I can’t really think of a reason for that as Reddit is hated somewhat equally by “both” sides of the spectrum. It’s just something I find interesting.
I can’t really think of a reason for that as Reddit is hated somewhat equally by “both” sides of the spectrum. It’s just something I find interesting.
Yeah, I literally just said today’s Democrats are a center-right party, and today’s Republicans a far-right party. Back when the Republicans were neoliberal, they were center-right. But they’re not anymore; they’re aligned with Putin and the international neofascist tendency.
Okay, I see what you’re saying. But can you tell me what makes anything about it ‘center?’ I disagree about that part - I think they are bog standard ‘right.’ I don’t understand what moderates this partisanship in your view.
Oh! I was using “center-X” vs “far-X” as a distinction. The same distinction could be expressed maybe as “X” vs “radical-X” — the Democrats are “rightist” and the Republicans are “radical rightist” — much in the same way that we might say that social-democrats are “leftist” and revolutionary communists are “radical leftist”.
A good non-radical leader can be one who is a good manager of the current system, who gently reforms it toward social goals. However, radicals would never accept such a milquetoast weakling; they want someone who will come in, smash everything, “drain the swamp”, and implement the dictatorship of … um … someone.
Okay but center is third to something relatively more left and something more relatively right. What is it center in relation to? If Republicans are right, then Democrats can be less-right but that doesn’t make them center. And it doesn’t make sense to call them center in relation to leftism, because they are neoliberals which isn’t in any way leftist.
To me and the political theory that I am used to working with, radical means dedicated to the fundamental principles of something, so I’m going to substitute it with ‘extreme’ in my reading as this is a relative descriptor.
I would never, haha. Communists are leftist, but SocDems run a range from liberal to neoliberal which are both right-wing. To make sure we’re on the same page, the definition of SocDem to me Social Democrat which is not socialist. It was started in the 19th century as a right-wing reform of capitalism so as to prevent rebellion and revolution among the poor. It advocates for (neo)liberal market economics with the implementation of a social safety net. They’re my favorite right-wingers but they still support oppressive and hierarchical economics.
Some things can’t be reformed. Why try reforming the market out of the market?
Clearly, we’re starting from different assumptions!
Hah, yes, I can agree with that. There’s nothing wrong with that, though. Thanks for the conversation.