What types of government do most Autistics like?

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Hmmm. Autistic people are a diverse bunch. Political affiliations are probably diverse too.

I'm non-diagnosed (although I have a fair number of 'traits' and I am a mother of a child diagnosed with PDD-NOS).

I"m Canadian (as you probably gather by my username).

I am a socialist. My political leanings are further left than the US Democratic Party. I'm further to the left than our most left national party (the New Democratic Party). Our current Prime Minister (Justin Trudeau) belongs to the Liberal Party. Our furthest "right" party is the Conservatives (which our past Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, belonged). So we have (from right to left) Conservative, Liberal and New Democrat.

I vote New Democrat - but am more progressive and socially minded than even they are.

I likely developed my political leanings from my family (grandfather was from Sweden, parents were working class and union members). I am a healthcare worker, working primarily in gerontology. I see, first hand, what a life lacking things like education, healthcare, and a healthy environment can affect someone's health and well being in their later years. I support adequately funded public education, universal healthcare and well funded recreation (community centers, libraries, parks, etc). I also support Living Wages and income assistance (such as disAbility assistance and welfare rates) based on Living Wages. I support universal dental and pharmaceutical coverage as well.

I am not sure whether my political opinion would be different if I was not in the Autistic community (either recognizing my traits or advocating for my son). Again, my political leanings are probably more ingrained from family, academic/evidence based research and personal observation.

I would want:

One that regulates housing more in favour of the tenant - rent pricing, housing conditions, tenants’ rights, more secure tenancies, eliminate right to buy in social housing.

I would also introduce categories of housing, like in train carriages where they have quiet and loud carriages. In housing where families reside, place them in an A block. Where quiet people reside, place them in what landlords would usually call accommodation for professionals, and say label that as B housing.

I would also introduce strict regulations on repairs and workmanship, because I can’t believe how much companies and councils are allowed to get away with such cheap and shoddy repairs, in my experience too. Some of it is dangerous.

I would reintroduce all the police, NHS staff and firemen from the cuts. I can’t believe what this government gets away with. Sod CrossRail.

I don’t know how car insurance works, but I don’t understand how uninsured drivers don’t have to pay up anything if an accident happens. That individual should be heavily fined, surely.

Stop giving all the money to the top 1%, cancel Crossrail and give that money to people who actually need it.

Don’t allow big companies to use this country for profit to their own countries while ripping us off e.g. train and utility companies. It’s as if this government doesn’t have a sense of pride for its own country and citizens.

I’m not that politically minded, so that will do for now.

And introduce youth centres to cut crime, and quit sending out NHS nurses “back their countries”, it’s bloody stupid.

Ban TV adverts that make women feel insecure, they’re all designed to, even in the tone of voice used.

Make food companies stop using misused words like “Freshly made”, “Nature” and “Natural” to trick people into thinking their food and snacks are healthy.

Probably AUTocracy.

Seem kinda varied. Many on here seem centre-left.

I am on the left so I obviously prefer socialist/social democratic governments. Unfortunately, that type of government does not happen in the UK very often. Our main centre-left party, Labour, has only been in power for 30 years out of the past 73 years with the last such government losing power in 2010. Hopefully, they'll get back in before too long.

In terms of policies and beliefs, I believe strongly in a universal healthcare system, state ownership of utilities and rail services, a basic income for all citizens, low-cost housing for those who do not earn enough to rent or buy in the private market, greater use of worker's co-operatives, legalisation of cannabis (though I don't use it personally), same-sex marriage, gender equality and greater investment into renewable energy sources and recyclable material.

I'd prefer one that makes rational sense....

I wonder how almost everyone is so good at finding ways to believe what benefits them personally is the morally right thing. If anything, I was taught to expect the opposite.

I'd have a hard time trying to oppose the fundamental idea that, if there must be a government at all, taxpayer money should be spent on furthering the interests of taxpayers, proportionally to how much they pay, period. The government should never take wealth from those who have earned it and give it to those who have not. I'm well aware that I'd probably starve to death if this simple criterion were implemented tomorrow, but just because something isn't good for me personally doesn't mean it's not the right thing to do. If I'm a parasite, the right thing to do is to get rid of me.

Most who post in this particular form are seemingly leftist...
I made a poll not that long ago which supports my belief...

I’m centrist, but libertarian on some issues.

Currently, I like welfare states, that care over fair distribution of resources and minimum standards of living given to their citizens and inhabitants, and make sure there are not fundamental rights violations.

One of my strongest beliefs in this matter is that power will ultimately attract people who will want to get it, hoard it and maintain it for themselves and their inner circles (especially family) for as long as possible. So no government system should have one position with too much of it.

Out of this belief many personal preferences flow out. I like the legislative/executive/judiciary division of power, and dislike when one branch gets too powerful. I prefer federalism over centralism; I like when states having a high degree of power and autonomy instead of one central figure having all of it and easily overriding the preferences of individual places. I recently heard about Switzerland's government system, where they don't even have a singular head of State because all integrants of their federal council are equals, and I find that just awesome.


This is however counterbalanced by a second core belief; that if one, just one country or organization becomes significantly more powerful than everyone else, they will also want to get more, hoard it, and put themselves as the top for as long as they can. And by definition they will have the power to make that happen. So to counterbalance that, we need either a second, or a third, fourth... etc power (which goes against my first belief, as that makes 2, 3 or 4 entities with too much power). Or the alternative is federations that represent a collective of people, communities, territories, nations, where they band together to protect their interests while keeping each other in check and no individual person or organization holds too much power over it.
I personally see states under a confederation, or the European Union, as entities following this model, and this is why I support them. I like the European Union and I believe that while each european nation is individually too weak to stand against heavyweights like the US, China or Russia, the European Union as a whole just might. And that's also probably the reason Putin interferred with the Brexit referendum, he also knows this and he wants a weak European Union that can't stand up to Russia.