Politics are a very intrinsic part of today’s society but they also can lead to huge debates, name calling, fist throwing and even more inane acts of idiocy. And this happens between “mature” adults who are supposed to run our country. A part of me almost believes our country would be better run by infants, but of course we all know that to be a fallacy as they do not possess the cognitive thinking skills required to make decisions beneficial the nation as a whole. In this I took a political compass test and even though I thought I was more centered it showed that I was left-libertarian. While I am still debating over what this means for me has an individual I do know I am in good company as The Dali Lama and Ghandi are also left-libertarian. That makes me feel good about where I stand, knowing that my “test” is almost the exact same as these two famous figures of world history.
Originally growing up I considered myself republican and nowadays would consider myself more of an independent. However with this test if may behoove me to take a closer look at my political foundation and delve deeper into its core. I’ve always found politics to be a bore because they never seemed to affect me much, but as the years have passed that has definitely changed. It is hard to care about our electoral system when in its setup it feels like one vote doesn’t matter. If the electoral college wasn’t involved and our president was elected by popular vote I know I would feel like my vote had more power. This year could be one of the most important election years for our society in my lifetime.
P.S. Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are almost the exact same on this political spectrum. Be weary of who you vote for.
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