hahah it's funny you mention the capitalism vs socialism example because it's so common and so annoying that there was a point I just restrained myself from participating in these conversations, even though I consider I shouldn't care about most people's image about me in their heads. I've found myself thinking about this a lot lately, especially of how judgy some people can be, to the point sometimes I can even feel how the image is building in their heads (an intuition thing). I agree that labels are often the problem, as well as not seeing the many nuances of everything. Our minds can be this tricky indeed.

Nice rambling! :D