are you left,right or centre?

[bozo]

I agree with Eilonnwy. I support Capitalism but have several socialist / communist tendancies. There is nothing wrong with combining views, and it certainly isn't deluding.

CR/Adrian, the 2 concepts are diametrically opposed. You cannot support capitalism and have socialist tendencies....they will end up as watered down capitalism.
I don't think delude is too strong a word for your positions.

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I am radical. Left of left. Socialist, but not Marxist. I am actually fond of having the state in competition with private interests in the marketplace. My favorite example is having UPS and the USPS offering competing services. It's a win win that works well. I wish we had that sort of thing for health insurance, medical services, etc.

And almost everyone seems to recognize that it is a good idea to have state regulation in the case of limited resources, like railroads, cable networks, etc. However, I am still on the fence regarding net neutrality. Right now, I visualize a scheme in which ISPs are required to provide a percentage of their bandwidth, but the government purchases it from them. Sort of like imminent domain. But I haven't given it a whole lot of thought.

infidel, you say you are left of left but not marxist. what does that mean? Is Marx right of you? or too left?
The essence of socialism is that the state rules in place of competition for profits.