I try to avoid politics as far as I can. I am not interested in politics, I don't feel competent enough to give my opinion and also due to lack of interest will not find out enough to participate. This is not particularly acceptable in modern societies, being interested in politics is considered to be something all smart people do. There's an old Finnish song that roughly translates "I am too right-wing for the left-wingers and too fascist for the left-wingers", it gives an impression. But primarily I am opportunist when I have to, incidentally it usually sets me in quite left wing, since I often need human rights for myself, i.e. queers and immigrants, that right wing opposes. You might think that right wing would support e.g. minority languages of indigenous folks, however it doesn't seem to happen that often. On the other front, my work with minority languages is often pulled into political contexts and while I try my best to avoid it it's not always possible, just to bear in mind if I am forced to speak of politics related to my work, it was probably not a strong opinion but forced out of me.
There are of course things that are political and I do have a kind of opinion that are important for my life, minority languages already mentioned. Here's a short list of opinions I might defend when in group of friends / drunk, unpopular opinions if you may, in contemporary internet usage:
- Capitalism especially in its current form is a total failure, I wrote a specific rant about it as well on this site, the gap between rich and the poor is the worst ever, the products and services we get are not best quality they can be, etc. etc.,
- r/fuckcars: the older I get the more I realise car culture has destroyed our cities, car drivers murder more people than any other human cause and create more pollution that could be avoided
- relatedly I do get more eco conscious getting older in the current climate crisis, go support extinction rebellion in that, their mission statement is explicitly to not blame individuals which I like, and lets admit it they've done in few years what greenpeace has failed and wasted our monies with in decades
- nuclear power is part of the solution for sustainable future, there's very good scientific evidence on it being most ecological and nearly only FUD scaremongering against
- lgbtqia+ movement does lead to better experience for everyone, we are on track of getting rid of toxic gender roles, allowing people to dress like they want and talk like they want, everyone benefits it's just that simple
- many religions are not compatible with modern societies, seriously, if you believe in hurting, slaving or killing people of different genders, sexual orientations or other religions it's just not ok, yes you can modernise your religion by cherry-picking your holy books, but that's rather untrustworthy and unscaleable.
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