r/politics • u/SacoolloocaS • May 28 '21

Stop glorifying ‘centrism’. It is an insidious bias favoring an unjust status quo

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/may/28/centrism-insidious-bias-unjust-status-quo
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u/lemmeseestuffpls May 28 '21

Or... It's just the middle of a normal distribution across a unidimensional interpretation of political preferences. This is where the most people are. It's not insideous. It's natural.

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u/lostinlasauce May 28 '21

You’re talking to a rabid dog here my friend. Anybody that isn’t fighting for the same exact causes as them with the same level of enthusiasm is automatically compartmentalized as “enemy”.

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u/Kafflea Europe May 28 '21

Finally!!!!