What makes you Dem/Repub/Indep?

[Tetro Kornbluth]

All political parties (and all politics, frankly) are based around interest groups of some sort. That's the whole point.

Which is what makes me an "other" I am young un' with an upper-middle class background and thus no interests to defend. Perhaps when I start paying regular taxes or *shudder* a mortgage..

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Political ideologies don't spring out of nowhere you know, I suspect most people here (especially the younger ones) are more ideologically inflexible because a) they have very little "real life" experience (No BRTD, real life does equal staying a few days in a run down Ghetto) and more importantly, b) They identify themselves as "Conservative" or "liberal" or whatever early on - perhaps in the same way people choose brands of shoes - Political people often like to think of themselves as "smarter" which often equates in their minds as being "good in School" (which it does not; actually schools damage true intelligence in many cases.) this may be more true in conservative, as I tend to think there is a "Conservative" mindset and a "Liberal" mindset (very simplistic here) which is not just about politics but about your daily decision making - which is reflected in your politics.

I will not say here what I think makes up a "conservative" or "liberal" mindset simply because I don't want to be sued for libel by the conservatives on this board.