Why Centrism is Right Wing - How Centrists Enable the Far Right | Fellow Traveler
Why Centrism is Right Wing - How Centrists Enable the Far Right | Fellow Traveler
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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.
Not the only one. They are truly ideologically submerged.
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 ^^
Also makes it look like the USA has a serious fat left extremist problem, which is the opposite of the truth.
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.
Centrists are neither left nor left.
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.
Thumbnail shows two things:
- centrists are leftist
- far left is more radical than far right
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.