Ted Smith #ProEU*** POLL ***
How would you describe yourself politically?
Please vote, comment, and BOOST (very important)
Thank you.
Right Wing
Right of Centre
Left of Centre
Left Wing
None of the above
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Dave Lane 
🇳🇿@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.
Chris McCabe@Ted @lightweight But a lot of Etonians & other 'well-educated' ppl pushed for a Brexit which wd favour them.
Tom@CableSt @Ted @lightweight that kind of education is different to the idea of what most people think of when we say education should be free for all up to and including a PHD if you have the brain for it.
Eton alumni ran the British empire, were always to do with the ruling class. Their education is to do with being superior (in their minds) to the mass of the population which is there to be manipulated. It's a dangerous machine churning out sociopaths.