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Vaniver comments on Open thread, Aug. 03 - Aug. 09, 2015 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Vaniver 05 August 2015 01:03:45PM *  2 points [-]

Having exactly the same opinions in USA would make one left-wing, if I understand it correctly.

The only American political party like that is the libertarian party, which is consistently considered right-wing. (That is, the combination of marijuana legalization, gay rights, and free-market; you do find people in favor of marijuana legalization, gay rights, and less free market on the left.)

Comment author: Viliam 06 August 2015 07:49:06AM 2 points [-]

You are right. Well, in Slovakia the libertarian-ish party is the only one that would touch the topic of marijuana and gay rights. We do not have a "marijuana, gay rights, less free market" party, and maybe not even the voters who would vote for such party. Any kind of freedom is right-wing (although not everything right-wing is pro-freedom).