Now I don't like Republicans or Democrats.

I believe they're both greedy nasty evil control freaks. With my views and beliefs. I align with right libertarian views and I think that's far that to. But everything needs to have a label or a number these days

My are my 4 biggest views

Strict constitutionalism: Emphasis on government limited to enumerated powers.

Minimal government: Only core functions like for defense, courts, contract enforcement

Strong property rights: Opposition to eminent domain and government seizure of private land.

Support for returning land to Indigenous peoples

If you don't like that, tough cookies

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Richard65 · M

Perhaps it's the system itself which is corrupt, created over generations by prominent people who wished to rig the game to benefit them and to maintain power in their hands. I remember Obama saying he was surprised by how limited the system allowed him to be, despite being president of the world's only superpower. It's the same here in the UK, where, except for a few allowances, the laws and the financial and political structures are designed in order to maintain the status quo as much as possible, irrelevant of who is actually in charge. As The Who sang, "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss..."

ArishMell · 70-79, M

@Richard65 The UK's constitution, which developed over centuries, is not designed to maintain a status quo for the few, but to guard the State (i.e. the land and its citizens and assets) from that, by being above party-politics.

Richard65 · M

@ArishMell that's my point. It's above party politics, so the power structure is maintained, as it has been for centuries. But not necessarily for the benefit of its populace. That's effectively the status quo. And you say it's not designed to maintain that status quo for the few. Really? That's your honest opinion? You haven't been paying enough attention.