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In reply to the discussion: Your Unscientific Degree of Left [View all]porphyrian
(18,530 posts)37. Good point, and I did not know about that quirk of terminology.
Do you think people in the UK have a better grasp of issues of class than Americans do, since you actually have aristocracy, or is that not so much an issue these days? I ask because people who are very rich in this country, like Romney, practically live in an entirely different world from the rest of us and both groups seem painfully unaware of what each other actually live like (beyond celebrity worship and reality TV, anyway). I'm just curious. Thanks.
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I consider it an economic issue. I would like to see socialized health care in the US.
ZombieHorde
Aug 2012
#3
Possibly. I did this to see how people would categorize themselves today. n/t
porphyrian
Aug 2012
#15
18th century idea to improve on a 9th century con game and locked into a
Egalitarian Thug
Aug 2012
#25
what about middle of the road economics, liberal social issues, and prefer will kill motherfuckers
snooper2
Aug 2012
#20
Left on almost everything, moderate on one or two things, conservative on none.
Motown_Johnny
Aug 2012
#24
Other: Conservative (Actual CONSERVATIVE) economics, libertarian social views.
MercutioATC
Aug 2012
#28
Socially liberal, economically pro-capitalism and pro-free trade (like Obama) (nt)
Nye Bevan
Aug 2012
#32
It's my experience that the factors are tied together as well, so the distinction is arbitrary.
porphyrian
Aug 2012
#40
I agree; corporations prove time and again that they will kill people for profit.
porphyrian
Aug 2012
#43
We Americans revolted, took the English language, bastardized it into slang...
porphyrian
Aug 2012
#53