I appreciate you sharing all this with me, I will in turn be very transparent about my politics as well.

I consider myself to lean libertarian on most social issues, but believe that a true libertarian society is not possible at scale, and thus we are stuck with half functioning systems.

Most of the time empathy leads me to side with people on the left, but I also find myself having no issues pointing out their flawed solutions to obvious problems we should be attempting to fix.

The last time I voted, I was a registered republican myself, but mostly because where I lived, Florida, had become a red state, and I was of the naive (i think like this today) idea that my vote mattered. So, I should try to pick a good people. (closed primaries)

What I seem to have concluded when it comes to all things political, is that most people agree on most issues, but the divisive nature of our politics only allows for people to concentrate on being a loyal member of a team.

There are studies that show that people simply vote the way the identify, regardless of policy. And this is something I have a really hard time accepting as the status quo.

As you might guess, I don't vote anymore. It's my protest to how the monopoly board has been setup. The false sense of choice between two mafias bought and owned by Billionaires and corporations sickens me to my core.

So these days, I have no team, and I think that it might remain so for the rest of my life. I owe loyalty to no political party.