First of all, I am a person that values his privacy. I have
made some basic efforts to make True Neutral Politics anonymous, but nowadays
that is practically impossible. I also intend on sharing links to posts on
social media in lieu of comments; that is sort of the point. You could probably
figure out who I am with little effort, so whatever. There are, however, some
basic demographics about me that I feel are relevant for understanding my point
of view.
At this time, I am in my mid-thirties. I grew up and have
lived my entire life in southern California .
I’m married and I’ve been with my wife since high school. We own our home where
we live in Orange
County
I am a computer programmer by trade. I write custom ERP
software for a large, successful, private company, and I’ve been doing so for
over fifteen years. My experience writing business software has given me
insight and an intimate knowledge of the actual implementation details of
various federal and state regulations. For example, I write payroll software so
I am very familiar with labor laws and income taxes. I also write benefits
management software, so I am familiar with health insurance regulation. My
software responsibilities are widespread and include accounting, inventory
management, sales, purchasing, and accounts payable. Basically, all the
software a business needs to operate.
Politically, I consider myself a progressive. The political
spectrum is typically represented by a coordinate plane with one axis
representing economic position and the other representing social position. The
scale indicates the level of freedom versus authoritarianism on those issues. On
this spectrum, I am what you would call a left-leaning libertarian.
What that means is that on social policy I believe the
freedom of the individual is the highest value. The government should not have
the authority to regulate your personal life. Economically, however, it is the government’s
responsibility to enforce fairness through regulation. Some refer to this as a
“Freed” market rather than a “Free” market. The difference is that one’s personal
life is solely their own, but when one participates in the economy he/she is
affecting those around them. When a person is affecting other people it becomes
a group issue.
At this time, I am a registered Libertarian. As I’ve grown
older, however, I’ve become more progressive. On the contrary, the Libertarian
party has grown more right-wing as disenfranchised republicans have flocked to
it over the last decade. We’ve been drifting apart, so to speak, but, as far as
political parties go, I don’t really have anywhere else to go.
