Please hold a moment… – The Atlantic
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The belief that the country is on a downward slope fuels the appeal of radicalism.

  • killingspark@feddit.orgEnglish
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    10 days ago

    That argument only makes sense if you think the political centre would protect you from the fight for scraps that is already happening.

    There is growing evidence that the political centre will throw even more parts of the population into poverty so that the rich can keep getting richer.

    I am not saying the radical parties are necessarily the fix to that, certainly not the radical liberatarian and especially not the radical right.

    I’m just saying the radical political centre is also not doing so great at making the economy work for everyone.

      • killingspark@feddit.orgEnglish
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        10 days ago

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_centrism

        Nope, it’s what many parties in western nations have become.

        General policies

        • An overriding commitment to fiscal responsibility,[59] even if it entails means testing of social programs.[75][76]
        • An overriding commitment to reforming public education, whether by equalizing spending on school districts,[77] offering school choice,[78] hiring better teachers,[79] or empowering existing principals and teachers.[80]
        • A commitment to market-based solutions in health care, energy, the environment, etc., so long as the solutions are carefully regulated by government to serve the public good.[81][82] The policy goal, says Matthew Miller, is to “harness market forces for public purposes”.[6]
        • A commitment to provide jobs for everyone willing to work, whether by subsidizing jobs in the private sector[83] or by creating jobs in the public sector.[84]
        • A commitment to need-based rather than race-based affirmative action;[85][86] more generally, a commitment to race-neutral ideals.[87]
        • A commitment to participate in institutions and processes of global governance, and be of genuine assistance to people in the developing nations.[7][88]

        Edit: But if your point was, that I made a mistake there: Yes you are right, I meant the political centre not the radical centre.