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Reading through your post again, Xel, I think most of the reason that I tend to support the right is because I am still pretty much rooted in the ideas of free will.
You seem to support the left because you think individuals are subject to some mysterious forces beyond their control, such as your concepts about environmental influence and such.
I still more or less think and take the viewpoint that individuals are free to do what they want, and if they make the decisions they know are wrong, they should be punished or rewarded as such.
In a Capitalist economy, the difference in punishment and rewards is evident in how much money you make.
(This is all just in theory, and I'm not trying to suggest that the system we have now is perfect ... but I will suggest that voting for the left is not going to help make our system more meritocratic...:)