I tend to lean liberal, and haven't been comfortable with the current definition for a while now, because it's not at all accurate. This country was founded on Liberal ideals (freedom, equality, etc etc). Conservatism has it's place too, and I'm not afraid of it. Think of Liberalism like the gas and Conservatism like the brake. We can't go WOT, and we can't stand still. We need both to function properly. FWIW, Conservatives and the "right" are also not always the same thing.
Antifa, like a lot of movements, started with honorable intentions. But because they had no clear goal or structure, it fell to the less desirable, more radical elements of the group. I don't think anybody is pulling their strings, they've just devolved into chaos.
A bit of socialism is ok. There are useful elements to it that can be used to counteract the unfavorable elements of capitalism.
Dictators like socialism because they are control freaks, and it gives them the power and control they crave. To be honest, most of the nations that do so horribly under socialism fail because they were managed by corrupt or inept dictators. There is a reason why dictators rarely stick around for very long...
