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When is someone a centralist? (piefed.social)
submitted 3 weeks ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I often see on here that someone that says they are Center just means they are right wing.

Eg. this post https://piefed.social/c/wikipedia@lemmy.world/p/2492350/centre-party

Center Party = Far right.

And I get that that is often true, but that got me thinking, when is someone actually "Center?"

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[–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

The political spectrum shifts, so what it means to be a centrist can change a bit over time.

It generally means that policy-wise or ideologically you fall somewhere between two major political ideologies.

Right now, in the United States, being a centrist means you're a coward idiot. Because right now, what the sides represent is so wildly contrary that to be a centrist you have to be too scared to choose between right and wrong and/or too stupid to see that there is no middle right now. There is no fence you can sit on between fascism and democracy.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago*

    And pretty much nobody is. Even people that say they're "independents" in the US tend to not actually be, if you look into it a bit more.

    There's also apolitical, but that's not really in the spirit of the question.

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