Comment on Retro Gaming is a Playground for Billionaires and Nazis
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
And, of course, just in case you’re the type of centrist hack who says it doesn’t matter that he’s a violent authoritarian fascist because you can “separate art from the artist”, Modretro has done the rhetoricians (i.e. me) a favor by announcing a special Anduril-themed version of the Chromatic, covered in Anduril branding and made of “the same magnesium aluminum alloy as Anduril’s attack drones” last December. They were sold as a limited edition directly through Anduril’s merchandise store.
They sold out day one.
atro_city@fedia.io 1 day ago
I grow weary of limited USAian "there are only two truths" viewpoint. It's high time we cut the cord from US media and all the bullshit opinions that come with it. They have managed to make being rational and level-headed a curse word. "centrist" 🙄 People who unironically use that word in a derogatory fashion sound like those who still believe in things like the disney portrayal of the world. "real love", "true love", "forever and ever"
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Weird cus that is exactly how centrists sound to everybody else lol
atro_city@fedia.io 1 day ago
And here, a perfect example. "there are only two sides, hurr durr". Thanks for proving my point.
LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
This comment unintentionally makes you sound very jaded lol do you not believe in true love? Wild
Centrism is not a neutral standpoint. Conservatism is a stage in fascist ideology. Fascism has originated in many cultures. It’s not a purely American phenomenon. The left right dichotomy is about capitalism. Capitalism creates and enforces different economic classes of people with different power. Socialism is, broadly speaking, the dismantling of those economic classes of power. A centrist can exist in such a situation, for instance advocating for there to be some smaller economic classes… which begs the question of why.
You either believe all people are equal and have the same right to life, or you do not believe all people are equal. Those are the ideological basis for socialism and capitalism. Capitalism does not believe all people are equal, and posits that the wealthy deserve the disproportionate wealth and power they have. Socialism does believe all people are equal, and posits that all people deserve the same resources and power. A society where everyone has the same rights and the same access.
So a centrist would by definition in this situation have to be aligned with capitalist ideology. Right? It would be something like “I do not believe all people are equal and deserve the same resources and power in society. But I do believe that the disparity between the wealthy and the poor should be smaller.”