Comment on "Republicans are Dangerous" - Steve Hofstetter
sciawp@lemm.ee 10 months agoEvery American ‘centrist’ I’ve seen plays constant defence for the far right. Idk maybe it’s just a coincidence but I’m not the only one who’s noticed it
Comment on "Republicans are Dangerous" - Steve Hofstetter
sciawp@lemm.ee 10 months agoEvery American ‘centrist’ I’ve seen plays constant defence for the far right. Idk maybe it’s just a coincidence but I’m not the only one who’s noticed it
HollyCat2022@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I have seen that a lot too, however there are many times where I have seen proper American centrists. My countries politics doesn’t align with yours, either side, but I suppose if I were to align myself anywhere in your political system, it would be a bit from the right, a bit from the left and disregard the rest. You need more than a 2 party system. 12 party system or something, I dont know.
sciawp@lemm.ee 10 months ago
To be clear, I’m not American either. I just think that centrism reads as a lack of any principles. Especially when one side is blatantly anti-democracy.
More parties would obviously be better but that’s a difficult task to surmount.
HollyCat2022@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Seems to me that both parties have riled up their supporters against each other so much that the best way to remain in the status quo is to make it such that the voters believe that voting for anything other than the two main parties is too dangerous, because every vote counts, or the opposition wins.
It seems to me pretty sad. They both play golf together and party in the weekends and tell at each other in front of the cameras. Both parties are bad.
sciawp@lemm.ee 10 months ago
You’re giving the perfect example of the centrist mindset. I’ve followed American bills and laws being passed in the past four years and there is an objectively correct opinion on which side is better for the wellbeing of the people.
Republicans are constantly trying to repeal laws of bodily autonomy and workers rights. They are pushing for ways to gerrymander and make voting more difficult in Democrat areas. They have to rely on riling up their base with lies and fear-mongering because it’s all they have.
The democrats are more of a mixed bag but they are at least doing some things that actually help and improve the lives of the average person instead of actively doing the opposite.
But that doesn’t fit within the centrist framework because they are just too smart