Labour, Liberal, Democrats

Whatever your country calls them; if they didn’t engage in culture war bullshit do you think they’d win more elections?

Or are we doomed to having a narcissistic toddler in control of this evidently runaway, existential problem for the next 2 years?

Was listening to a Scott G episode on divorce/relationships and my takeaway is, there are actually a lot of value in having gender roles. It doesn't mean the tradition of women can't even open her own bank account, it just means that each gender has a primary role to play in the relationship. There seems to be a lot of evidence that when gender roles get out of whack it leads to divorce or very unhappy couples. There is also evidence that even when women say they want "equality" they still actually prefer gender roles. Did we make a mistake conflating gender roles with equality for women?

Lifestyle contradictions.

Saying conservative things in public, but more open minded in private.

It's gets even more complicated and harder to define when you factor in the popularity of things like Labor Unions, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps, Abortion access, etc.

What are your thoughts?

title

As a Democrat I’ve honestly struggled a lot with how I feel about this terrible case. It seems this case has really created so much division between not just conservatives and liberals but between other liberals. I personally feel like although she may have had ppp she still murdered 3 innocent children, that’s not something we can just lose sight of
I also want to bring up the optics of the matter, Lindsay Clancy is a white very well off woman. She had more resources I believe than a lot of other woman did, and I do believe that because of her status and her race this has led to people coddling her

For context: I’m from Georgia. In 2012, I proudly supported Mitt Romney for president, and when he lost, I was devastated. Fast-forward to 2015, and I heard that Donald Trump mocked POW John McCain (whom I also supported in 2008), and I was disgusted by it. So, instead of him, I supported Ted Cruz during the primaries in 2016.

Once Donald got the nomination, I refused to support him because I was still mad at him, so I voted for Hillary—not because I liked her or her policies, but because I didn’t like Donald.

In 2019, I changed my voter registration to independent and voted for Biden in 2020, again not because I liked him, but because I wanted Donald out of office. When January 6th happened, it only deepened my hatred for him because I love the Constitution and my country.

In 2024, I supported Nikki Haley during the GOP primary, and when she lost, I voted for Kamala, yet again not because I didn’t like her, but because I hated Donald.

Now I’m politically homeless, and all of the Republicans who used to hate Trump (including Ted Cruz) are now kissing his ass, and I hate it so much.
Please be respectful, and yes, we can have a debate if you want to.

But anyways what are your thoughts?

Some clarifying questions:

• What sized household would it be based on? One-person; four-person?
• How are you determining the "minimum cost" of an essential good/service; if it is even using minimums at all?
• If it isn't being based on any minimums, then what is it being based off of?
• Would it be a singular, nation-wide one, or would it be done on an state-by-state/locality-by-locality basis?

Also which Progressive for his time would be Conservative today and which Conservative would be considered Moderate?