02-17-2022, 03:50 PM
Me: Civic/Adaptive borderline, more Civic than Adaptive. Born in January 2001, currently aged 21, student, from Missouri.
The shortest answer I could possibly give would be "every country should imitate Scandinavia in most ways* unless there is a really good reason not to." Of course, it's actually a lot more detailed and complicated than this. I'll try to find the time to do an Eric-style write-up of it all (though actually, most of the things in his post I would write as well).
*exceptions include things like drug policy, one of the few things Scandinavia doesn't do well
The best ideological description of me is probably "center-left," but I try to avoid ideological labels, because I am very frustrated by the people (read: Boomers) who have decided that the morally righteous thing to do is to pursue their ideologies to the ends of the earth regardless of consequences, completely ignoring the "facts on the ground" and having no regard for anything even resembling pragmatism.
I'm not saying having "values" is bad - quite the opposite, in fact - but I am saying it is often very bad in politics when people insist on doing what their "values" demand rather than what the situation demands. Two Senators who seem to have become fixated on "bipartisanship for the sake of bipartisanship" come to mind.
Any thoughts on this now that we're in the year in question?
The shortest answer I could possibly give would be "every country should imitate Scandinavia in most ways* unless there is a really good reason not to." Of course, it's actually a lot more detailed and complicated than this. I'll try to find the time to do an Eric-style write-up of it all (though actually, most of the things in his post I would write as well).
*exceptions include things like drug policy, one of the few things Scandinavia doesn't do well
The best ideological description of me is probably "center-left," but I try to avoid ideological labels, because I am very frustrated by the people (read: Boomers) who have decided that the morally righteous thing to do is to pursue their ideologies to the ends of the earth regardless of consequences, completely ignoring the "facts on the ground" and having no regard for anything even resembling pragmatism.
I'm not saying having "values" is bad - quite the opposite, in fact - but I am saying it is often very bad in politics when people insist on doing what their "values" demand rather than what the situation demands. Two Senators who seem to have become fixated on "bipartisanship for the sake of bipartisanship" come to mind.
(02-17-2022, 05:39 AM)Eric the Green Wrote: I see some chance for artistic revival in the 2020s-- unusual for a 4T. Watch the year 2022.
Any thoughts on this now that we're in the year in question?
2001, a very artistic hero and/or a very heroic artist