[quote=teaboy][quote=Coronita]nothing to worry about. I think what is more likely to happen is that more people in the center are fed up with both extremes on both parties and eventually abandon both parties for something in the center future.[/quote]
Not trying to be dumb here, but what are we all considering as “extremes”?
Republican extremes:
– over deregulation?
– promote gun rights?
– outlaw abortion & promote abstinence?
– deny climate change science & dont address it?
– promote raw capitalism?
– routinely allow outright lies to propagate to their political advantage?
– others?
Democratic extremes:
– over regulation?
– restrict gun rights?
– protect abortion rights, planned parenthood & free love?
– embrace climate change & enact laws to address it?
– promote universal childcare, medicare?
– routinely spin truths to their political advantage?
– others?
I’ve not thought this thru too hard nor have I worded any of it very well. I just threw some words down as a straw man.
It’s not obvious to me and I’m genuinely interested what y’all think, cos if our definition of “extremes” are very different, then surely so are our respective definitions of the political “center.”
tb[/quote]
I would consider extreme
On the far right:
Attacking a covid a vaccine, against mask, attacking science, instituting a herd mentality to resist the vaccine and taking some precautions. Supporting QANon conspiracy theories, and generally making shit up about covid that isn’t true
On the far left:
AOC/Warren and the likes that love to blame everyone else “rich” for every social injustice. repeatedly beating the “inequality” drum such that every deficiency, shortcoming is always a social inequality “problem”…
If you take away some of this fridgy people, I think what you would be left with would be
1. Some balance of gun rights
2. Woman’s right to choose
3. Some partial social safety net heavily incentivized for people to take some personal responsibility
4. A balanced social policy that addresses some glaring social inequity, not something ad-nausem
5. Some reasonable middle fiscal policy
6. Some in between amount of regulation meant to protect the environment and some amount of regulation meant to protect US businesses.
