Progressive.

Hi, I'm black college student studying human biology and medicine and I am a democrat, but thinking of voting differently next election.

Who decides what progressive means and what progress is?

The discovery of anti-biotics was progressive, the civil rights movement was progressive, Maya Angelou is progressive. So why exactly is having more promiscuous gay sex "progressive"? How exactly is socialism progressive? Why is mass immigration progressive? None of these things do any good.

P.S. Finland is a republic with a 50% tax rate, not socialist republic or a democratic socialism. If you want to look as socialist "republics" go to China, North Korea and Vietnam and if you want actual republics and democracies go to neighbouring Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea. These countries, even though they have a wider poor-rich gap still provide better care for their worse off than countries who supposedly value equality.

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So should we condone people taking intravenous drugs then? After all, it's their body and their responsibility. What if they share needles? If they wish to destroy themselves, who are we to judge? If they also spread disease, we should look the other way?

And I'm not telling anyone what to do. To grossly change Voltaire's quote: I do not agree with your promiscuity, but I'll (probably) defend to the death your right to do it. I reserve the right to think you're irresposible, and collectively dangerous to others.

You really ought to read a bit of Hobbes regarding that natural selection thing too. The natural state of affairs isn't a nice place to live. That's why we got together and decided to live as a society, with laws and all.