I don’t fit into any category well politically. I’ve figured over the years that I’m more of Libertarian than anything, but that party can’t win elections because there’s not enough smart people to be Libertarians and provide enough votes. So rather than “waste” my vote, I don’t vote. Liberty means having the right to not vote. If I’m going to be voting for a party who I don’t agree with, why participate?

You have to vote for the party that has the same ideals you have, or at least as close to them as possible, assuming they’re close at all. “Voting for the man” is a ridiculous argument as the politician you’re voting for is getting his power, money & support from his party, so you’re really voting for his party. If you don’t like abortion and don’t think anybody should have one, you should vote Republican as that party feels the same as you. But if it’s also important that your personal freedoms are respected, then you can’t vote Republican as they only care about straight white Christians & policing your personal & social mores.

I like some of the Democrat ideals, mainly the personal freedoms they support such as freedom of & freedom from religion, meaning keeping religion out of school & work & not having the government support any religion by flying their flags, so to speak, and reasonable (not full) access to abortion, meaning within the 1st 3 months unless there’s a problem with the baby or mother, and removing sales taxes as they’re regressive & are just a honey pot for local governments to blow on God knows what, and gay marriage rights (what do I care if 2 gays or 2 lesbians get married?!? It doesn’t affect me), and other various rights pertaining to personal liberties, plus more taxation on the super rich & large corporations & large landowners, and removal of large business subsidies. I also believe in science such as the Big Bang Theory (which is a crummy show, btw) & evolution, and I’m positively sure their is no afterlife or God as I’m convinced that science & psychology have proven otherwise.

I also like a number of Republican ideals, such as business freedom from onerous government restrictions, removal of most welfare subsidies, a strong stance on blue collar crime & protections for police (the Black Lives Matter movement is a bunch of crap, as Blue Lives Matter More), plenty of defense spending to strengthen our borders & interests to protect us worldwide & to keep aliens out, not just Hispanics, but all the other aliens who are coming here to be schooled and taking the good jobs that should be going to Americans, also the COVID-19 shutdowns are total crap, and I believe in less taxes on small businesses.

To best sum it up, Democrats believe in personal freedoms, business restrictions & governmental financial support of our people. Republicans believe in business freedoms, personal restrictions, and governmental financial support for our businesses.

I believe in freedom from most government agencies & interventions as I believe in both personal freedoms & business freedoms.

That’s a Libertarian. I’m not one of those kooky anarchist Libertarians that think we don’t need any government except for minimal defense. We need government, just not as much as we have, and we need to get the government off the backs of businesses & out of our personal lives.