the playing field even a tiny bit. No one should be a billionaire in a society where even 1 person is homeless.
I used to think the "war on drugs" was a good thing and we needed harsh anti-drug laws but am now in favour of Portugal-style decriminalisation and education. Addiction should be treated as a medical, not a criminal, issue.
I used to be quite Patriotic and thought Britain was super duper. Now I think being 'proud' of the accidental geography of your birth is ridiculous and Nationalism is a plague.
There's loads of others and plenty more where I'm still on the fence (whether Universal Basic Income is a good idea, for example).
Without devolving into a slanging match, has anyone got any examples of issues on which they've changed their mind and why?
When I was younger (18 ish) I voted Conservative and was pretty individualist/libertarian. As I've got older I've come to believe that 'success' or lack thereof is mostly down to circumstance and luck (to pre-empt accusations of jealousy, I've got an alright job in my favourite place in the world - I'm fine). As a result, I've become more in favour of the redistribution of wealth and heavy investment in public services and education to attempt to level the playing field even a tiny bit. No one should be a billionaire in a society where even 1 person is homeless.
I used to think the "war on drugs" was a good thing and we needed harsh anti-drug laws but am now in favour of Portugal-style decriminalisation and education. Addiction should be treated as a medical, not a criminal, issue.
I used to be quite Patriotic and thought Britain was super duper. Now I think being 'proud' of the accidental geography of your birth is ridiculous and Nationalism is a plague.
There's loads of others and plenty more where I'm still on the fence (whether Universal Basic Income is a good idea, for example).
Without devolving into a slanging match, has anyone got any examples of issues on which they've changed their mind and why?