You don’t understand what centrism is. There is no such thing as a single “centrist position”.
Centrism defines a collective of views; it describes a set of points of view that lie on both ‘wings’, such that it’s not really accurate to label that person as either.
Defining centrism the way you just did is kind of like defining bisexuality as being attracted only to a person who is a 50/50 mixture of male/female (which of course doesn’t actually exist), instead of someone who is capable of being attracted to males and females. And just how most bi people have a preference ‘lean’ toward one sex over the other, centrists also tend to ‘lean’, based on where the lion’s share of their values sit.
Basically, anyone who describes themselves as “left/right leaning” is a centrist, specifically who has volunteered a bit more specificity about their set of values.
The Democrats are centrists. If you want the far-left perspective, look around Lemmy for a bit.
That’s the only real difference between the far right and the far left: The far right has a substantial presence in major western governments while the far left (fortunately) doesn’t.
Centrism does not mean coming up with a middle-ground solution for all issues. It could be taking a left-leaning stance on one issue, and right-leaning on another.
Okay, I’m Canadian, but let’s play ball:
Republicans (right-wing) want to ban abortion.
Democrats (*left-wing) want to not ban abortion.
What’s the Centrist solution here? Is it… some bans on abortion by any chance?
(*I’m aware they’re basically right-of-centre at this point, but not wanting to ban abortion is a ‘left’ stance.)
You don’t understand what centrism is. There is no such thing as a single “centrist position”.
Centrism defines a collective of views; it describes a set of points of view that lie on both ‘wings’, such that it’s not really accurate to label that person as either.
Defining centrism the way you just did is kind of like defining bisexuality as being attracted only to a person who is a 50/50 mixture of male/female (which of course doesn’t actually exist), instead of someone who is capable of being attracted to males and females. And just how most bi people have a preference ‘lean’ toward one sex over the other, centrists also tend to ‘lean’, based on where the lion’s share of their values sit.
Basically, anyone who describes themselves as “left/right leaning” is a centrist, specifically who has volunteered a bit more specificity about their set of values.
The Democrats are centrists. If you want the far-left perspective, look around Lemmy for a bit.
That’s the only real difference between the far right and the far left: The far right has a substantial presence in major western governments while the far left (fortunately) doesn’t.
Centrism does not mean coming up with a middle-ground solution for all issues. It could be taking a left-leaning stance on one issue, and right-leaning on another.
Exactly: freedom for some, genocide for others.
Are they far left? No? Then it doesn’t apply to the horseshoe theory since it doesn’t become closer aligned again