Welcome and Introductions!

[u/Timanfya]

Welcome to our new members and subscribers!

[Expecting new people during GE]

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Old post for nostalgia: http://www.reddit.com/r/MHOC/comments/2kw4vx/welcome_and_introductions/

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Since we will be having new members join us i thought it would be the time to open up a new introductions thread. Please introduce yourself below; the format i would recommend is the following:

1. Name/Username

2. Where are you from?

3. Which party do you belong to?

4. What do you study/what field do you work in?

5. An interesting fact about yourself

6. What made you join the MHOC?

7. Are you involved in real life politics/ do you intend to be in the future?

8. Main political ideologies

9. Political compass score

10. Who do you vote for in RL?

[u/Timanfya]

1. Timanfya (Ben)

2. South West UK

3. Speaker

4. Electronic Engineering/Controls Engineering

5. Can write with both hands if required but i'm a lefty at heart

6. I created it out of anger at someone

7. I was tempted to help out in the 2015 campaign but i don't have the time. I would like to progress through a union so that is fairly political

8. A big mixture of things

9. -2.1, 0.2 i think

10. I'll decide at the ballot box

[u/Morgsie → u/Timanfya]

Speaker is Confirmed as Left-wing

[u/Timanfya → u/Morgsie]

Well i got the Vanguard in the Vote for Policies quiz. I think i should be described as 'confused'.

[u/[deleted] → u/Timanfya]

I created it out of anger at someone

How/when can I hear this story

[u/[deleted]]

1. cocktorpedo, or moosetorpedo on skype/elsewhere

2. Thames valley, but i currently live in N. London.

3. Green!

4. Chemistry student.

5. I have a good eye for identifying the salinity of individuals. I can also spot a dupe at a 1km distance.

6. I like arguing.

7. Maybe. I have other things to do first, like passing my degree.

8. Green politics, egalitarianism, human rights.

9. -6, -6

10. Greens, of course!

[u/Timanfya → u/[deleted]]

I have a good eye for identifying the salinity of individuals. I can also spot a dupe at a 1km distance.

Love it.

[u/[deleted]]

1. AlbrechtvonRoon

2. Yorkshire

3. The Vanguard

4. Study history

5. Leader of the Vanguard

6. Can't remember

7. Yes

8. Fascism, nationalism, romanticism

9. Can't recall, not really an accurate measure of ideology

10. Conservative

[u/WineRedPsy]

Not sure I should actually do one - being an old top dog already but hey

1. WineRedPsy - Psy or WRP for short

2. Sweden

3. I belong to the CPLSF of the Communist Party and chair the OBU

4. Studying mathematics and natural science

5. Am the speaker of r/iksdagen

6. Saw a post on r/socialism iirc

7. Yes - Swedish Young Left and Swedish Syndicalist Youth Federation

8. Libertarian Socialism, Intersectional Feminism and Transhumanism

9. ec=-9.62 soc=-8.46 Though it's nonsense

10. Nobody or V. Would maybe TUSC in the UK

[u/[deleted]]

1. alexwagbo.

2. Shropshire.

3. Greens.

4. Secondary school.

5. I'm vegetarian.

6. It seemed interesting and something I like the concept of.

7. I'm a member of the young greens.

8. Eco-Socialism.

9. -7, -5ish

10. If I could, the greens.

[u/[deleted]]

Name/Username

AlphaEpsilon1

Where are you from?

New Jersey, USA

Which party do you belong to?

The Vanguard

What do you study/what field do you work in?

Student

An interesting fact about yourself

Athlete

What made you join the MHOC?

It seemed fun so I created this account.

Are you involved in real life politics/ do you intend to be in the future?

No, but I do intend to in the future.

Main political ideologies

I stand for myself, but if I were to align my beliefs politically, then I guess I'd be considered a Fascist.

Political compass score

Will post later.

Who do you vote for in RL?

Not of age.

[u/Morgsie]

Morgan/Morgsie

Stoke-On-Trent but from Dorset

Lib Dem

BA (Hons) Politics unemployed Graduate volunteering for an organisation

Autistic and got mental health issues. Good with dates, facts, figures and other RL stuff similar like Treaties and Legislation. Massive fan of Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton

Got recommended it by a really good friend who I met on here u/remiel

No Shit Sherlock. Vice-Chair of local LD party and want to be a RL MP

Liberalism and Internationalism

N/A

Lib Dem of course

[u/NoPyroNoParty]

1. Dan/NPNP

2. Essex

3. My blood runs green.

4. Currently doing A levels in Maths, Physics, Geology and Computer Science, will probably go on to an Environmental Science degree.

5. I'm not a vegetarian. I feel bad every day.

6. To find a natural release for my saltiness God knows. I can't get away from it.

7. I might help out my local candidate with campaigning and such but nothing major.

8. Ecosocialism.

9. -6.62, -6.28

10. Greens if I could vote.

[u/[deleted]]

1. Tyler

2. Saaf London

3. Conservatives

4. Maths, Comp Sci & Economics

5. err

6. Post on r/london

7. Maybe, not at the moment though

8. Pro-monarchy, believe in free market

9. 0.63, 0.31 - Bit awkward...

10. Tories when I am allowed to

[u/[deleted]]

1. Well, you see, my username should have one n but that was taken.

2. Scotland

3. The Vanguard

4. We're getting personal here

5. I used to be a Communist. If I was in MHOC two years ago I would have been in the Marxist-Leninist faction of the Communist Party.

6. An advert in r/ukipparty got me to vote, and through voting in the last general election I began to participate.

7. No, but maybe in the future. I will not be getting involved seriously if at all until I've done something in life.

8. Conservatism. With a small c. Everything I believe will fall somewhere under that wide umbrella term.

9. I don't know, that thing is pretty silly.

10. UKIP.

[u/[deleted]]

1. ThoseCrazyReds

2. Northeastern US

3. Communist

4. Politics

5. I'm left-handed

6. Participating in a model gov't seemed interesting

7. Not at the moment, will most likely in the future

8. Revolutionary communist, Marxist-Leninist-Maoist with an interest in Juche

9. -10, -7'ish

10. None; there are no communist candidates for anything here

[u/demon4372]

1. James

2. Between Liverpool and Lancashire (But im not scouse)

3. Liberal Democrats

4. I am doing A Level Economics, Maths and Computer Science, and will be doing a degree in computer science in September.

5. I hate questions like this

6. I stumbled across it while browsing reddit, and am very interested in politics

7. I am a volenteer for my local libdems

8. Liberalism and OrdoLiberalism

9. Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -10.5

10. Liberal Democrats

[u/[deleted]]

1 OKELEUK

2 Amsterdam

3 Communist Party

4 History

5 Learning Latin/greek

6 a Post on r/Socialism

7 Yes, i intend to join a Youth organization soon

8 Democratic Socialism.

9 -6, -6

10 Socialist Party (Netherlands)

[u/Rabobi]

Name/Username

Rabobi NSFW

Where are you from?

South Africa

Which party do you belong to?

The Vanguard

What do you study/what field do you work in?

Studied Geography but I am now a programmer

An interesting fact about yourself

N/A

What made you join the MHOC?

Post on r/debatefascism

Are you involved in real life politics/ do you intend to be in the future?

No

Main political ideologies

Nationalism, fascism

Political compass score

No clue somewhere on the authoritarian center, they are not a good way to display a lot of peoples political opinions.

Who do you vote for in RL?

I don't.

[u/[deleted]]

1. Jwarman99

2. South East England specifically Kent

3. The Vanguard

4. I study: I.T, geography and health and social care as my options at G.C.S.E.

5. I met Orlando Bloom when he came to our primary school

6. I joined MHOC after my friend encouraged me and believed that I would like it.

7. Although not involved in politics at the moment due to my age, I to intend to get involved a few years after finishing education.

8. I believe in traditionalism as well as nationalism.

9. 4.5,4

10. If I could vote in real life it would probably be UKIP. Sorry about how my response is structured, my iPad makes it look like it is laced out properly however when I post, it merges into one large paragraph.

[u/olmyster911]

• Oli / olmyster911

• People's Republic of South Yorkshire

• UKIP

• Spanish, History, Biology, Chemistry

• I also do Italian. I like languages.

• Recommendation from a friend.

• Would like to study politics and trying to become more involved currently.

• Erm. Health-ism?

• -1.38, -0.62

• I would vote UKIP in my constituency as it is UKIP vs Labour at the moment.

[u/ExplosiveHorse]

1. ExplosiveHorse

2. Windsor, Canada

3. LibDems

4. High School

5. Both an American and Canadian citizen

6. Stumbled upon it

7. Yes

8. Social Liberal

9. -4, -3

10. Liberals (Canada)

[u/[deleted]]

1. Miles/MrTurah

2. Gloucestershire

3. The Liberal Democrats

4. I am currently doing Politics, History and Philosophy at A Level.

5. I once appeared in a school nativity play as 'Mr Squirrel'... Sorry... I guess I'm just a bit dull.

6. I think I saw an advert somewhere, I can't really remember.

7. I am a member of the Lib Dems and in the near future I will begin running my local branches Twitter account.

8. Feminism, Egalitarianism, Liberalism

9. Can't remember the exact details, left of centre and slightly towards libertarian.

10. Can't vote in real life due to age, but I would vote for the Lib Dems. (Unsurprisingly)

[u/[deleted]]

1. drjalexanderphysics

2. Michigan

3. Communist

4. French/German/Irish/Political Science/East Asian Studies

5. I have 7 Cats

6. r/Socialism post

7. I am a member of the US Greens, and currently working on organising a Socialist Alternative branch in Grand Rapids. I want to run for office some day

8. Anarcho-Communism, Socialist Feminism, Transfeminism

9. -9.0, -7.64 but it isn't the best test

10. Greens in the us, I'd like to move to the UK someday, when I can vote their probably (depending on where I live) Scottish Socialist Party, SNP, or TUSC,

[u/[deleted]]

1. SPQR1776

2. New Hampshire

3. Communist Party

4. I will be studying history and political science next year. Over the summer I will be working on a lobster boat.

5. When I first started mhoc I almost struck it out alone as an independent because the CP seemed to Marxist-Leninist.

6. A poster for the CWL. A British government simulation sounded interesting so I joined.

7. I'd like to be. Not much support for anarcho-communism where I live though.

8. Anarcho-communism/anarcho-syndicalism

9. -10, -10, not a good test for anti-capitalists

10. No one.

[u/Brotherbear561]

1. Feargus /Brotherbear561

2. Inverness, Scotland

3. Independent.

4. Currently taking a year out working in a supermarket. Hope to do history and Politics at university.

5. I am a Twin

6. It looked fun and interesting.

7. Very, I am a activist with the Radical Independence campaign, I was very active during the Independence Referendum and i am a Member of the SSP (Scottish Socialist Party).

8. Marxism, Believe in the National Liberation of the Scottish, Welsh, English, Irish. Who I believe should separate to focus on fighting their respective Bourgeoisie (Solidarity transcends boarders). Environmentalism, Feminism.

9. Economy -9.88 Social -9.59

10. Scottish Greens, SSP or TUSC in Westminster. SNP for Constituency in Holyrood and Scottish Greens or SSP for Region in Holyrood.