20 years ago, "emo" pop-punk was mainstream. Looking back at it, how do you think it has aged?

20 years ago, popular "emo" pop punk bands were Fall Out Boy, Panic! at the Disco, Paramore, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, The Used, etc

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u/Shoddy_Pizza_8593 — 12 hours ago

How would your ideology address COVID?

A disease is quickly spreading throughout your country's population, and a large portion of your population is at risk. This includes obese people, the elderly, and people with pre-existing conditions.

During the pandemic, states and countries all had different approaches.

Would you shut everything down? US

Would you shut everything down, give people money for support, and provide them with food? South Korea

Act like the disease doesn't exist and hope COVID patients don't flood your hospitals. Florida

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u/Shoddy_Pizza_8593 — 1 day ago

What ideologies won't you consider? and why?

For example,

Due to laissez-faire failures in the 19th century, I personally don't consider right-libertarianism a realistic ideology. Especially in our industrial economy. You need labor laws, a safety net, infrastructure, and some government intervention. Laissez-faire was a factor in the severity of the Irish Famine. In our connected world, diseases spread quickly. The government has to be able to protect its people.

Right-wing populism is out of the question, and so is all nationalistic forms of capitalism. Isolationism ruins economies; look how Brexit destroyed the UK economy. Living conditions worsen under fascist corporatist economies, as labor unions are busted, the wealthy are given tax cuts, there's privatization, and welfare programs are reduced. While you can own property with little government intervention in fascist economies, I'm not a fan of authoritarianism.

I don't consider Communism as well, this includes left-communism, an-communism, etc. Marxist communism led to authoritarian forms of communism, such as Maoism, Stalinism, etc. The government dictates everything you do, and you can't own property.

I don't consider left-libertarianism as it runs into the same problems as auth-left and right-libertarianism. It also hasn't been implemented on a large scale, so I don't have any real-world examples to compare to.

I'm center-left, so I stick to centrist ideologies.

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u/Shoddy_Pizza_8593 — 2 days ago

20 years ago, "emo" post-hardcore was mainstream. Looking back at it, how do you think it has aged?

20 years ago, it was all about AFI, My Chemical Romance, The Used, Silverstein, Alexisonfire, Thursday, Thrice, Senses Fail, etc.

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u/Shoddy_Pizza_8593 — 2 days ago

If we were in the 70s, do you think you would listen to punk or metal?

Metalcore is a hybrid genre that combines hardcore punk with metal. In the 70s, metal and punk were still new genres of music and hadn't influenced each other yet. Do you think you would be a punk or a metalhead?

I would've probably listened to punk. I'm not a fan of 70s metal.

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u/Shoddy_Pizza_8593 — 3 days ago

What are some capitalist or socialist ideologies that originated from the 21st century?

Ideologies are dated and need to adapt to modern technology. People still support ideologies from the 18th and 19th centuries, which are no longer relevant. Laissez-faire was created as a backlash against mercantilism, and socialism was created as a backlash against Laissez-faire.

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u/Shoddy_Pizza_8593 — 4 days ago

Do you think capitalism has three main ideas?

I've noticed every single form of capitalism falls into one of these three categories

  1. Little to no government intervention/Laissez-faire. Physiocrats created the ideology of free market capitalism as a backlash against Mercantilism's heavy involvement in the economy. Most physiocrats oppose any government intervention. However, like any ideology. Some Laissez-faire capitalists support some government intervention. This ideological mindset is commonly found in Lib-Right.
  2. Some government intervention with a free market/Welfare state. Adam Smith supported that the government provide public schools, infrastructure, legal enforcement, punishment for crime, and a standing military. This differs from Laissez-faire, as Laissez-faire capitalists oppose public education and infrastructure. This idea is associated with centrist ideologies. The social programs, taxes, and labor laws depend on the centrist ideology. Which makes it lean left or right.
  3. Heavy government intervention, and might have a free market for companies from and loyal to the country/Nationalism. This is associated with mercantilism. Mercantilism is regarded as the first form of modern capitalism, which is why capitalism uses tariffs and protectionism. These are mercantile concepts. Modern concepts include neo-mercantilism and fascist corporatism. This ideological mindset is found in the auth-right (right-wing populists and fascists)
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u/Shoddy_Pizza_8593 — 4 days ago