Being on the left of the political spectrum seems to mean a lot of things these days. But what does it mean to you? Being a leftist can be associated with being for workers rights, a socialist, or even communist. For others, the most important thing is diversity and inclusion (also for the disabled). The other thing 'we' seem to be associated with is being green, unanimously vegetarians or vegan and all have a lot of armpit hair. A thing you often hear from more religious conservatives is that the left wants to expand abortion rights, and supports euthanasia. I am curious to see what it means to you!
To be honest, I would put myself on the conservative left. I tend to prioritize subjects like healthcare, housing, workers rights and inclusion over other things. Those are the things that are closest to my heart. As I person, I accept and have friends who currently are in transition. Others heavily support Greenpeace and don't even want to fly on an airplane because of the environment. To me that's fine, I accept all of that, but being left for me stands for:
1] affordable healthcare by publicly funded insurance for all 2] affordable housing - a human right, not a market. 3]* inclusion*: no matter your disability, gender or sexual preference: you should be allowed to participate and feel valued. 4] We make sure *we take care of our elderly & children *With available state pension, elderly homes, and childcare (However I would prefer grandparents or parents to take care of children) 5] no corporate mass surveillance by data brokers, capitalist tracking, age verification or censorship. Freedom of speech and information and proliferation of open source software.
Interesting, and I feel very at home being anti-capitalism, not acting like the parasitical viruses humans are on Earth. However, on free speech I am doubtful to what you mean with 'I don't believe in free speech'. On a philosophical level I agree that free speech exists almost nowhere, even in nations that call themselves 'free'.
But actually enforcing by law what is allowed to be written or said is something I wouldn't be willing to accept.... Because, what would happen when the leaders in power suddenly turn against the people? Who is going to decide what can be written or said? If the people have the power - let us say in a socialist state - it seems only fair to not 'enslave them again' on an intellectual level, by not allowing free speech or press ;-)
A different kind of slavery, but to me that feels exactly like working in an Amazon logistics center, but on an intellectual level.
I think the public health is more important than radical free expression. People should be able to express themselves freely, but once you add a commercial angle in any sense that shit has to been regulated. Health advice absolutely has to require a license. And so on.
Imo people will express themselves whether or not its legal. I'm not too worried about making sure influencers can keep giving teens eating disorders and selling them plastic surgery.