Where do you stand?

Politically I'd say I'm middle/left.

Don't understand or agree with the the far right. Never will.

Yes I had my vaccines for COVID.
COVID was an unknown deadly virus, I wasn't risking it. I have children and the thought of leaving them behind should I get really ill, scares me enormously. I have had it, felt pretty shitty, but had I not had my vaccine I may have been a lot worse.
I lost my best friend to it, yes she had underlying issues but ultimately it was COVID that contributed to her death.

I don't think the vaccines were a money making/brainwashing hoax, I think they have helped save many lives.

Your views/experiences?

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CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

I just believe that every society needs different economic models according to their history, moral values of the citizens and the stage of development. Left and right means different things in different societies or those who present themselves as advocates of left or right principles could be in fact just populists having only their own individual profit in mind.
Instead of just blindly saying I'm middle or left or right, I prefer to take out individual societal issues and address them individually. I'm actually undecided about a lot of stuff, tbh.
These are some I'm sure about though:

- Women have the right to professional abortion. Whether or not it should be covered by NHS I'm undecided but I don't have an issue with it if it is. I am strongly pro-choice. No women should be prosecuted for having an abortion in any way.

- I'm against compulsory public health care insurance. Provided that if you have a medical issue and don't have the insurance, it's your problem. But I'm against states automatically making you a debtor if you don't pay them some fee just because you were born there and therefore you're a citizen of the state.

- I believe the state must have certain control over the trade with land. There should be a law that forbids to make certain parts of the country private such as coastal areas, lakes, woods etc. They should be available to everyone.

- Children in public institutions such as schools and kindergartens have the right to be protected against dangerous diseases therefore these institutions should have the right to exclude children who hasn't been vaccinated. However, unvaccinated children by choice of their own parents should have an alternative to be accepted in private schools with their own rules about vaccination.

- Same with other private institutions. For example, during the pandemic, I believe the state shouldn't have the right to control the vaccination policy of the small private companies. However, health care insurance companies would have the right to blacklist such businesses and if you get a medical issue as a consequence from using their services and willingly risking your health, they might refuse to cover your expenses.

- Also, I believe that the state shouldn't have the right to forbid individuals to go to certain areas under the pretext of protecting them from danger. There should be issued a warning "do this on your own responsibility" and the rescuers shouldn't have the duty to rescue you if you decided to go there despite the warning. It would be different if they did it to protect the environment or other people in the area though...

- Medical marijuana should be legal

- Same-sex couples should have the same legal rights as opposite-sex couples.

- I won't express my opinion on the USA, as I don't live there and don't know the real situation but I would absolutely detest this right to own a gun without any or very sloppy regulations in Europe. Gun ownership should be registered and controlled to a certain degree. Not everyone should have the right to own a gun.

Lanie78 · 41-45, F

@CrazyMusicLover Good points, and a fair outlook. Alot of what goes on in the US is questionable and sadly the UK shows to be going the same way. I'm not religious but I'm praying it doesn't come to that and hopefully future changes do actually benefit everyone. Not just a select few.

CrazyMusicLover · 31-35

@Lanie78 Another thing that comes to my mind is that I'm against the formations of "states within states" and think that countries should put some effort into prevention of that happening. By this I mean when individual communities get segregated that much that you get entire parts of the cities consisting of ethnic minorities where different societal rules apply and where the locals are basically afraid to go because for example, they know that the community is governed by gangs or local mafia out of the reach of the official government or there's already some sort of xenophobia despite that it's them who emigrated into a foreign country. I know it's normal in many countries but I think that if you emigrate somewhere, you should be motivated to learn the official language of the country, be tolerant of the original culture and accept it as the main local culture as opposed to scream for your rights to live the same life you lived in your home country.