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Being on the left of the political spectrum seems to mean a lot of things these days. But what does it mean to you? Being a leftist can be associated with being for workers rights, a socialist, or even communist. For others, the most important thing is diversity and inclusion (also for the disabled). The other thing 'we' seem to be associated with is being green, unanimously vegetarians or vegan and all have a lot of armpit hair. A thing you often hear from more religious conservatives is that the left wants to expand abortion rights, and supports euthanasia. I am curious to see what it means to you!

To be honest, I would put myself on the conservative left. I tend to prioritize subjects like healthcare, housing, workers rights and inclusion over other things. Those are the things that are closest to my heart. As I person, I accept and have friends who currently are in transition. Others heavily support Greenpeace and don't even want to fly on an airplane because of the environment. To me that's fine, I accept all of that, but being left for me stands for:

1] affordable healthcare by publicly funded insurance for all 2] affordable housing - a human right, not a market. 3]* inclusion*: no matter your disability, gender or sexual preference: you should be allowed to participate and feel valued. 4] We make sure *we take care of our elderly & children *With available state pension, elderly homes, and childcare (However I would prefer grandparents or parents to take care of children) 5] no corporate mass surveillance by data brokers, capitalist tracking, age verification or censorship. Freedom of speech and information and proliferation of open source software.

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I tend towards this tact as well. The way I see it is we need to apply pressure from every angle possible. It'll take all of us.

this post was submitted on 28 May 2026
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