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[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 16 points 8 months ago

Far right: give me absolute power so I can make the country strong!

Far left: give me absolute power so I can make everyone in the country equal!

Centrist: Both of these groups are made up of grifters and the rubes that fall for the scam that is ideology. We know from history the problems with ideologies, and only those ignorant of history (whether deliberately or not) fall for bullshit "ideologies" whether they be "left" or "right".

In fact the "political spectrum" is just a construct that's only useful as a shorthand to quickly distinguish between moderate political parties. The complexities of functioning society can't be reduced to a one dimensional line FFS. People who are tricked into thinking this way are ill-equipped to govern a functioning society. History has shown that the one dimensional political thinkers have failed at governing every time they've been given the opportunity to do so.

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[-] ThatFembyWho 15 points 8 months ago

But isn't being forced to pay taxes a form of extermination?!

[-] Arthur_Leywin@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago

"I'm fiscally Republican and socially a Liberal" is another great line to hide behind.

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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

If by centrists, you mean neo-liberal Democrats, you got it.

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[-] NutWrench@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago

Undecided voters are the stupidest people on the face of the Earth.

[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 11 points 8 months ago

Centrists get it from both ends.

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[-] imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee 10 points 8 months ago

It's the means of how they do so that the centrists see as the same

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[-] RealFknNito@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago

Far left: we're going to dress in all black and burn buildings down to protest racism of which many of the shops will be locally owned by people of color.

Far right: we're going to ravage the civil liberties of every group of people that aren't white religious old rich people and convince poor white people it's the patriotic thing to do.

Centrists: You're both fucked but one of you is less fucked I guess.

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[-] GeneralInterest@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Centrist here. I don't think the point of horseshoe theory is that the far-left and far-right are the same. The point is simply that they have similarities. Like both wanting to use violence to achieve their aims.

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