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Poll Question: I love prog, and consider myself to be:
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Right of center, if you put libertarians and those close to anarcho-capitalism and minimal government in there. 
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Points: 35795 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2012 at 22:32
Moved this as it's not about progressive music.  As people are Prog fans generally at this Prog site, the I love Prog and  seems a bit superfluous.  Though it is interesting to relate one's political positions with ones taste in the arts.  I have wondered if people who listen to certain styles of Prog might be more likely to have similar ideological views -- for instance, more lefties who listen to RIO/Avant and Krautrock, and more righties who listen to Prog Metal and Neo Prog.

Anyway, I actually don't love prog, just some/ a lot of progressive rock and Prog umbrella music, and I am something of an anarcho-communist.
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Points: 1754 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 30 2012 at 22:21
Originally posted by Ambient Hurricanes Ambient Hurricanes wrote:

And what does this have to do with prog, exactly?


Everything. TongueCoolLOL

Originally posted by Ambient Hurricanes Ambient Hurricanes wrote:

Anyway, I'm a conservative, so I suppose that puts me on the right, though the left-right spectrum is very flawed, at least the way the wikipedia article you cited defines it.


Fair enough. I agree somewhat. For example, that particular quote lists "nationalists" as rightwing, when nationalism historically cannot be reduced to either. (For example, many anti-imperialist movements - usually thought of as being leftwing - were nationalist movements with alliances between many factions, including far left and far right groups.)

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Moved this as it's not about progressive music.  


Ah, no problem. This is the first time I created a poll, and didn't realize it was in the "music" category. Now I understand "Ambient Hurricanes"' statement, LOL. Sorry ' bout that Wink


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And what does this have to do with prog, exactly?

Anyway, I'm a conservative, so I suppose that puts me on the right, though the left-right spectrum is very flawed, at least the way the wikipedia article you cited defines it.
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What with the elections in the US beginning to heat up, I'm wondering how prog listeners position themselves politically. Not simply American prog listeners, but all of us.

At first I was going to have a myriad of choices (e.g. Maoist, libertarian, Marxist-Leninist, Trotskyist, radical right, progressive left, anti-capitalist environmentalist, etc.), but I foresee disaster. So I decided to simplify it, and use the tried-and-true "Left-Right" paradigm rooted in the French Revolution, using this criteria (courtesy of Wikipedia):

"Traditionally, the Left includes progressives, social liberals, social democrats, socialists, communists and anarchists [and I would add environmentalists]. The Right includes conservatives, reactionaries, capitalists, monarchists, nationalists and fascists [and I would add, probably most libertarians]."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left%E2%80%93right_politics



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