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The problem with not voting (fedia.io)

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[–] Gradually_Adjusting 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Radical has a customary meaning in this context - someone calling for systemic change

[–] Soggy 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That is a better way of putting it, thanks. Not just outside the status quo but pushing to change it. I still think it carries a milder connotation than neo-Nazis or Anarchists and different language should be used for the fringe than just further-than-mainstream politics.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I don't know many honest people for whom the current system is working great, so I'd warrant that not being some kind of radical might be the more extreme position

[–] Soggy 2 points 9 months ago

You wouldn't be the first to float some form of "centrism is an extreme position" and I can't say I disagree.