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What do you believe that most people of your political creed don't? (lemmy.ml)
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Just wanted to prove that political diversity ain't dead. Remember, don't downvote for disagreements.

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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Centrists want the status quo, yes, but mostly just for themselves. This is why fascism starts with minority groups. Centrists will accept fascists "coming for the" communists/trans/migrants/etc, since it mostly isn't effecting their status quo.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (4 children)

    Centrists want the status quo, yes, but mostly just for themselves.

    That's not true at all. I know Centrists who care about everybody, and want everybody to be safe/happy/successful. They see it as a "floating tide raises all boats" kind of thing.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    But only in a kind of theoretical sense. They think the status quo is best for everyone, but it's really only best for them. What is a more centrist sentiment than "our system may not be perfect, but it's the best there is"? See Dr. King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail" for an eloquent condemnation of "moderates".

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    But only in a kind of theoretical sense. They think the status quo is best for everyone, but it’s really only best for them.

    You'll have to elaborate/defend that statement. I think you're just imposing your own perspective/worldview without facts in evidence.

    What is a more centrist sentiment than “our system may not be perfect, but it’s the best there is”?

    That would be said by Leftists about a Leftist-bias system, or Rightists about a Rightist-bias system. What you described is not just in the domain of the Centrist. There are many "systems" that groups of humans gather around, and each system may look very different from other systems.

    See Dr. King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” for an eloquent condemnation of “moderates”.

    I have not read this, so apologies if I get this wrong, but I will judge this sentence based on the overall message of your comment reply.

    Being a moderate does not mean settling for whatever no matter what, no matter how harmful it is. Its about trying to have a consensus that most/all can live with, in how we run our society and how we act towards each other.

    For example, if everybody agreed on Leftism, then should the middle of the Leftism population be condemmed (as they would now be the Centrists of Leftism)? Or Centrists of Rightism?

    If human history teaches us anything, governing from the fridge/edges never works out well for everybody else.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You aren't exactly wrong in your first two quote-responses, I will give you that. "The Left" commonly answers the second with an idea called 'eternal revolution'. The idea being that we cannot stop improving, or become so lazy in our ways that we begin to ossify into a form over function society.

    I urge you to read the letter. It will raise your consciousness a hundred times more than any conversation you'll have on Lemmy today.

    https://letterfromjail.com/

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