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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Maybe I’m the centrist in this scenario, but isn’t that just normal left? I’d expect far left to be like “we are going to exterminate all the rich then give their stuff to everyone else”
In the US at least, the entire country is so far right that the position above is actually far left in our political sphere.
Haha yeah US is so backwards. And I'm surprised the world hasn't built a massive wall around us because we literally use God as part of our laws, how many weapons we have stockpiled, how many citizens die from unnecessary violence, how little we care about the homeless.
And any sort of empathy about any of those problems, even pointing it out, isnt even a discussion point in politics because itll go nowhere fast.
The 'far left' described in that tweet is the 'center right' in Norway. USA politics feels weird and alien to Europeans.
Depends on what you mean by "far." If you mean believing in a radical restructuring of society along Communist lines, this can be done peacefully. Pacifism is an extremist position as well. Conflating "radicalism" with "violence" is just centrism at work.
On the same hand, there are extremely violent centrists. Kissinger murdered millions of people as a liberal, for example, which is a center-right ideology. Centrism isn't about non-violence.
we are going to exterminate all the rich
Only edgy teens on social media genuinely think this is a logical political goal you should advocate for in the first world on this day and age
then give their stuff to everyone else
If you change this to: "concentration of private property in few hands is a poisonous hydra that will forever feed inequality", then yes, that's a milquetoast far left take, which often comes from the desire of actually "getting everyone's needs met" and the idea that capitalism naturally organizes the economy in a way that disincentives letting a portion of the working class being comfortably capable of getting all their needs met.
And honestly, given the positions of most politicians on actually doing something to make housing affordable, I honestly think "getting everyone's needs met" is becoming a far left position.
USA: we don't have a left. Democrats are at best center.
USA has a left. They almost never win at the ballot box, though. You have to find them in the streets.
You don't have a right either though, at least not a right on the democratic spectrum.
All you've got are "unacceptable" and "fascism".
The answer is always in the middle. Let's do a little basic needs but only for the rich and a little genocide but only in the middle east
This is actually the platform of the Democratic Party.
It says something, that securing people's basic needs is considered "far" left.
Tankies on Hexbear: Both fascists, you really shouldn't vote
People who already have their needs accounted for always seem so convinced that things will turn out hunky dory if things escalate to violence, and yet so rarely pass thought on the folks who are already struggling enough without The Troubles Part II Red Cap Boogaloo coming to a car bombing near them.
"Well I don't think we can meet everybody's needs so I'm unfortunately gonna have to side with the other movement, sorry!"
my team: perfect angels
your team: evil monsters
it literally does not matter what two groups you are comparing, if you sound like this then a lot of people are not going to engage
why do people say these thing when they know its not true
Leftists: never show up to vote
Also leftists: nothing ever gets done. Both parties must be the same
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More info from Pew 2022 election polls:
Age and the 2022 election Age continues to be strongly associated with voting preferences in U.S. elections. Nearly seven-in-ten voters under 30 (68%) supported Democratic candidates in 2022 – much higher than the shares of voters ages 30 to 49 (52%), 50 to 64 (44%) and 65 and older (42%) who did so. Compared with 2018, GOP candidates performed better among voters who turned out across age groups.
Also:
Older voters turned out more reliably in both elections – and continued to be largely loyal to Republican candidates.
It's funny to see people that have swallowed anti communist peograganda hook line and sinker flounder in here trying to discredit the far left.
centrists are usually right wing wanting the votes/approval from left

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