Editing Blog/2024-09-14/Politics (section)

== Messaging ==

These are the stated beliefs that each party works on, and the policies they say they will enact.

=== Democrats ===

There are many things that they are absolutely right about:

* Gun control works to reduce homicide
* Abortion access is good for human rights
* IVF access is good for human rights
* Stem cell research will yield benefits
* Density bans are bad zoning policy
* Solar, wind, and other green energy is good
* More immigration is good and we should be making more people Americans

There are many things that they are wrong about. They believe wrongly that:

* The ideal society is maximally paternalistic
* All people who commit crime can be cured of their criminal tendencies
* It is best for society to allow violent criminals to be free
* The best way to help students is to forgive current student loans
* The best way to help people seeking homes is to give them more money 
* Electric cars are bad because a person they dislike makes the best electric cars
* Nuclear energy is bad because of radioactive waste
* We must do whatever labour unions ask of us
* Anything that reduces the number of jobs in existing job classes is a bad thing
* Industrialization is inherently evil
* Every immigrant is desirable

=== Republicans ===

Things I agree with them on:

* Industrialization is a good idea for America now
* A sovereign nation needs to have a strong military to defend itself
* Expanding nuclear energy is a good idea
* Government bodies frequently engage in bureaucratic overreach
* The power in government bureaucracy allows corruption to fester
* Criminals should be prosecuted and imprisoned
* We should incentivize Americans having more children

Things I disagree with them on are these beliefs that they hold:

* Abortion should not be banned
* Immigration should be curtailed or severely restricted
* All the lunatic shit like Haitians eating cats or whatever
* That people should be jailed for harmless stuff
* That gay marriage should be illegal
* Their general distaste for foreigners like me
* IVF should be opposed