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Random thought:
I think basically nobody agrees with my political perspectives because:

1. The left has a very narrow orthodoxy, and if you don't agree with it 100% then they claim to think you're a not-see. To anyone outside of the leftist bubble, this is self-evidently garbage.

2. The right has a tenancy to over-simplify problems and is attracted to "big hammer" solutions - like as if everything will be utopia if we just send the blacks back to Africa, take away women's vote, evict the jews, etc. The problem with these "simple" ideas is that if things were so simple, somewhere at some point in history, some country would have accidentally stumbled on them, thrived, and made them a universal standard.

If you approach things from a first principles perspective based on the assumption that governance is a hard problem and the best countries to live in today are already solving it as best we know how - conclusions and proposals end up being a lot different from anything that is typically discussed in the political arena.

@cjd I agree with your takes on both parties. I'll add I think the people really in control aren't elected at all and switch loyalties to which ever party they feel has the most political capital they can exploit in the moment.

I want to get away from politics that direct 90% of our pie to fighting other parties over the largest slice and direct those resources instead into making more pie in an environmentally sound and sustainable manner.

For these reasons I've stopped voting for "parties" and each election I research each candidate and vote for the candidate that best aligns with my values and priorities.