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[–] dromnom ago 

I would suggest adding the country you're from to the beginning of your post. What is considered progressive in one country may be conservative in the next.

My only recommendation is to not search out a label to apply to yourself. Keep doing the hard thinking for yourself. You don't need a convenient title to give out to your political friends, because that title won't represent you. You don't need to belong to a team. What good has team politics done for anyone? It's only useful if you're intellectually lazy and need others to do your thinking for you.

I'd say you're on the right track by not having any single political group to rely on. Find individual candidates and representatives that the Party of HatiCalamity can endorse. Always judge for yourself, re-evaluate your politician's performance, even re-evaluate your own stances on subjects. It's hard work to be sure, but that's why it's called Civic Duty, not Civic Fun Time.

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[–] HatiCalamity [S] ago  (edited ago)

Noted, I'll bear in mind notifying people of my country in future. though I'll tell you now I'm from the UK. The reason I seek out political affiliations is because when it comes to the real world my interest in the subject ultimately translates to how I vote in the best interests of my country. that means I need to ultimately come out with an affiliation with a party.

Yes, the individualistic attitude is ideal and I'd love that to be the end goal, but my political interests are also teathered to real interests. There are a lot of parties, a lot of politicians, a lot of policies, a lot of promises and a lot of track records to look at in order to figure out where my vote goes. This is more than I can do alone, I'm just one person. Now it's handy for other people to break that down, but nothing is without bias and while I can look at a conservative's spin on all of this, they're not exactly obliged to engage with me in the way a libertarian community or outlet will. My enemies are a good place to hear criticism of me but not much else which means I'm missing vital bits of the picture. I can't think of everything on my own, and likeminded people can fill in my shortcommings.