Defining my personal political platform
I don't know if/when I'll publish it. But I've had something I wanted to do for a while. It was to take a list of political platform questions and begin writing down my thoughts on them, as well as my ideas. Not to say I expected any revelations out of it, but it's one thing to have a political platform in your head and another to commit to to text and actually figure out what you have to say on each issue.
I ended up doing this on my flight to LA yesterday. Before take off I got a list of topics from ChatGPT by asking for it to give me a bulleted list of the topics which are often found on political platforms. No positions, no statements. Just the buckets of topics.
It was actually a really interesting thing. I had answers or thoughts on most of them, and others I had to figure out how to say what I believe.
What I wrote is still quite bare bones and nowhere near where I want to share it. But I found it really interesting to work on and is something I plan to write more on in the future.
And for those curious, here is the list it gave me.
- Economy and Jobs
- Healthcare
- Education
- Infrastructure
- Taxation
- Environment and Climate Change
- Energy
- National Security
- Immigration
- Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement
- Social Welfare and Safety Nets
- Civil Rights and Equality
- Foreign Policy
- Defense and Military
- Technology and Innovation
- Agriculture and Rural Development
- Trade and International Relations
- Housing and Urban Development
- Government Accountability and Transparency
- Veterans Affairs
- Drug Policy
- Gun Control and Second Amendment Rights
- Abortion and Reproductive Rights
- LGBTQ+ Rights
I added one item, which was "Government Functions" to capture things like how I felt about shutting down the government, term limits, age limits, etc.