Your current ideology vs, your past convictions...

[LiberadorHugo]

Currently:

Democratic socialist

Past:

Minarchist (i.e. like the Libertarian Party before they started bashing immigrants and hiding their positions on drug policy reform)

Social democrat (I find this ideology pretty transitional. You'll end up embracing either leftism or neo-liberalism.)

[lligrd]

1. Democrat (because there really is no other choice) vs Staunch Democrat.

Now vs then.

[lutherj]

2. Socialist/Anarchist nt

[Selatius]

3. Today: I'm a Market Socialist. Then (pre-2000): Center-right Capitalist.

I was a Social Democrat in the early 2000s before finding what I believe was an appropriate hybrid model that still rewards innovation but curbs the excesses seen in the current system. Naturally, there will be some sectors where I favor straight nationalization, such as single-payer health insurance, but in other cases, I merely see the role for the government as a facilitator in transitioning firms into labor co-ops/farming co-ops, etc. In such cases, a market still exists where multiple firms compete and bring products to market. It's just that these firms are owned by their employees.