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[–] 169 points 2 years ago (20 children)

The centrists has their basic needs met and isn't part of a social group that is threatened so they see both as a waste of tax spending.

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

    "If we just improve the education system, racism will go away." - My centrist friend

    Bro, no. Also, who the fuck do you think is trying to fund education? Assuming we even accept your premise.

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  • [–] 40 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Implied by this: centrists see all this mainly as a financial matter.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Centrists are unwilling to accept change or inconvenience. This differs from conservatives who think things should go back to some sort of old way.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's really impossible to know what you mean here, because conservative should mean to keep doing what works: They should be social democrats (what worked to build the US e.g. Nixon lol). So we shouldn't use that word any more. True conservatism would be more left wing than democrats today.

    The GOP has become a reactionary or "paleo-conservative" which is really a misnomer too. What they really are now is a theocratic fascist party. But really they have no values at all except power and hate and inequality.

    There are no real centrists, there is no center here. They are really corporatists who are willing to play politics in order to please the big capitalists or plutocracy. They love trump because they can keep cutting of left wing politics and not have a platform. In foreign policy they are fascist as well (american exceptionalism, a belief in inequality based on identity).

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    We gotta stop callin them conservatives. These shits are trying to roll things back, not keep it as-is. They're the opposite of progressive: they're regressive.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You're right, of course, but a key trait of sociopaths is viewing people through the lens of what they can do for them.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I wanted to say how I have my basic needs met, isn't part of social group that is threatened and don't see left as waste of tax spending, but then I remembered about good Uncle Voencom that happily sends to die for Putin's yacth, so I don't count as not part of social group that is threatened.

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