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Its Chocolate posted:that's not always the case. I'm an apocalyptic centrist who believes the world is going to reach a hell state because people can't get past left and right coward that you are, do you at least recognize that you inhabit a position that ultimately sides with fascists, landlords and cops that will gleefully slaughter poor people who want to stop being homeless and hungry? the "center" that a western / American centrist occupies is firmly on the right of the political spectrum, usually somewhere in the middle of the "Overton window" or what's acceptable /possible within liberal legislative frameworks and social norms. there are no beliefs or ideologies at the actual "center" of the political landscape because the left and the right exist in direct contradiction to each other in several ways, and they don't "settle" into some center area, or have some harebrained potluck of structures from both sides, they violently synthetize an entire new society and culture in their resolution. knowing that when this moment occurs, we'll need every person possible to push for a truly equal society built for the masses and in harmony with nature, will you fight or will you die like a dog?
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Nix Panicus posted:As a centrist, I believe that a good compromise means everyone walks away from the negotiating table unhappy. Therefore my constant misery must mean Im making good compromises in my life. Yes everyone walks away from negotiating tables unhappy. Creditors most of all. They are so sad. They miss their money so much the only way to placate their suffering is with interest.
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Fat-Lip-Sum-41.mp3 posted:Yes everyone walks away from negotiating tables unhappy. Creditors most of all. They are so sad. They miss their money so much the only way to placate their suffering is with interest. They raised that capital from a wee patch of stolen land and stolen labor, nursed it through the lean times and the good. Can you imagine how hard it is to give it up for a mere 35%APR?
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If only people cared a bit less and just chilled everything would be better imo.
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1982 Subaru Brat posted:It means OP doesn't care which policy proposals are better than others, only whether mom and grandpa maintain their indoor voices at Thanksgiving. I do honestly wonder sometimes how much of "centrism" is really "i was raised in a highly-confrontational yelling-and-fighting household and it turned me into a broken timid coward with an intense fear of conflict". Like, centrism and an analysis-paralysis level of crippling anxiety seem to be highly correlated. Its not really a political position so much as an inability to make decisions and a desperate want to fit in by following the crowd.
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GalacticAcid posted:u suck op I'm honestly surprised you're the first to notice and post this
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smarxist posted:coward that you are, do you at least recognize that you inhabit a position that ultimately sides with fascists, landlords and cops that will gleefully slaughter poor people who want to stop being homeless and hungry? the "center" that a western / American centrist occupies is firmly on the right of the political spectrum, usually somewhere in the middle of the "Overton window" or what's acceptable /possible within liberal legislative frameworks and social norms. there are no beliefs or ideologies at the actual "center" of the political landscape because the left and the right exist in direct contradiction to each other in several ways, and they don't "settle" into some center area, or have some harebrained potluck of structures from both sides, they violently synthetize an entire new society and culture in their resolution. knowing that when this moment occurs, we'll need every person possible to push for a truly equal society built for the masses and in harmony with nature, will you fight or will you die like a dog? well yeah like my OP implies, what we usually call "centrist" (particularly in America) is actually right-wing. the first major figure from our current crop of "centrists" was Bill Clinton and he might be tied with Reagan for the most brutally right-wing president we've had in the last 100 years lol, but no one acknowledges it because he was okay with flag-burning or whatever. I also agree with you that the major left and right ideologies that exist currently are totally incompatible and have been since the coalitions that produced them from the 60s. I would like a society with equality, made for the masses and in harmony with nature, but those are all very general ideas and I don't even know if we mean the same things when we say them 1982 Subaru Brat posted:It means OP doesn't care which policy proposals are better than others, only whether mom and grandpa maintain their indoor voices at Thanksgiving. I'm definitely not the kind of centrist that's against conflict. I love it. wouldn't have made this thread and admitted I was a centrist if I didn't
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Grevling posted:If only people cared a bit less and just grilled everything would be better imo.
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You know centrism/liberalism has always been a worthless ideology given the fact that the far-right/fascists have always ignored them while slaughtering the left in the streets. (Because Centrism/liberalism is an ideology fundamentally about private property just like fascism is)
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WampaLord posted:I think the OP wanted this to be a pro-centrism thread, so my initial instinct was to sir this is very undecorus, it will never fly with the voters *updates spreadsheet furiously*
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centrism expectation: i have harnessed enormous qi through the taoist approach of the universe, yin and yang, for all things are not an equilibrium, but a constant state of flux in which proactively flexible and adaptive osmosis can be achieved as the pendulum swings centrism reality: *thanos voice* perfectly balanced...as all things should be
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Remember that all centrists are really just polite fascists and if anything remotely left leaning looks like it'll come to pass expect the masks to come off.
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smarxist posted:coward that you are, do you at least recognize that you inhabit a position that ultimately sides with fascists, landlords and cops that will gleefully slaughter poor people who want to stop being homeless and hungry? the "center" that a western / American centrist occupies is firmly on the right of the political spectrum, usually somewhere in the middle of the "Overton window" or what's acceptable /possible within liberal legislative frameworks and social norms. there are no beliefs or ideologies at the actual "center" of the political landscape because the left and the right exist in direct contradiction to each other in several ways, and they don't "settle" into some center area, or have some harebrained potluck of structures from both sides, they violently synthetize an entire new society and culture in their resolution. knowing that when this moment occurs, we'll need every person possible to push for a truly equal society built for the masses and in harmony with nature, will you fight or will you die like a dog? From LA to the Rhine everything is mostly fine!
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Centerists have negative value to society, because they take resources while providing nothing worthwhile to anyone. A pox upon them all.
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The “Backyard Grilling Dad” is uh the new “Applebee’s Salad Bar” for 2020, ignore this crucial demographic at your own peril, Democrats.
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Op how does it feel to be presented every day with evidence that your ideology is failed and can produce no good in this world
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Op how does it feel to get swirlied by Bernard Brothers and Sanders Sisters who keep calling you little homie gayass
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Peanut President posted:I'm going by the Dave Meltzer rating system which goes from -5 to 6 which would mean a centrist vote is a 1 Actually it's the one tna match rated negative more stars than there are in the universe and the universe is infinite
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A centerist might think to themselves "Well surely I love my family and they love me, that must be worth something in this world", but it is a lie. Their family hates them and prays they choke on their food or are swiftly killed by an aneurysm.
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BENGHAZI 2 posted:Op how does it feel to be presented every day with evidence that your ideology is failed and can produce no good in this world probably feels good if you’re grillin’
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Here's Japan's 5-Star Movement equivalent https://twitter.com/PopulismUpdates/status/1210285611581489153 https://twitter.com/PopulismUpdates/status/1210291671822266368 https://twitter.com/PopulismUpdates/status/1210293686984011776 quote:His main policy espoused during the Upper House campaign was to scramble NHK broadcasts so that only viewers who pay subscription fees would be able to see its TV programs. Conversely, the system would allow those who do not want to watch NHK programs to avoid paying the fees but still enjoy TV programs on other channels. quote:N-Koku ran 37 candidates in the prefectural districts, and Tachibana did not hide the fact that his only goal in that portion of the election was to spread the name of the party. quote:A number of N-Koku local assembly members have been found with histories of inappropriate comments or behavior. quote:At a news conference after he won his Upper House seat, Tachibana said he would ask Hodaka Maruyama, a Lower House member, to join his party. Interesting that with the M5S precedent, "Angry Direct Democracy with Online Nativism" has become a centrist tendency. The Asahi Shimbun article is worth reading. Omake: the non-centrist party he mentioned https://twitter.com/PopulismUpdates/status/1210289316728983552 Maximo Roboto has issued a correction as of 19:59 on Dec 27, 2019 |
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all centrist lurkers post in this thread so i may later return to destroy you with an eddy gordo flurry of disco elysium screenshots
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Hey guys look at me I'm a centrist. My life is uneffected by politics and I have no empathy so I think my lived experiences is the only one. Anyone who says they're suffering isn't thinking enough happy thoughts.
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ahahaha Paul Graham weighs in on The Two Kinds of Moderate
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I wake up in the morning and shake my head at how uncouth the republicans are for openly grinding the poor into the dirt before voting for mayor Pete's surprise premiums
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My favorite show is the west wing 
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VideoTapir posted:What exactly does this mean? It means we all need to come together and do sensible compromise What do you mean half of our political system is uncompromising fascists surely we can work something out
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I'm telling you dude, South Park has a lot of smart ideas
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Gumball Gumption posted:Anyone who says they're suffering isn't thinking enough happy thoughts. God drat do I hate when people drop this kind of stuff without irony. Like, I'm poor and disabled in a capitalist society let me be unhappy about some things.
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