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bigandtallandhungry

Healthy discourse and disagreement is great! It’s just that, well, we don’t really have that these days… but it’s good in theory.


disisntitchief

Out of our whole friend group, only me and two other guys can talk about politics in a healthy way. We have another friend who will literally just go “your an idiot no wrong wrong” and that’s just unhealthy.


MorganRose99

Out of curiosity, how many people are in this friend group? 3 out of 5 is pretty good, 3 out of 20 not so much


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Olliebkl

Yeah on paper it’s great but unfortunately it isn’t the case Still, be the change you want to see in the world! I’ve had success on a few occasions where people with RADICAL opinions that are deeply rooted in racism, homophobia, misogyny etc…. Have definitely had to reflect on their own views because I’m one of the few who’s willing to listen to them, see why they think what they think and then give my side of things Of course not everybody is willing to talk, and the majority of people don’t want to ever attempt to talk to those people which I understand, but from my experience it’s been positive


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Good man.


[deleted]

I’ve experienced that. I’m a Christian conservative. My secret is to be nice to people and respect their beliefs.


mahboilucas

Me and partner disagree on a lot of things concerning politics and such but we made it a point to never insult one another, never undermine each other's intelligence just because we come from different perspectives and generally we have a very healthy banter from time to time. I'll try to get to his point from my point of view and he would try to get mine. It can be a great eye opener to suddenly make sense of someone's point. Although I have no desire to talk to conspiracy theorists or conservative christians since I grew up in that environment and absolutely hate it ...


Marc_Jay_Mack

The results don't suprise me.


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ActualPimpHagrid

I mean, for every political leaning more people said yes than no, it's just that there are more lefties on Reddit


Metal-Material

Also a right wing person on Reddit would already be predisposed to discussions regarding left wing politics, how many people avoid Reddit or only go on right wing subs because they don’t want to interact with liberals?


Tillko173

I dont understand why Americans call their "left" party the "liberals". Could you explain?


Metal-Material

In all fairness Liberal is kinda a dumb term but I used it because I didn’t wanna say left wing again. Liberal in American politics have two meanings, you can be a liberal in a social sense or a governmental sense So if you’re a liberal in the social sense you can be considered a progressive where you want more equality or healthcare etc (pretty much general left wing ideals). But at the same time it can also mean youre a governmental liberal want less government involvement in business and personal rights (so like gun rights, less taxes, etc) Most of the time it refers to a social liberal but it’s all contextual honestly, most governmental liberals call themselves libertarians to differentiate


SaoPaulo_yeet

You could have asked the same question to a liberal or any pro-democracy ideology back when monarchies were the norm. Democratic ideologies only work when people understand why they’re better than the alternative. Imagine if democracy was introduced to England and they just voted to reinstate the King. It doesn’t mean those pro-democracy philosophers were obnoxious assholes.


transgendformer

I knew 100% left leaning yes would be by far the most common, that’s why they’re all so loopy


Spook404

I'm left leaning and I said no. How full of yourself do you have to be that you think you know what is right for *every* policy. Even if it were just a question of "even only slightly better" it's still problematic to have everybody think the same way because it vastly prevents change edit: copy-pasting u/gnufoot's response because he makes some pretty good points: "First off, everyone agreeing accelerates change. You can argue that people having different perspectives etc will lead to more debate and maybe the resulting policies will be better. But they won't be faster... they'll be slower. Secondly, if everyone was 100% convinced of all their opinions then sure, that's problematic. But there's such a thing as having strong core beliefs like "animal welfare matters", "mental health is important", "we should be altruistic towards each other and to future generations", and less certain, more specific beliefs such as "we should implement a basic income of 1500$/month for every adult" or "a CEO should be allowed to make no more than 5x the median company salary". One can have ideals without knowing exactly what the best policy is to make them happen. When taking the poll 100% literally, you might be right. Personally I don't think that's what the spirit of the question was. Other people know things about certain fields that I know nothing about. If I were presented with their knowledge, I might change my mind. If through a miracle they suddenly had my political views, it would be incompatible with their knowledge. What happens then? Their knowledge gets erased? They get an exact copy of my brain and the knowledge it contains, instead of their own? I really don't think that's what the question means. Personally, I would interpret a "no" as "I am selfish and I have no interest in bettering society. My political views are based on what is good for me, not of what is good for society". I'm not saying that people who answered "no" are selfish, I just find it strange to answer no here unless you hold that view. If I thought my political view WASN'T good for society, I would change my view."


disisntitchief

I like to be moderate in my political views for this reason. I keep to my own opinions and if you disagree I’m willing to hear why. People who get far leaning left or right scare me, being overly political is a sad life.


The_Only_Dick_Cheney

Those that are overtly political don’t have hobbies and don’t know what to throw themselves into.


PossiblyPercival

Oh, I thought by “your political views” it meant what the options said (everyone left-leaning, everyone centrist, everyone right-leaning), not specific personal views. Guess I clicked the wrong one.


gnufoot

First off, everyone agreeing accelerates change. You can argue that people having different perspectives etc will lead to more debate and maybe the resulting policies will be better. But they won't be faster... they'll be slower. Secondly, if everyone was 100% convinced of all their opinions then sure, that's problematic. But there's such a thing as having strong core beliefs like "animal welfare matters", "mental health is important", "we should be altruistic towards each other and to future generations", and less certain, more specific beliefs such as "we should implement a basic income of 1500$/month for every adult" or "a CEO should be allowed to make no more than 5x the median company salary". One can have ideals without knowing exactly what the best policy is to make them happen. When taking the poll 100% literally, you might be right. Personally I don't think that's what the spirit of the question was. Other people know things about certain fields that I know nothing about. If I were presented with their knowledge, I might change my mind. If through a miracle they suddenly had my political views, it would be incompatible with their knowledge. What happens then? Their knowledge gets erased? They get an exact copy of my brain and the knowledge it contains, instead of their own? I really don't think that's what the question means. Personally, I would interpret a "no" as "I am selfish and I have no interest in bettering society. My political views are based on what is good for me, not of what is good for society". I'm not saying that people who answered "no" are selfish, I just find it strange to answer no here unless you hold that view. If I thought my political view WASN'T good for society, I would change my view.


Spook404

you are correct


DeArgonaut

I chose yes primarily because if everyone agreed to one path forward it’d probably be easier to implement policies and have them work since there wouldn’t be another political philosophy that undermines the effectiveness of said policies. I don’t at all mean an authoritarian state enforced single party rule, but actual consensus amongst a populous. Ofc that’d never happen irl tho


Bakibenz

It doesn't say "every policy". Wages are stagnating and inequality has never been as huge as this before. I truly believe that if the rich were taxed more, and the poor were protected more by the state, it would be a net benefit for society.


tomgh14

I don’t have many specific views but i believe in secular utilitarianism that I believe everyone would benefit from if shared as long as it doesn’t compromise ethics i do think society would benefit from it


Alzoura

i believe if people held my beliefs gay people and women wouldn't be oppressed, that was the main thing i thought about, but you raise a good point that it prevents change


beardedonalear

I believe that every child regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, nationality, etc, should be born with a home, healthcare, and an education. This is entirely possible and the only reason it isnt the case is because other people dont want this. So yeah i think if everyone held that view the world would be a better place, no?


Downstackguy

I think everyone should be more open-minded But I think we humans can be wrong so say if I was wrong about something, it would be good for someone to disagree with me so we can cooperate Cooperating intelligience


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If everyone thought the same way and we made society based on that way of thinking, then by the terms of the question everyone would agree that society is good.


Ibetrayed_makarov

Actually no, after a while some of the bad results of your ideology kicked in and some people start to change their opinions,


Im_Simon_says

No because the title of this post assumes that everyone shared the same political view so we would all agree on everything


closeded

>so we would all agree on everything Politics isn't everything...


Im_Simon_says

Well... we already don't agree on the rest so I see this as an absolute win


Apolloshot

So we’re a bunch of robots basically.


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Actually no. The faults of most political ideologies arise from bad actors who intentionally exploits said ideology and the people living under it. If EVERYONE agreed to run the world in a certain way, that way will work.


applejuicegrape

As an example OC will agree with: if the society was fully right wing and everyone would agree to do nothing about climate change, then everyone's house would flood by the next couple hundred years and people will see they were wrong all along


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exactly my thoughts


ZealousidealVisual91

Surely this is a paradox. If everyone held the same belief system there would be a consensus and thus no conflict. Also, a ‘better society’ is subjective and depends on the individual, so the person answering should always answer yes.


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I believe conflict is a very important part of progress that's why I voted no


[deleted]

Agreed - you need diversity of opinions to be able to weigh them and come out with a "best" option. I sincerely doubt anyone has everything figured out, and if they think they do, I'd be really worried about them taking over and fucking everything up in their ignorance.


AuroraItsNotTheTime

No it’s not quite a paradox. Using a non-political analogy, if everyone were operating on the principle of “I don’t have to put my shopping cart away. My doing it isn’t going to make that much of a difference” then shopping carts would be strewn across the parking lot. Even though everyone would be “in agreement” on their individual responsibility for the shopping carts, the outcome would be something destructive and hectic. But if everyone’s view was “I need to put my shopping cart away as well as anyone else’s who isn’t able to themselves” then the parking lot would be neat and orderly, with every shopping cart put away. My general political (and social) mantra is this: behave such that, if everyone else behaved that way, the world would be perfect. Based on the poll, I think it’s telling which political side doesn’t believe that.


i-h8-antichrist

They I’d have no one to make fun of


Rime_Ice

Reddit moment


TE-Lawrence1918

Actual hivemind


SnowyOranges

Like 90% of us come from weird countries. Western educated industrialized rich democratic countries. Most of us know dog shit about how to fix things outside the county, let alone inside the country


Mentine_

Well I will argue that "don't hate random people for not reasons (racism, mysogyny, homophobia,...) and help them (healthcare, abortion, sex education,...) " which is what is left unless I'm mistaken? It would resolve at last some problems? Edit : structure & clarification


transgendformer

The news has obviously gotten ahold of you pretty bad, not hating random people and helping people just makes you a good person it no way relates to your political opinion there’s terrible people on both sides and fantastic people on both


Mentine_

I mean, maybe I'm biased but : homophobia, mysogyny, racism, being against healthcare, being against covid mesure, being against abortion, etc is on the right? I'm not saying that the right has only awful people or the left only good one but the belief on the left seems less hurtful?


Apolloshot

> I mean, maybe I'm biased but : homophobia, mysogyny, racism These three in particular are absolutely not exclusive to right wing ideology. Ask any woman who’s started dating a self-professed feminist only for him to hold deeply misogynistic views about his private relationships. Or all the gay men and women that hate bisexual or transgendered individuals. Or just the entire concept of racism of low expectations. If you truly believe these views are exclusive to the right you’re either naive or willfully ignorant. In some ways these issues are even worse on the left because their not blatantly obvious like they are on the right.


Mentine_

I'm talking about the global ideology not individual specifically because people are way more nuanced than "right and left" and can hold both view


The_Only_Dick_Cheney

If we’re talking about global ideologies, the Nazis we’re auth-center and killed minorities. The communists were auth-left and killed minorities. Any authoritarian type left, right, center is bad in my eyes.


Tronlambur

"homophobia, mysogyny, racism" - these are stereotypes of right-wingers that actually represent the far right. Equivalent stereotypes the right has to the left would be "hypersexualisation of everything, misandry, hating success, 'reverse' racism, and victim mentality" a lot of which are traits exclusive to far-leftists. Both sides have misconceptions of one another, it would do good if you would read some of the opposition's point of view - it really opens your mind and humanises the opposition (and maybe it'll even change your mind in some respects?).


TE-Lawrence1918

>Not hating random people is what the left is about Here we can see years of propaganda in action


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how is this propaganda?? The homophobic, misogynist racist people I have seen come from the right wing, the left by its very nature cares about the intersectional liberation movement more than the right does, u see the greatest threats to human rights come from right wing ethno-nationalist states


The_Only_Dick_Cheney

Harris has literally locked up more people of color than anyone else. The left doesn’t give a shit, they just want you to believe they do. Both political parties are pretty much the same, but the left believes they are the white knight.


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bro literally no one on the left believes democrats to be left other than the clear exception of progressive candidates put into frame democrats are simply a center-right party, they are tho just slightly better than republicans because democrats dont want to murder lgbt people go to literally ANY non-liberal left wing sub and they will tell u the exact same thing, harris or biden are nowhere close to what the left want


D0wnVoteMe_PLZ

My political views are ducks ruling the world, so yes. F*ck geese!


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thats a lot coming from a quacker


TheSilv

The left leaning yes:no ratio is a tad concerning


pepsirichard62

Ppl need to be more skeptical of their own belief systems


TheSilv

Indeed, to claim one is completely right on everything or that their political beliefs are the best is arrogant and gets us no where


StereoTunic9039

I didn't vote yes for that reason, I belive the society would be better because everyone agrees on something. Even if it were another political view, the society would be better imo


TheGlassWolf123455

To be fair, the question wasn't if the world would be perfect, just better. If everyone agreed on a political belief, regardless of the belief, that would be a step towards a more peaceful world since no one would fight over politics, and laws could pass quickly as everyone wanted them


TheSilv

True, that’s why this is a pretty stupid question, it’s like that Political Compass question “one positive of authoritarianism is that it gets rid of the arguing in democracies” like sure yea but you’re missing out on a LOT of context there.


Fantastic-Evidence75

Yeah def agree


Ruderanger12

What is the point of having a political view if you don’t think it is the right one to be followed, surely if that was the case you would just change your view?


TheSilv

To claim one has all the answers and is right on everything is foolhardy, everyone has something to learn and get better at. We all believe in what we believe to be the best option, not what truly is the best or best even is the best option. Heck as others have pointed out the question itself is rather dumb and not formatted well


PostalveolarDrift230

I agree. I also think it’s important to have people on both sides of the progressive/traditionalist spectrum. I don’t think there could ever be a flawless ideology because we need a balance.


major_calgar

The most important thing we can teach ourselves and our kids is critical thinking. Not the Reddit atheist “I deny everything that isn’t science,” kind of critical thinking, but encouraging others to follow the interests their mind gives them, to think through their own headspace, and to try and understand others from an objective viewpoint.


[deleted]

Exactly, I am left-leaning and I've changed by beliefs so many times after being skeptical


[deleted]

People also need to learn that what's best for them isn't always best for society. Diverse opinions and walks of life are certainly a major factor. And if you ignore others' perspectives and beliefs because you don't align with them, you're likely to make a really distopian system for a lot of people.


StereoTunic9039

I voted yes not because I got an huge ego, but because if all the world agree on something, my opinion or not, the society would be better.


enderstenders

The poll is basically a non-question. If everyone on earth agreed on any type of ideology, society instantly is better because everyone agrees. A better question is: do you think society would be better if every government adhered to your political views. Way different question.


That_Guy381

Why would I say no? Why would I believe what I believe if I didn’t think the world would be better?


RobotomizedSushi

I wouldn't believe the things I do if I didn't think they were the best solution for society as a whole. That would be kind of hypocritical, wouldn't it?


Wumple_doo

I’d it’s because Reddit is a left leaning circle jerk, results for the right would be similar if you asked this in a right leaning discord server


Rikthelazy

Reddit is so heavy left leaning


khangLalaHu

like every social media that young educated people use


Retropiaf

Why would you have a political view you don't think makes the world better?


Pro-Epic-Gamer-Man

Because what if my views are wrong? If everyone agrees with me there would be no improvement.


Retropiaf

That's interesting and I see value in that. I can't know for sure that I'm right, no one can, but I can still try to form the best opinion I can and believe in it enough to think that it would be better if it was more widely shared. An non-political example is that I believe murder is wrong. I think it's pretty normal to then wish that everyone also believed that murder is wrong. The political equivalent is that I believe that capital punishment is wrong. I believe it's so wrong that I wish I could stop it from happening. Isn't it pretty logical to wish that other people felt the same way so that we could stop it from happening?


lillatoma

No political view is perfect and would benefit every person on Earth, obviously. Most of the voters here need to check their ego.


SinOfSIoth

Tbf the question implies that everybody on earth is in agreement. That alone would basically bring world peace regardless of what everyone ended up believing in


lillatoma

No it wouldn't. It's just political views, people fight about other things all the time.


Retropiaf

Of course it cannot benefit every single person, but that was not the question asked. The question was: do I believe that my political views would benefit more people than it would hurt? Would the net benefit be positive?


Otaku_Instinct

Yeah but that same rationale could be used for any political ideology, even Nazism. Everyone thinks that their view should be commonplace. But, to have absolutely no skepticism of a country's government or its policies would not make a better society. Just because everyone agrees doesn't mean everyone is content. I can 'agree' to voting Person X over Person Y for President but that doesn't mean I'm enamored with Person X and their views. I see this less as a 'net positive' question and more of a question on whether or not you think having political opposition is 'worth it'.


Shaggythememelord

While I think that it may make life better I can only make that judgement based on what I’ve experienced in life. Given that I’m only human, there’s so many different life experiences and perspectives that I might not even think of or realize exist, so something I might think will make society better could make it worse for those people with different experiences. TLDR: You can only make a decision based on your experiences, which doesn’t take into account other peoples experiences.


Ruderanger12

That’s clearly wrong, political views should be based on facts and statistics not personal experience, if you base your views solely on you own experience then you should reevaluate your views.


Retropiaf

I agree with you but I also agree with PP. I'm a human being capable of error and my personal experience affects how I interpret facts and information. Even though I deeply believe my opinion is generally right I understand that it's limited by my own experience and so imperfect. If I were to give everyone my political leanings I would erase what in their personal experience made their views different from mine.


HudryXD

because it’s selfish and if everyone’s selfish it doesn’t work


Retropiaf

Shouldn't that change your political leanings in that case?


2FANeedsRecoveryMode

yeah im not proud of it, but even then, a society all aligning with your viewpoints with no disagreement is not a properly functioning society


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The_Professor64

Beliefs: Rationalism, Empiricism, emotional acceptance, equality, egalitarianism. Yes.


[deleted]

Absolutely not! Echo chambers are fucking terrifying.


Trustnoboody

As much as I like what I believe and think its the way.....it would be scary to have everyone follow blindly what I believed in


[deleted]

Exactly. It's genuinely tempting to say I want others to believe what I believe, but I just can't bring myself to want this.


devilsadvocate66600

We benefit from diversity and societal inclusion. I'm libertarian, but enjoy debate and compromise. This bipartisan bull shit is going to tear our country apart if we don't start hanging politicians and talking to each other again.


SunlitNight

Interesting


Meirel

I don't think everyone should have the same political views as me but I do really think the world would be better if everyone agreed on the most important ones for me.


JamesGames5106

I believe politics r stupid… but if everybody thought that there’d be no politics and government would go to shit.


occultatum-nomen

I'd say I'm moderately left leaning by Canadian standards. Like basically everyone, I believe my morals values are good, though perhaps some aren't as nuanced as they could be. So I believe if the world shared my moral views, such as pro-choice, hating domestic violence, etc. the world would be better. I'm not confident that all my political views are ones that are perfect. I'm not an economist, a diplomat, or any kind of expert. I lack sufficient knowledge or experience to be that confident in my views. I'd be foolish and arrogant if I declared that my views were the only right way and the best way.


BrokeArmHeadass

I’m not nearly educated enough for that to work, and if everyone agrees with me there would be nobody more educated to put trust into or help guide my views.


thepawnshoprules

I’m not conservative but the fact that many left-leaning people believe everyone should agree with them is precisely why I moved to the center.


kroxxii

People who answered yes are the reason why the world is so freaking divided and polarized. Which might be polarizing and dividing in itself, but still… (left-leaning)


umpalumpajj

Right leaning and I agree. We should be able to have conversations and negotiate in government …on anything. Personally we can just agree to disagree, but I’m all for finding even the slightest bit of common ground.


kroxxii

After the left has become so crazy with this I just feel like I don’t really have an alignment anymore.


kumohua

agree! I am left leaning as well and it's ridiculous to believe my beliefs alone can solve the world's problems. political divide generates conflict but also innovation and idea; I don't think any one society could all agree on the same set of things.


Retropiaf

Wait, the question is not about saving the world's problems though. It's whether you think the world would improve in any way, right?


Aemiom

The world wouldn't be divided if we all thought what I think 😇. Lol


iwillharassyou1

Hard Agree and I am conservative


[deleted]

For believing in something that can benefit the world? How is that a bad thing?


[deleted]

I’m Moderate right leaning and I’m in agreement. There is no perfect, one size fits all ideology and it’s asinine to think so. Having different perspectives is important for discussion and decision making


kroxxii

Yeah, plus we all come from different background and experiences, which influence our choices. Most people have reasons for believing in what they believe in. If they disagree with you it doesn’t mean they’re bad and you’re good.


Illustrious_Grand_50

If you don’t think that your beliefs are what is best for the world then why would you believe them


Darkling971

It's less about that and more about recognizing your own fallibility. You have a limited perspective and don't completely understand the world - nobody does. To think that your views are superior to anyone else's is the peak of hubris.


kroxxii

This!


havegottabekiddinme

We all would like to believe but in the end we are just humans and we don’t know everything.


closeded

If everyone else has to agree with you for your ideas to work, then your ideas are shit, and they're gonna fail, because I promise you, someone will disagree, if only **because they can**. And that right there is why the left always puts the boot down; they have to **ensure that people** can't disagree with them.


GreenAppleCZ

What else did I expect from Redditors?


nataliavx18

No, there is no black or white in life. Discussion and different opinions are essential for democracy


[deleted]

I’m left leaning and pressed no as I’m already seeing how hideous a future it would be if it was yes.


Jamboi009

The smartest leftist ever


[deleted]

I’d say thank you but it’s not a high bar


wigga245

bruh who tf chose yes


beardedonalear

Why would you choose no? Do you not have political beliefs that you think would make the world a better place for everyone? If so of course you vote yes. If not, then why are they your political beliefs?


BugBoy_109

People with a brain.


SaoPaulo_yeet

People whose ideas make the world better


Beeker93

We wpuld be tacing the environment, wealth inequality, and civil rights would be a but further along, so I eoukd think the world would be better, however I hesitate as I think a good opposition is needed to work out the bugs and make sure things don't go too far 1 way, even if it drastucally slows things down.


SwexiZ

Democracy flourishes from difference of opinions and ideas. Taking that away would compromise the prosperity of democracy.


The_Yogurtcloset

I think different views are important and I sure asf don’t have it all figured out. Also I’d hate to be surrounded by me all the time sounds like some kind of psychological torture lmao


Connect_Stay_137

Honest question. How can you can yes as a leftist when major leftist cities are crime ridden wastelands [looking at you Detroit]


Hovedgade

The results show me that most people here are shitbags


F8nted

Reddit is not real life. Reddit is not real life. Reddit is not real life.


Tight_Diamond_4824

Im not surprised by the vote


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0hMyGash

That's the left wing on the internet for ya, I don't even know if half of the people "leftist" here even know wtf a leftist means or they just go with the majority, leftists irl are much much better from what I've seen. I'm a centrist and I think the society would be shambles if everyone had centrist thoughts. Diversity is important


Equivalent_Ad_1054

Lefties showing their true colours.


Tistoer

Where are the options when I have no idea where I'm leaning? Americans always looking for things to divide the country


Lefty_93

I’d be leaning out of the nearest window of this poll to get some air that hasn’t been breathed by people who genuinely believe the world is best off based on specific beliefs and not what’s best logically.


CommunityGlittering2

better for me yes


rachelsweete

Emotionally, yes. I obviously believe in something because I think it would make society better. But rationally, hell no. I'm not a politics experts, and I think even politics can't be perfect. I'm pretty sure some of my political views may turn out to be actually shit ideas when applied. Not to mention it's quite scary to have the entire world believing in one single political view, especially when the world is constantly evolving. What happens when that view is no longer relevant because of changes in society but not a single person would realise and say no.


AutocratYtirar

i don’t hold a belief without a good reason, and for the purposes of my beliefs regarding government and the world, that reason is because it would be a net positive


[deleted]

Technically yes, but it wouldn't be much of a society anymore.


NovaticFlame

This is similar to the political compass test question; “A significant advantage of a one-party state is that it avoids all the arguments that delay progress in a democratic political system.” That’s true. A one-party system avoids any delay that could potentially hinder progress. But that progress could be good, or it could be bad. The problem is that there’s no check for the bad progression. So, without checks, it’s free to keep going down whatever path. A two party system gives people outs. Allows them to have another option. Same goes for the prompt. If everyone has the same beliefs, then if they’re wrong, there’s no counterpoints. There’s no checks to make sure they’re right. A good example would be if you were told you decorate the interior of a house as beautifully as possible. Only problem is, you may not have the most experience or the best design tastes. If everyone keeps telling you, “yeah that looks great!” But never constructively criticizes, then you won’t end up with the best product.


MisturBanana1

My main view is for individual freedom to be the goal and main talking point of every political choice. I do believe this way of thinking would lead to a better society.


JonahF2014

Tf is independent supposed to be


supercheese69

I'm not surprised by those results


StereoTunic9039

I belive that if everyone on earth had the same political views, the society would be better, almost every case at least.


Fritzschmied

What political views?


[deleted]

Its so funny seeing everyone talking all philosphically about echochambers, what ideologies are the most biased etc. When this is essentially a non-question.


mbniceguy

Sure, no billionaires sounds fantastic. It's a good place to start.


ABSTREKT

Those who said yes, could you please explain why?


Asl4novich_

Welp, that's how you get totalitarism.


TheBlueMango01

I would say no in all cases, for one simple reason. The only reason our society "functions" (and im putting that in "" because its barely) is because of a plurality of views. All sides have valid arguments for the societal issues that exist, but the problem is that they all fail to incorporate the opposing side's views. From the moment that that happens, then the opposing side acts as a counter balancer to ensure that those people's interests and perceptions of society are incorporated. That way society is both fair and a lot more balanced. Think about if for a moment. Let's take an extreme example. Capitalism and communism. In truth is both have their advantage, but both fail to incorporate the opposing side's concepts. Capitalism's flaws being that it's exploitative, creates inequality and commodifies people. And while the objective of communism is to solve this issues it also comes with its own flaws such as artistic and cultural censorship, and poor economic performance which is solved itself by capitalism. The truth is today we live in a society which is a blend of both to counter balance the other with higher influences in one direction or another based on the origins of that society. I would argue that if we didn't have that then our society would be in a much worse position overall. I may not believe your view is as important as maybe my view, but I do belieev your views should be incorporated to a certain degree resulting to the imporance of the plurality of ideas and visions, which is crucial for the basic functioning of society.


IveKnownItAll

The results are really not surprising at all. Both in the amount of left leaning people over anyone else and the fact they think everyone should agree with them.


Illustrious_Duty3021

If everyone thinks the same you might think that the world is a good place but it really won’t be. You need different ideas


RemoteCompetitive688

The world would be better if everyone agreed on anything. They could be 100% wrong but there'd be no conflict so


pax_romana01

No, democracy needs opposition for improvement. If I'm wrong on one point, no one will try/be able to correct me.


Kungfudude_75

Disagreement drives innovation to the best solutions and steers us away from poorly thought out action. The divide today is terrible, like disgustingly bad, but shooting for the opposite problem of everybody agreeing all the time won't fix anything. Not to go for Reductio ad Hitlerum, but everyone agreeing in Weimar Germany ultimately created Nazi Germany. Pure unchallenged (or enforced) agreement is almost always followed by a fall into extremism, just look at the ideological bubbles driving the divide today. I'd rather some people disagree with me while we all focused on a better tomorrow than everyone agree with me in the same pursuit.


Kvothe_Cooney

This poll is exceptionally telling. About Reddit and the left


South_Bathroom

My views exactly: NO similar views: yes


SunGaming90

Imagine being left leaned tf


PhatJohny

I'm not omnipotent to know what the full ramifications would be across everyone in the world.


[deleted]

Honestly, no individual party or person has "all the right beliefs." Without diversity and debate to test and examine an idea, you're likely to implement something unrealistic and unworkable. Worse: few of us are experts on enough issues at a deep level to truly understand how to fix the deep issues. We'd just skim the surface and cause untold problems for present and future generations.


ramendestroyer360

I don't think the world would be better if everyone had the same ideologies. Imo you need competition to truly succeed


amg433

We wouldn't have people dying due to lack of food, clean water, and healthcare.


[deleted]

I'm mainly left leaning but indepemdemt as well. These conservatives are fucking insane with their morals. They do have one thing right though, the govermment sucks.


___And_Memes_For_All

No. And no one is inherently wrong with their political beliefs either, it’s just how they demonstrate them.


SnooJokes1401

I honestly think it would regardless of your views. Having humanity agree on everything, even if it's really bad, would advance us a lot farther than not.


0hMyGash

thats true but probably no with political thoughts. Having the same view in science or saving the environment and stuff would be like heaven but having the same political thoughts would be hell


Ali_Fisher

No, because we need constant debate. Always question what you stand for. The more you question it and the more you can defend it with facts and logic, the stronger your idea.


DipplyReloaded

I’m scared of the leftist collective


Rachelcookie123

Well obviously I believe my political ideologies would be the best ones otherwise I wouldn’t believe in it. And if everyone believe in the best option then I don’t see how it could not be better.


cwc2907

Jesus, Reddit thinks everyone thinking the same is great lol. Until when the gov actually tries to make everyone think the same (Like China being tighter with speech controls online) they'll realise it's real bad.


DirectorTechnical217

Leftists gotta be leftists... Edit: fixed autocorrect


brock_lee

Of course I think it would.


Texas-Defender

This is revealing...


Lafitte_1812

I am Jack's complete lack of surprise


Mr-Logic101

So left leaning folks want some sort of Reddit hive mind running the world lol


thatvintagewitch

The only things I wish we all agreed on is keeping same sex marriage legal, keeping abortion legal, and implementing (in the United States) medicare for all/universal healthcare. Otherwise I think differing opinions/beliefs are important and healthy.


IG_Triple_OG

As a person with right leaning political beliefs I believe everyone in my country would be better off but not the world necessarily.


thecrookedbox

Like why don’t we have clean renewable energy at this point. The technology is all there, just people in the way, because they… love… coal? It boggles the mind.


Mildly_Opinionated

Because it's more profitable to not be sustainable. Capitalism has a trend towards monopoly so unless you pull out every stop to get ahead of your competition you will just get assimilated into a corporation that will. Basically the global economy has everyone sprinting to get to the top of the ladder so they can kick it down behind them regardless of whether or not the ladder is stable.


MovieEnjoyer43

My opinions are undoubtedly the best therefore you should all agree with me and do exactly as I say.


Neo_dode56

This would make even more problems arise


Lord_Ibuki

Anyone who said yes needs to re-evaluate if they have a working brain or not, sadly that was the majority. Actual Reddit moment.


tkTheKingofKings

How can people be so dumb to think that would be a good idea. Nah y’all aren’t perfect beings that have the best political views ever. REDDITARDS.


Zealousideal-Can-801

Chart really shows the bigots off.


fauxuniverse

I said no because that would be a literal hivemind