(October 15, 2016 at 7:57 am)abaris Wrote:(October 15, 2016 at 7:51 am)Bella Morte Wrote: I'm not exactly anti-left, I just disagree with them but I also agree with them in some regards. I've described myself as "right-wing" in the past but I am not sure that is exactly accurate. Probably in the centre somewhere.
Don't take that the wrong way, but at your age I was exactly the same. Growing up in a very protected environment as far as economics go. But for one things have very much changed since the late 70ies, early 80ies and secondly, being exposed to what is possible at the workplace and the people getting away with everything with impunity while their employees and the population at large had to shoulder the costs, made me rethink over the ensuing decades.
And third, the parties have changed their nature. When I was younger, I used to vote conservative. But the conservatives back then had the middle class in mind and not the filthy rich. They try to cover that up by raising the bar for middle class, but back then my father running a small chain of shops was considered middle class, as was any given skilled worker or craftsman. Now the bar is significantly higher.
Don't worry about it, I agree with you.
