Do you know people who decide their politics based on the party line?

Was surprised to hear a progressive say that "Amazon is awesome" when I mentioned that Trump wants to launch an anti-trust trial against it.

(Edit: forgot to mention that this person went on an anti-Trump rant.)

Usually, the big bad corporations are the enemies of progressives, so it surprised me.

What are your thoughts?

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Burnley123 · 41-45, M

Its a good point actually and confirmation bias counts for a lot. I can see that in American politics because I'm British, though I have my own party loyalty to the UK Labour Party.

Trump is so toxic for progressives that it becomes easy to see 'my enemies enemy' as a friend. No, Amazon is an awful company that doesn't pay its share of taxes and exploits it's workers. Trump's hollow and bombastic attempt to be on the side of the little guy shouldn't let amazon off the hook.

I think the important thing is to be loyal to ideas and principles ahead of individuals of a party line. Of course you may end up supporting a party you 90% agree with anyway but in a good democracy, you can be critical of your own side too.