DOB: 07/01/1991
Country of Residence: Republic of Ireland
Nationality: Irish
Political Compass Result: Economic Left -4.50
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: Libertarian -2.56
Where do you put yourself on the political spectrum: Left of center
Do you indentify yourself with a certain political grouping (socialist, neocon, etc): Social Democracy
Do you indentify yourself with a certain political party: Yes (Sinn Fein, they might actually get somewhere once the old dinosaurs with criminal records retire)
Religion: Catholic
Abortion: This topic always makes me feel uneasy, but its a womans body so its her choice.
War in Iraq: Completly against, there were much easier ways to depose Saddam that didi not require boots on the ground. The current war is a direct result of this.
Marijuana: Should be legal
Firearms: Hunting rifles and shotguns should be allowed. Very limited licenses should be granted to other firearms. Handguns should not be owned by civilians.
Gay Marriage: Gay Marriage yes
Gay adoption: Yes
Religion in schools: Teach about Religion, but not a religion.
Death penalty: For, but only in the case of serial killers, pedophiles and other forms of mass murderers and rapists who cannot be reformed.
Ukrainian Civil War: I can perfectly understand why Putin seized Crimea when he did and am glad it was done in a bloodless manner (relativly). I cannot however understand why Putin did not do the same in Eastern Ukraine. By supporting the rebels he is prolonging a civil war they are doomed to lose, but is not providing them enough support for them to actually win either. He should have either annexed the region like Crimea, or left it alone entirely. His half measures have led to many deaths
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Something that will never be resolved as long as there are Palestinians on what the isrealis consider to be their soil. cant we all just get along?!?
Communism: A fantastic idea in a perfect world. owever this world is full of douchebags and as a result Communism almost always turns into a repressive system that hampers growth and restricts social mobility and personal freedoms for the sake of security in every othe raspect of life.
The 'Islamic World': A horrible place to live if you are a woman, or a member of a minority group of any kind. Needs more secularism.
Syria: Assad is an awful awful man. But he pales in comparison to his opponents. If assad losses and the Rebels/ISIS are victorious then then the Alawites/syrian christians and kurds will be slaughtered. As a reuslt I support him, but only very very releuctantly.
Iraq: Should be divided into a federation of 3 states; Sunni, Shite and Kurd.
Russia: Not a threat to America or the E.U. or N.A.T.O. Realistically is a great power and should be treated as such.
China: For the sake of the world ecnomy I hope China does not collapse any time soon.
E.U.: Is a great thing and will most likely prevent any serious war from ever happening again between european nations, however it should not over step its current purpose and is big enough as it is. The EU needs to be stabilised before anyone else can join.
War in Afghanistan: The Taliban will end up in power again in some form or another. its only a matter of time.
The U.N : Lovely in theory, but basically powerless to stop major wars, as major wars are started by major powers, who contrl the Security council.
My recently ressurected nation state: https://www.nationstates.net/nation=costa_del_conway