@Ted more accurately for me: progressive.

@lightweight Yes,, but that still sits within the political spectrum as listed, does it not?

@Ted I suppose so, but there are properties of each of the stereotypical designations that I don't conform to... I'm not fully any of those characterisations. For example, I'm scientific, evidence-focused, and push for broader education. Not sure where that sits in that spectrum.

@lightweight Broader education? Better education for the masses? That is a socialist trait, I would suggest.

@Ted As would I. But some would say that prioritising education is elitist...

@lightweight How can it be? It enables people. The Right want good education for their own, but a highly educated electorate in general is not to their advantage, We saw that with the EU Referendum (Brexit) in the UK. The facts were quite clear. The less one's educational achievement, the more likely you were to vote for Leave.

@Ted I suppose many people think that taking the time out from just surviving is a luxury to which only the privileged can avail themselves. In the US, I've noticed a strong anti-education undercurrent, and some of it seems left-based.

@lightweight That surprises me. I thought it would have been exclusively a Republican trait.

@Ted yeah, surprises me, too. It's the people on the left who voted for Trump because they're so disenfranchised they want to "fuck up" the system. I can sympathise with that motivation, but the method is definitely counterproductive.

@lightweight We have a similar phenomenon in the UK with ordinary working people, whose best interests would be served by a Labour (left wing) government, voting Tory (Conservative, right wing) We say it's like turkeys voting for Christmas.
How do the latter do it? Blame immigrants, as Trump did, I believe. Sadly, those people that fell for it are simply ill informed and/or poorly educated and our conversation comes full circle.

@Ted yup. Mass ignorance destroys societies.