You don't want to have your mind changed, the ONLY thing that you agree with, vis-a-vis the rest of us here, is about guns, your ridiculous hatred of capitalist ( and I assume CAPITALISM as well )should be an immediate cause for banning you, and thus far, you have refused to really engage in any meaningful debate. Have I erred in this summation, on any point?
If what I have stated is true and factual, then, I suggest that you do several things....1) engage in true debate 2) post what you really "feel" and stop worrying about getting the ZOT 3) open your mind.
Pleas explain WHY you are a GREENIE.
I would say the way that I had a left-wing point of view economically is a lot of reading I did in the late 1990s. I was working for dot-coms at the time. I guess I can be honest more here than among my left-wing pals - I was a big-time stock investor! Peter Lynch, Warren Buffett, fundamental analysis and all of that.
Anyhow in April 2000 the market begins tanking. My stocks had gone up a lot, when they got down to 200% I sold half so I wouldn't lose my original investment. Of course, the half I held onto went to 0, or near it. But I kept my original investment, many friends lost a lot, or even bought on credit and were in worse shape than those who just lost. Following this was unemployment in IT. I was a lucky one who managed to jump from dot coms to Wall Street.
I guess if there's an event that pushed my thinking left economically, it was the stock crash and recession. In my reading, a lot of people moved left during the 1930s Depression so I guess that's what happened to me. And I agree with a lot of what the left wing economists say, which I could go into detail about. But that's why as you asked, I'm a green or left-wing.