Political Memes

I would have a hard time describing my political affiliation. I would guess "leaning libertarian-socialist", but I don't fully subscribe to all so IDK in which category I fit in.

• I like the idea of workers owning the means of production, but don't like production for use (that never works). Simply remove the C-suite leeches and distribute their paycheck and parts of the profit among workers that actually produced them.
• States and governments can stay and should mainly act as a developmental/economic guide. Taxes are okay, but they have to be spent in a way that benefits the public, not bailouts for banks or corporations. They should pay for social security, roads, healthcare, schools and universities, imports/exports, stuff like that.
• I'm not foolish enough to believe that humans can behave themselves, so there needs to be a way to hold perpetrators accountable in front of a court of peers. But as long as somebody doesn't harm or endanger someone else (or the environment because that affects everyone), they should be able to do whatever they damn please, including owning things.
• There needs to be a wealth cap. Period.
• Exceptions need to be made for goods and property that are required by everyone, like food, water and housing. Buying houses and apartments as assets is morally deplorable because all you do is enrich yourself on other's basic needs.
• Why are private equity firms legal again?

So what am I?

It means “I don’t want to hear your politics, I don’t want you to criticize my politics, I just want to keep acting like my support of shitty things isn’t my responsibility.”

That is a sign natural selection has selected them for the male loneliness epidemic

Ahhh, poor Democrats. (30% of voters)

How do they ever win an election?

The Republicans (30% of voters) have a secret right-wing army of Independents (40% of voters), that's hmmm 30% Rs plus 40% Is, why, that's like 70%! That's crazy

Fortunately, the Ds are super smart. That's how they win even when outnumbered by over 2 to 1 , clever observations like this prove it (taps temple).

I guess no one here has ever lived in a red state

So, nobody here actually used online dating? Here in the deep red South, "not political" means liberal and don't talk your MAGA shit at me.

I've never met someone who says they're not political who is actually not political. They just prefer to think about the things they care about as "above politics" or don't want the heat for their opinions.

This puzzles me especially when it’s a trans or enby person on a dating app… I’m like: girl wtf

Mental exercise:

There is a serial arsonist going around

A house is on fire

You meet a stranger who says they don't like to discuss whether the fire should be put out or not, nor whether the arsonist should be stopped.

If this person isn't the arsonist, their actions (or lack there of) benefit only the arsonist. They are, at least, an arsonist supporter.

meh, i'm a registered independent who votes democrat. I'll never join the dnc, but i won't vote for republicans. I don't particularly like talking politics with people either. I don't relish circle jerking over hating politicians, I just get fucking angry.

"Not political" in 2025+ America means they have the mental capacity of the average Idiocracy civilian.

Like, I'm sure they just rewatch people getting hit in the balls all day, every day.

"not political" means they are okay enough with the way things are that they don't need to engage with it. It's conservative. Not necessarily far right reactionary that wants to change things for the worse, but they don't care about other people. (Or, rarely, don't recognize or care about their own suffering)

It's an idiot or monster's stance.

Real talk, it's what I used to put in my profile maybe 2 years ago.

I didn't watch the news much, I had always stayed out of the discourse and I had refused to apply a 1-dimensional label to my beliefs.

Put plainly, I was privileged enough that politics rarely affected me directly, and I think until recently there were a lot of people like that.

One day in 2023, I took a political alignment test and found out I was a democratic socialist and it just so happened I was living in one (UK). Hence why I never felt the need to mess with things.

Of course, no country is perfect, and as I met more people, especially trans and disabled people, I discovered that there was a lot of terrible shit going on in my country and that's where I finally got my awakening. I also started watching more political YouTube.

Since then, I've veered slightly further left I'm involved in advocacy and I'm proud to wear the "Left" label as someone who cares for others and believes we can all do better.

I still believe that left and right are a bit reductive, but I understand now that it's more like the more of the things you believe in, the further on that axis you go. For example, the UK's Green Party is bringing together some conservative environmentalists with leftist progressives in their interests to keep our green spaces and maintain traditional trades and crafts.

Anyway, the point is some "non-political" people are just sheltered. That said, you have to be extremely sheltered in the US to not experience the upheaval currently happening.

Aware enough to feel ashamed.

Selfish enough to still vote for it.

"I don't want to think about politics, but when I have to I lean heavily right."

Undercover Trumper. You shouldn't talk politics, but announcing it is a red flag.

You can't have no stance on social constructs you've been introduced to. The moment it's existence has been made aware to you by other people, you now have a stance, even if that's to dissociate from it. "Not political" doesn't clearly say anything, but I'm inclined to think they don't like hearing the stance of other's—what political discourse is—implying they may actually have a very strong and unwavering stance but they don't recognise it.

I much prefer Catherine Tate.

It could also mean they'd rather talk about pretty much anything else.