Informationalism and Politics?


So, one will invariably ask: Is Informationalism liberal or conservative?

I would first like to point out that the platforms of liberalism and conservatism vary from party to party and from nation to nation. One must also define the type of liberalism or conservatism that they are using as their standard. I will be using America as the primary example, since it is my home. Classical liberal principles have achieved an almost total victory in Western Europe and America. In America, the two party system is not a clash between liberals and conservatives in the traditional sense. The clash is between two strains of liberalism. The "conservative" strain favors classical economics, with some departures, and practices a distinct American protestant morality.
The "liberal" strain of America favors a Keynesian economic approach, begun by the Democrat Franklin Roosevelt during the Great Depression. They tend to practice a secular morality, with some exceptions. Both are capitalist.

So who does the informationalist vote for?

In case you have not noticed, a great deal of these platforms and ideals from both parties are simply not the highest priority to the informationalist. An informationalist is interested in the pursuit of information.

The informationalist does not support one party of non informationalists against another at the expense of their own principles. Both parties make convicted judgments about their doctrines and about one another that are uninformationalist. One needs to only browse a few campaign adds to see that the interest of these two parties is actually disinformation.

So should we side with the lesser of the two evils? If there is one?

As always, the vote is personal and confidential. Informationalism does not support a party that does not support informationalism because it is at its own expense. When an informationalist votes, they should act as they always do, treating informationalism as a perspective which they take into account when they make their decisions.

In my opinion, it is far better to attempt to shape the political landscape so that we are dealing with fellow informationalists, as opposed to making the difficult decision as to who will impede information more than the other.