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{{quotation|"Freedom without Socialism is Injustice, Privilege, Socialism without Freedom is Slavery, Brutality"|[[Bakunin]]}}
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| style="font-size:8pt; padding:4pt; line-height:1.25em; color:#331100;" | <div align="center">According to the '''[[Political compass|Political Compass]]''' this user is:<br/>'''[[:Category:Economic Left Wikipedians|Economic Left]] (-6.13)''' and<br/>'''[[:Category:Social Libertarian Wikipedians|Social Libertarian]] (-8.31)'''</div>
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{{userbox|white|lightgray|[[Image:2d political spectrum.png|40px]]|This user stands at '''personal freedom 90%''', '''economic freedom 40%''' on the '''[[Nolan chart]]'''.}}
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In the realm of grand theories and ideologies, I prefer to remain non-dogmatical and open:
* I like the philosophical foundations of [[anarchism]] (each human should be free from domination, to be master of his own life), but I dislike its implementation (violent revolution, unchecked power structures).
* [[Socialism]] for me is an outdated ideology. I will defend [[Marxism]] and try to explain its nuances to people, but the revolution is not coming and I do not expect that the bureaucracies ruling state-planned economies will ever dissolve themselves voluntarily. I am attracted to [[Analytical Marxism]].
* [[Left-libertarianism]] sounds good in principle: free individuals in a political and economic system oriented at keeping them free, but I think free market economics, if left unchecked will lead to more unfreedom and unequality.
* [[Green politics]] is too underdevelopped to be a real alternative, although it adresses new themes and a new way.
* I like the ideas of [[cosmopolitanism]], [[multiculturalism]], [[environmentalism]], [[egalitarianism]], [[feminism]], but realize that they can never be fully developed ideologies.
All in all my position is somewhere between [[libertarian-socialism]] or [[left-libertarianism|libertarian egalitarianism]] trying to non-dogmatically combine the best of each of these for maximum individual freedom

There are some issues I'm really keen on:
* I am an [[Euro-federalist]]. I believe that the EU can be a beacon of democracy, diversity and peace and show that states are an outdated way of organizing the world
* I am a [[pacifist]], principally I'm against the use of any violence in solving conflicts between states. I attended demonstrations against the war [[Invasion of Iraq|Iraq]] and [[Invasion of Afghanistan|Afghanistan]]. The only war which ''might'' have been good is the NATO actions to stop the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. I support any peaceful solution for the [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]. Because of the terrors of the [[Shoah]], I tend towards the Israelis and suppor the [[Israeli peace movement]].
* I think the European states should focus more on [[international development]], through [[micro-credit]]s, opening their border for products from third world nations and [[debt relief]].
* Seen the dangers of [[nuclear power]], the instability of oil producing countries and [[global warming]], [[alternative energy]], especially wind and solar energy are the way to go.
* I think animals have [[animal rights|rights]]. Therefore I'm opposed to [[Industrial farming]] and I see [[vegetarianism]] and [[organic farming]] are viable alternatives.
* I dislike cars and I think [[public transport]] offers an environmentally friendly and safe alternative.
* I think that any modern country should legalize [[same-sex marriage]]: the love between two people of the same sex is worth as much as two people from a different sex.
* The way European countries currently treat their [[Islam in Europe|muslem minorities]] is terrible: these groups which need our support because they form the lowest group in social and economic terms, are instead repressed and stigmatized because of their religion.
* I think [[education]] system should be diverse and liberal and should be financed in such a way that the worst off have the best chances for a good life.
* I believe that every citizen (and in the end every world citizen) should receive a [[basic income]] so that all kinds of pensions, charities and benefits can be abolished. If this is implement a radical [[green tax shift]] can be implemented.
* I think it is everybody's fundamental right to decide over her own body, including to end it. [[Euthanasia]] and even the [[Drion's Pil]] should be legal.
* I fear European countries, even more than the United States, are turning into [[police state]]s where individual freedom will be subjected for collective security. And as Benjamin Franklin said: "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."
* The Netherlands should become a republic instead of a [[Dutch monarchy|monarchy]].

Below one can find a list what I would want to vote in different countries of which I have some intuitions about the party system. The basic idea is: as left as possible without becoming communist, and as libertarian as possible, which often means Green. In some countries however I would vote for parties or candidates because of particular issues.

{| class="wikitable"
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|+'''Hypothetical Voting (Countries)'''
!Country<br>Region||Party||Orientation||Issue
|-
|Netherlands||[[GroenLinks]]||green||Diversity (Islam)
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|Flanders||[[Groen!]]||green||Diversity (Islam)
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|Wallonia||[[Ecolo]]||green||
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|Germany||[[Bündnis 90/Die Grünen|Die Grünen]]||green||
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|Austria||[[Austrian Greens|Die Grünen]]||green||Diversity (Islam)
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|Switzerland||[[Green Party of Switzerland|Grüne Party]]||green||Openness (admission to the EU)
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|rowspan="2"|France||[[The Greens (France)|Les Verts]]||green||
|-
|[[Ségolène Royal]]||Socialist||Anti-Sarkozy, Le Pen and Bayrou<br>Diversity (feminism)
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|Luxembourg||[[The Greens (Luxembourg)|Dei Greng]]||green||
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|United Kingdom||[[Liberal Democrats]]||left-liberal||Democracy (proportional representation)
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|Ireland||[[Comhaontas Glas]]||green||
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|Spain||[[Initiative for Catalonia Greens|ICV]]||green||Democracy (federalism)
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|Portugal||[[Ecologist Party "The Greens"|Os Verdes]]||green||
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|Denmark||[[Socialist People's Party (Denmark)|SF]]||nordic greenleft||
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|Norway||[[Norwegian Labour Party]]||social democratic||Openness (admission to the EU)
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|Sweden||[[Left Party (Sweden)|Vänsterpartiet]]||nordic greenleft||
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|Iceland||[[Social Democratic Alliance]]||social democratic||Openness (admission to the EU)
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|Finland||[[Green League|Vihreä liitto]]||green||
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|Italy||[[Radicali Italiani]]||libertarian||Diversity (homosexuality)
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|Greece||[[Coalition of the Radical Left|SRA]]||socialist||
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|Poland||[[Democratic Left Alliance|SLD]]||social-democratic||Diversity (homosexuality)
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|Czech Republic||[[Strana zelených]]||green||Diversity (homosexuality)
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|Slovakia||[[Party of the Hungarian Coalition|MKP]]||liberal||Diversity (homosexuality)
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|Hungary||[[Szabad Demokraták Szövetsége - a Magyar Liberális Párt|SZDSZ]]||liberal||Diversity (homosexuality)
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|Slovenia||[[Stranka mladih Slovenije|SMS]]||green||Diversity (homosexuality)
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|Estonia||[[Sotsiaaldemokraatlik Erakond|SE]]||social-democratic||Diversity (homosexuality)
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|Latvia||[[Latvian Green Party|LZP]]||green||Diversity (homosexuality)
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|Macedonia||[[Socijaldemokratski Sojuz na Makedonija|SSM]]||social-democratic||Diversity (homosexuality)
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|Lithuania||[[New Union (Social Liberals)|Naujoji sąjunga]]||social-liberal||Diversity (homosexuality)
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|Romania||[[Partidul Social Democrat|PSD]]||social-democratic||Diversity (homosexuality)
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|Bulgaria||[[Zelena Partija na Balgarija|ZPG]]||green||Diversity (homosexuality)
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|Croatia||[[Hrvatska narodna stranka - Liberalni Demokrati|HNS]]||liberal||Democracy
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|Bosnia||[[Stranka za Bosnu i Hercegovinu|SBH]]||liberal||Diversity (ethnicity)
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|Serbia||[[Demokratska stranka|DS]]||social-democratic||Democracy
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|Cyprus||[[United Democrats|ED]]||liberal||Openess (re-unification)
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|Malta||[[Alternattiva Demokratika|AD]]||green||
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|Turkey||[[Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi|CHP]]||social-democratic||Openness (admission to the EU)
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|Israel||[[Meretz-Yachad]]||social-democratic||Peace (between Israel and Palestine)
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|Palestine||[[Palestine Democratic Union]]||socialist||Peace (between Israel and Palestine)
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|Russia||[[Yabloko]]||liberal||Democracy
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|rowspan="2"|United States||[[U.S. Greens|Greens]]||green||Democracy (proportional representation)
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|[[Barack Obama]]<br><small>although I'm closer to [[Dennis Kucinich]]</small>||progressive||
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|Canada||[[New Democratic Party|NDP]]||social-democratic||
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|New Zealand||[[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Greens]]||green||
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|Australia||[[Australian Greens|Greens]]||green||
|-
|}

Below one can see a table with my voting preference in the Netherlands over time. The basic idea again is: as left as possible trying to avoid communism and as libertarian as possible. Some important issues however can bend these rules.

{| class="wikitable"
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|+'''Hypothetical Voting (Periods)'''
!Period||Party||Orientation||Issue
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|1918-1932||[[Social Democratic Workers' Party (Netherlands)|SDAP]]||Democratic Socialist||Socialist economy
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|1933-1936||[[Independent Socialist Party (Netherlands)|OSP]]||Orthodox Marxist||Opposition to fascism
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|1937-1940||SDAP||Democratic Socialist||Opposition to fascism
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|1946-1947||[[Communist Party of the Netherlands|CPN]]||Communist||Decolonization
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|1948-1958||[[PvdA]]||Social-Democrat||Welfare State
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|1959-1988||[[Pacifist Socialist Party|PSP]]||Democratic Socialist||Nuclear disarmament
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|1989-now||[[GreenLeft]]||Green||Diversity
|-
|}

Finally, the Dutch parties on a preference order going from left-libertarian to rightwing authoritarian. Of each party a reason to vote for them and to vote against them has been included.

{| class="wikitable"
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|+'''Hypothetical Voting (Preference order)'''
!Position||Party||orientation||+||-
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|1||[[GreenLeft]]||Green||Idealistic||Party for the intellectual elite
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|2||[[PvdA]]||Social-Democratic||Regierungsfaehig||Centrists
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|3||[[D'66|D66]]||Social-liberal||Nuanced||Amateurist
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|4||[[Socialist Party (Netherlands)|SP]]||Socialist||Principled ||Scary, conservative, authoritarian populists
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|5||[[Partij voor de Dieren|PvdD]]||Animal rights one issue party||Idealistic||Naive
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|6||[[VVD]]||Liberal Conservatives||Liberals||Conservatives
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|7||[[ChristianUnion]]||Social Christian||Inspired Leftwing party||Opposes gay marriage
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|8||[[Christian Democratic Appeal|CDA]]||Christian Democratic||Centrist||Arrogant party of power
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|9||[[Political Reformed Party|SGP]]||Orthodox Protestant||Honest||Will remove women's rights
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|10||[[Party for Freedom|PVV]]||Conservative Liberal||Courageous||Will remove rights of migrants
|-
|}

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