TeessideCleveland
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One in five Britons aged 18-45 prefer unelected leaders to democracy, poll finds
Exclusive: Voters overall are downbeat about politics and almost two-thirds think ‘the UK’s best years are behind us’
The cowardice of the centrists in ham-stringing the left and failing to push back on the neo-liberals over the past 40 years has lead to this. The neo-libs are now so in control that they can openly push their oligarch agenda, disdain of democracy and rule of law.
It’s not cowardice to be a centrist, it’s balancedThe cowardice of the centrists in ham-stringing the left and failing to push back on the neo-liberals over the past 40 years has lead to this. The neo-libs are now so in control that they can openly push their oligarch agenda, disdain of democracy and rule of law.
It's stasis. Pretending to do something while actually doing nothing and giving the green-light to the extremists to get ever more extreme.It’s not cowardice to be a centrist, it’s balanced
The obvious follow up question, seemingly not asked is "even if that leader is someone who holds fundamentally different beliefs to yourself?" suspect the number would plummet if they were truly honest with themselves.
Disagree. It is common senseIt's stasis. Pretending to do something while actually doing nothing and giving the green-light to the extremists to get ever more extreme.
No it's not. The balance is found as the average between all leading parties over time. If only right wing and centrists ever get to govern then the balance is centre-right (as we have in the UK and they have in the US). Choosing to be a centrist is not choosing balance, it is choosing permanent imbalance. Centrism needs left vs right to succeed.It’s not cowardice to be a centrist, it’s balanced
I don’t agree that it’s stasis either. Centrism is purely about avoiding the edges of ideology (the opposite of your claim to give green light to others such as right wingers), it’s less revolution and more evolution, but evolution is still the opposite of stasisIt's stasis. Pretending to do something while actually doing nothing and giving the green-light to the extremists to get ever more extreme.
You are talking on outcomes not beliefs, different thingNo it's not. The balance is found as the average between all leading parties over time. If only right wing and centrists ever get to govern then the balance is centre-right (as we have in the UK and they have in the US). Choosing to be a centrist is not choosing balance, it is choosing permanent imbalance. Centrism needs left vs right to succeed.