Political Ideology Liberalism is the ideology that makes the most sense to me. I believe the public should hold most of the power over the government, so that everyone has a say in how the government works. Everyone should be free to make decisions and choices. However, I do believe that the government needs to protect the people. The people shouldn't have some much power or free reign that the government has no control and the state collapses. However, I believe the public has the right to make their own political decisions and control their own economic affairs without great government intervention.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Political Attitude and Ideology
Political Attitude I, personally, find it difficult to just pick one attitude: radical, liberal, conservative, or reactionary. If I absolutely had to choose one, however, I would consider myself a liberal. The idea of evolutionary transformation makes sense to me - I don't think change needs to happen in terms of a revolution, but I feel small, gradual changes within the system could be beneficial. Overthrowing a government sounds very negative, very violent, whereas gradual changes are positive and healthy. However, staying stuck in "old ways" is never healthy. As times change, I feel that the government needs to change with it. Though many people are skeptical of change, staying static is never good for a government.
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A good concise statement about your ideological leanings, Tori. You are right in line with the vast majority of Americans. That's part of the reason that the current health care debate is igniting so much controversy. It seems like it might be leading us down a rode toward social democracy as in some European countries.
ReplyDeleteA good statement as well about your political attitudes. In this country, we have faith in our fundamental govt. and economic institutions so debate about change is limited to liberal vs. conservative. No one really advocates throwing it all out and starting something new, violently or not. However, we do disagree about the role and good of govt. with liberals having more faith in govt. to fix problems (again health care works well here) and conservatives being skeptical of that. Where do you think you lie in terms of attitudes toward govt?