The common failing of these reforms, as admirable as they may be, is their reliance on the very same people who depend on the current rules for their position.

The common failing of these reforms, as admirable as they may be, is their reliance on the very same people who depend on the current rules for their position. IOW, politicians don't change the rules because they suddenly grow a conscience. It has to be presented as an existential choice. The only other bone I have to pick is with the term "centrist." Meaning what, exactly? Predisposed towards compromise? Absolute neutral in the D&D sense? Unabashedly quantitative utilitarianist? The way HBR defines it, to be a centrist, one would have to know the extreme positions on a topic and programmatically move towards a middle or compromise position.