I took an interest in politics recently and have moved pretty far to the right. I'd like to be more center honestly, or at least be close enough to it to consider more of the different arguments and perspectives.
sticking to Holla Forums here as well some of the sites I frequent seems to just reinforce ideas rather than let me question them.
I have a few specific topics I wanted to get Holla Forums views on, but general left leaning arguments and information is appreciated and helpful as well
personal views are welcome. I don't expect anyone to speak for the whole board or the whole political view for that matter. I just want to take in more and a wider variety of views and ideas than I have been recently.
1) regardless of whether climate change is real or manmade or whatever we need a new energy source, does the left have a better shot at achieving this?
cutting down on coal and oil before addressing the issue seems dumb I don't want a wood stove for heat or for cars to be anymore burdensome and useless than they already are
solar and wind seem too low output to be practical why isn't anyone arguing for more hydro power or utilizing nuclear
2) I'm gay (I legitimately hate that this is related to politics) which side should I back to get this to stop being a political issue?
I don't feel any particular need to tell anyone who I have sex with besides the partner in question I feel no need to be "in the closet" or to "come out"
the LGBTQABCXYZ or whatever community is mostly just an annoyance to me and I don't care about the Westboro lot so long as they don't kill anyone
why is sex and marriage even a political issue in the first place? it's seems to be coming from the left as far as I can tell, is this not the case?
3) college is a shitshow even if it was better priced would giving institutions even more money from different sources actually make things better?
are there left leaning views on education outside of how much it costs? most of the other ones I can think of seem SJW like or generally father left than this place is as far as I know…
paying for, and spending a lot of time on college is a pain in general, but it'd be less so if I felt like I was learning anything useful or if it was more clear what a degree would do for me in regard to employment.
4) decent jobs are hard to come by, and housing of any kind is ridiculously costly is either political side going to have any fast acting positive effects on the economic situation?
I've gone job hunting but found mostly horrible sales type work and I can't find a reasonable apartment anywhere
the economy in general is important but I'm more interested in policy that will have a noticeable effect on things as quickly as possible broadly speaking I've heard arguments on raising and lowering taxes in regard to the wealthy but both seem to advertise somewhat far off effects on things
