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Nah, if you vote for fascists, you're a fascist, not a centrist. I'm a centrist and I've never voted for fascists, nor for anyone else seeking to abolish democratic rule (looking at no one in particular ๐).
Solid bit
I'm sad cuz my bit isn't good and people only laugh cuz I caught a lib
Federation is priceless
Go spend your time telling oppressed people they should respect the rules imposed by their oppressors.
Shut the fuck up liberal
Death to America
Do you really maintain the ilusion that any American if asked to pick the two most competent people to run the country would have selected Joe Biden or Donald Trump? Do you feel that the elected representatives you have are acting in accordance with the will of the American people? Mike Johnson the newly elected speaker of the house is a known election denier. I would say he's someone who seeks to abolish democratic rule who, while you didn't vote for him, got into power anyway.
So America is being run by a select group of elites that the people don't want doing things that they don't like. In fact a group of 17th century slave owners did not set up the best form of government because they liked freedom so much but instead enshrined a system to guarantee and preserve their own material interests. You sneer at the those who choose not to imitate you because you've been indoctrinated to the belief that non western savages couldn't possibly come up with anything better. You are wrong (looking directly at you with undisguised contempt).
I don't know what gave you the impression that I am an American, but I am not. And honestly, I wouldn't call the US a model democracy, it definitely has markings of an oligarchy. (looking at you with confusion)
I'm sorry, repeat my statement and insert your own shitty politicians. I shouldn't have assumed
Ok, I agree that politicians are often corrupt and don't necessarily act in the interest of the people, but what does this have to do with centrism?
Anyway, if you wanna get rid of politicians, what do you propose?
Im all for some kind of direct democracy, in the age of the internet this isn't even unrealistic anymore. Proposals could be made and voted on just like Lemmy posts. Or if we wanna stick with elected officials, we might implement some real time election system, where instead of voting every few years, you could just register your vote in a monthly poll on any device with internet access (of course this would require everyone to have internet access at least once a month)
https://thenib.com/centrist-history/
You have pretty wild ideas what a centrist is, I'll go through the panels individually:
Because political norms and trends change constantly, being a "centrist" at any given period of history is a lot of work for an otherwise useless position of "find the middle at that moment and stand there to feel superior to people trying to improve society somewhat."
Before and even during MLK's marches, "centrists" like you scolded him for being too extreme and only appropriated what he said after he was dead for your own ends.
https://letterfromjail.com/
https://www.bustle.com/p/this-martin-luther-king-jr-quote-on-white-moderates-is-seriously-striking-a-chord-7913411
It must be tiring to try to stand in a comfortably uncommitted place "in the middle" while always trying to have the high ground to feel superior to those fools that actually try to stand for something other than their own self-superiority.
Hm, I don't think we mean the same thing when we talk about centrism. I don't constantly look to the political left and right, find the middle and make that my opinion, honestly I doubt anyone does that. Instead, my general stance could probably more fittingly be summed up like this: As humans we always feel that our opinion is right and more valid than that of anyone disagreeing. I accept that my opinions might be wrong, regardless of how I feel about them. And I believe that the more people disagree with me, the more likely I am to be wrong. It follows that forcing my will on everyone else is not the right way and that instead it would be best to find the solution that the most people can agree on.
Of course, humans are ultimatley only slightly smarter chimpanzees, so this does NOT guarentee we actually agree on the best solution, but its our best bet. What would be ideal would be some higher, benevolent intelligence ruling over us, just like a parent would. But that isn't going to be Hitler, Stalin or any other human that decides that they know better than anyone else what society needs.
Also, I don't really get your point about feeling superior. I never said that my opinion is any more valid than anyone elses, quite the contrary. If anything, thats more the vibe I'm getting from your response.
I wrote a longer reply, but I decided this summed up everything I want to say to you more succinctly.
https://existentialcomics.com/comic/125
It's about congratulating yourself for feeling above the fray.
Claims like that underline exactly what I just said. You have nothing of value to contribute to any political discussion or argument but your own belief in your own superiority.
If you masturbated any harder in that reply you'd have passed out from dehydration before finishing it.
At least I still take part in political discurse. I tried explaining/defending my stance. You aren't intersted in adressing any points I make, you just insult me as a person instead. And somehow I am the one with a superiority complex.
You take part by rolling out the red carpet for fascists, each and every time.
Yes. I am not interested in congratulating your false sense of superiority.
You are, and you disgust me.
When you're shook by what you see in the mirror
*aside from the millions of people in prison who are in fact surrounded by walls
oppa gangnam style