A False Dilemma In American Politics

I have been asked if I am a communist by someone right after saying I am not a conservative.  I have been asked if I am an anarchist by someone else after saying that neither conservatism nor liberalism is rational or even Biblical aside from rationalistic accuracy.  Still others have responded to my dismissal of both mainstream American political ideologies by acting as if I must likely therefore agree with conspiracy theories about an unverifiable deep state or a billionaire plot to slaughter millions through vaccines.  Even though it is incredibly easy to prove that these things do not logically follow from me not being a conservative or liberal, some people are so inept at looking to reason instead of social conditioning that they fail to see that there are not only two possibilities for which political philosophy is true.  Ignorance, desperation, and hypocrisy keep them entrenched in this false dilemma.

I likely sound like a liberal as far as conservatives perceive when I tell them that sexism and racism are inherently illogical worldviews because they reduce down to assumptions and stereotypes, with stereotypes being demonstrably false both through pure rationalistic proof and through social experiences.  According to the misguided and fully avoidable perceptions of the person who asked me if I am a communist, it seems probable that I "must" be a liberal if I do not erroneously hold that tradition is epistemologically supreme, that capitalism is not applied in inefficient or predatory ways in America, or that there are gender-specific personality traits.  According to the misguided and fully avoidable perceptions of liberals, I likely sound like a conservative, denouncing emotionalism and scoffing at those who oppose all forms of capital punishment or support gender and racial egalitarianism because of social pressures, to name just some examples.

So many people have not thought thoroughly enough to even realize that there are not just two political ideologies, as if one must choose between believing one of two inherently flawed sets of political ideas (the problems with conservatism and liberalism are not just about how people live them out, but the ideas themselves).  Anarchy is just one of the other options, which also include libertarianism, both of which could take different forms and have wildly different philosophical ideas and motivations behind them.  American bipartisan politics have actually led many people to think that only the two popular and inversely erroneous political ideologies are even options unless one wants total chaos!  This is far from true.  Most of them are rooted in false ideas or unprovable assumptions, but there are many more than just two broad political approaches.

In turn, such people desperately cling to false or fallacious ideas despite their flaws, which leads them to change or ignore the rest of their worldview to fit their political preferences, with the rest of their worldview becoming a justification for their political stances instead of the other way around.  Coming to verifiable ideas, starting with the self-verifying truth of logical axioms, and letting reason reveal what actually follows and does not follow from truths and probabilities is how a rational person sets up their political worldview: their political ideologies do not contradict more foundational, important truths or reflect nothing but subjective whims.  The false dilemma that only conservatism or liberalism are the options is exposed by reason.  The only way to permanently, consistently, rationalistically avoid false or unproven political stances is to not start with politics, which inevitably hinges on assumptions, starting with the core of reality (logical axioms and consciousness) instead.

Logic, people.  It is very fucking helpful.