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[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Am I the only one who has lately been more irritated by milquetoast centrists than by the extremes? Centrism is an inherently lazy worldview that masquerades as well meaning reasonability. Far from it. You want nazis? Cuz that’s how you get nazis.

[–] redpen 4 points 10 months ago

Not the only one. They are truly ideologically submerged.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Centrists are neither left nor left.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

The problem is that there are many issues where there is no "compromise" or centrist view available, so the "balanced" opinion just supports one or the other side fully.

[–] Cinnamon3431 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

thumbnail makes it look, as if centrists were on the side of the far left :/ didn't watch the video yet tho, so maybe it makes more sense in context ^^

[–] Bassman1805 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Also makes it look like the USA has a serious fat left extremist problem, which is the opposite of the truth.

[–] Maven 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is an incredibly bad thumbnail

[–] redpen 3 points 10 months ago

It's truly awful lol

[–] Eldritch 1 points 10 months ago

I haven't watched it yet either. But from looking at it I would assume is making a point about, how when you look at it. In terms of distances in 2d space. And not distances along an arbitrary curve. The far right and centrists are closer to each other. Which in the US is definitely the case. Especially considering our far left is solidly economically right wing.

The problem is that so called centrists aren't ideologically centrist. But reactionarily centrist. They don't have a guiding belief or principle beyond finding and occupying any imagined center they can. Even where no center exists.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thumbnail shows two things:

  • centrists are leftist
  • far left is more radical than far right
[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I see the image more as centrists being as a similar level as the far right, just not quite as hurtful, and the far left is supporting the whole thing. Not that I agree with that, since analogies can only push a simplistic viewpoint.

[–] TheLordHumungus 2 points 10 months ago

Haha it's all two sides of the same coin. The only answer is to abolish it all. ANARCHY! ANARCHY! I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT MEANS, BUT I LOVE IT!