Anonymous #3 15w

Are necessary to protect the public (laws restricting access to firearms for those who are felons, violent offenders, mental illness at risk to cause harm to self or others), defense budget is massively overspend and a chunk of it should be reallocated to programs to support citizens

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Anonymous #3 15w

Education is also highly important and public free colleges should be a think (curse you Ronald Reagan)

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Anonymous #1 15w

If a boyfriend and girlfriend or just two random people don't have to worry about starting a family, having to be legally required to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars over 18 years all because of one mistake, that's a win If anyone can work a job and be able to pay for housing every month and have a little bit left over to invest in the economy that's a win. if we invest in the green world around us, making this country even more beautiful of a place than it already is.

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Anonymous #1 15w

returning water to the lakes and rivers, returning wildlife to their natural homes, protecting the species that we have caused extinsion events for. That's a win. I have a million other things that I could say. I don't believe its possible to disagree with any of the things I said. You can say “where is the money going to come from” and I'm gonna say we are the richest country in the world figure it the fuck out. You can disagree on how we do it. But you can't disagree on the principal

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Anonymous shrimp_fried_rice 15w

We’ve also almost had a lot of those things, like local free universities was gonna be a thing before Raegan gutted it because he was scared that an educated population would fight back against exploitative policies

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Anonymous #3 15w

Hearing it’s not practical confused me because when I ask for examples i invariably get hit with the totalitarian communist regimes like Soviet russia, and I’m like, guys, there’s a middle ground between a cyberpunk capitalist dystopia and a communist dictatorship, why can’t we at least try? The answer is because change is uncomfy, and I get it, but we’re just gonna keep existing in comfortable misery if we can’t endure the growing pains of change

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I never claim to come up with these stances?

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But I didn’t say that, I said things I believe in. Also these aren’t my thought out full legal policy dude it’s my thoughts off the top of my head for what I believe in as a leftist, idk why you’re up my ass about this.

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Anonymous #2 15w

I can understand where you’re coming from. I’m positioning myself at the intersection of education and technology, working on improving K–12 math access and quality. I also understand the emphasis on rights, but something I’ve noticed is that several rights we talk about are actually privileges, ones that were never fully codified. I’m curious how you think about that.

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Anonymous #2 15w

Also, I’m sorry if this is coming off as aggressive, that’s not my intention. It’s just difficult to police my tone when the first response to an honest question is a correction of a typo I made while typing quickly. Especially when your own reply didn’t capitalize any sentences. It’s tough to feel like we’re on equal footing when the first move feels like tearing me down instead of meeting me in conversation.

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Anonymous #3 15w

Hey, I appreciate you laying all that out. I know this thread probably doesn’t feel super hospitable, but for what it’s worth, I do respect that you took the time to explain your positions, even if they’re not “fully fleshed-out policy.” That’s kind of the point of discussions like this, right?

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Anonymous OP 15w

I think we actually share some common ground, especially around education, I’m working on a K–12 math initiative myself. And I’m not trying to badger anyone for not having legislative drafts in their back pocket. I just want to understand how people are thinking, and what they’re building toward. That’s what I meant by “tangible.”

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Anonymous #3 15w

Also, I was in the Marines and I’m studying on the GI Bill now. I’ve legally purchased a few firearms, and honestly, it’s not as easy as people often think. There are background checks, paperwork, and wait times. Gun shows aren’t some loophole either, it’s far more involved than it seems.

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Anonymous #1 15w

I really respect the heart behind what you’ve shared, it’s clear you care deeply about the country and the people in it. I share a lot of those same end goals. But I don’t think disagreement always comes down to how we get there. Sometimes it stems from different starting points, different first principles about rights, responsibilities, or the role we believe government should play in daily life.

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Anonymous OP 15w

For me, one key distinction is between codified rights, which are non-negotiable, and privileges that feel like rights because we’ve grown used to them, even if they’re not formally protected. That difference shapes how people approach these issues, not out of apathy, but from different interpretations of what a government owes its citizens.

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Anonymous #4 15w

I actually disagree with this, mainly because I don’t think it’s sustainable long-term, especially with population fluctuations and demographic shifts. When you dramatically increase access, you often reduce the overall quality of care. That said, I do think insurance has played a huge role in making medical care unaffordable. It’s basically enshrined third-party pricing and distorted what things actually cost.

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Anonymous shrimp_fried_rice 15w

I think you’re right that there’s room for more nuance between unchecked capitalism and authoritarian communism. But the “why don’t we try it like Sweden or France?” question tends to overlook how different our demographics, institutions, tax structures, and federal systems actually are. What works in a small, culturally homogenous, highly taxed parliamentary state doesn’t always translate cleanly here. This perspective comes from living in Spain for a year.

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Anonymous #3 15w

It’s not that people are against trying new things, it’s that turning a ship this size on a dime is tough. Innovation in a country this large comes wrapped in layers of bureaucracy, and that slows everything down. I get the urgency, truly, but complexity doesn’t always mean resistance, it sometimes just means scale.

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