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GenEarly's avatar

I really appreciate your communications. I don't have any contact with "Leftists" but imo, You seem more of a "classical liberal"?

I'm a Jeffersonian "Liberal", anti-Big Gov. especially Feral DC as well as bloated State Govs.

I was earlier on, Tea Party due to out of control Feral Gov $pending under Obama, but the UNI-Party has made the idea of a "Budget" ludicrious since then. There isn't any way to avoid an economic demise at this point with 32 Trillion in just Feral Gov Debt, several State pension funds are upside down too.

So, now I'm just in "Brace for Impact" mode financially. I'll vote Repub in Nov. because I don't want any regrets that I should have voted and didn't.

I don't think the Congressional Repubs will do much more than Bluster, and hold Hearings with no to little results.

I'm anti-foreign wars, domestically is another matter. I'll defend the 1st, & 2nd Amendments to the death. The other amendments are pretty much "historical", hanging by a thread.

I certainly have been through an awakening myself recognizing the predominance of sElected rinoRats in government and that my votes didn't accomplish much of anything.

All I desire now is to be Free & Independent as an individual and hopefully enough others do as well to thwart this NWO Globalist Tyranny.

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David Veale's avatar

I suppose classic liberal is probably accurate. Also strongly pro 2nd amendment, generally pro-labor (though I do fully recognize the corruption that permeated many labor unions), and above all pro-environment. The natural world is not just a life support system as I see it, but critical to mental well-being. As an avid skier/climber/hunter/backpacker/fisher/sailor/canoer, and a former forester, current farmer (programming pays the bills nowadays, but isn't really where my heart lies), I could never accept the GOP's complete and utter disregard for environmental issues in favor of wall street profit.

I'm also big on energy -- having studied the subject intensely since the early 2000s. While the WEF has of course taken hold of this as well, the underlying fact is that global oil production peaked in 2018 and is declining regardless of politics. I find it quite interesting that covid was unleashed just after this point. 15 years ago I figured oil decline was happening faster than it did, so learned to farm with horses, heat/cook with wood from our farm, and also to drive an amish buggy (I'm not a believer in "green tech", and consider it an oxymoron). Now after many years of doing that I'm kind of tired of the extra work involved but see that it may be a good way to survive the next few years, so I've stuck with it for the most part.

I suppose the TV version of the blue haired woke liberal is no more representative of the actual left than their portrayal of MAGA republicans as all having a KKK robe in their closet.

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GenEarly's avatar

I'm quite Conservative and also want to live in a clean environment. Michael Savage has been an Independent Conservative voice outside the media conservative types. I concur on your views, not sure of the oil thing being "Fossil" based though. And ANWAR has a very small section to pump oil from which I support doing. The caribou like the warm pipelines in AK.

So, Well Done on your farming lifestyle, wishing you and yours all the best. You are Way Ahead of most people including me. I've got good neighbors in a mountain hollow and hopefully we can assist each other through the coming travails.

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