The Popular Divide

[alan2here]

Does anyone else feel increasingly pushed to either side of a political/ideological divide?

1. Conservative (England)/republican (US) view of issues such as war, race, religion, crime, benefits, pollution and sexuality. Non academic. Nationalist.
vs
2. Superficially liberal/centre left. Conservative (England)/Republican (US) view of crime, benefits and possibly pollution. Pro privacy, pro local and anti efficiency. Conspiracist.

Where 'neither' is suddenly a tedious position to maintain.

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[Chef Ramsay]

I'm an ancap that postures himself as a Rand Paul Republican to blend into normal circles and push the envelope when it lends itself to me.

[username18333]

You wouldn’t encounter that problem were you to embrace postmodernism, existential nihilism, and anarchist communism.

[Possum577]

Those two views aren't opposing, are they? I think you may be confusing the different leading parties in the US and UK

[alan2here]

Thats right, there used to be opposing viewpoints, now it's full conservatism or conservatism lite. And it started with all the fuss about 'privicy', and I don't mean the real deal or genuine concerns, I mean the politics.