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This really is the case for people like myself who have typically been center left. I would never vote for Trump but additionally I can never see myself vote fo

This really is the case for people like myself who have typically been center left. I would never vote for Trump but additionally I can never see myself vote for Sanders, Warren, etc. On the left end of the political spectrum there is no longer any space for people who aren't progressive enough. The progressive left seem to be in the mindset that if they steamroll the population with ideas and rhetoric, rather than practical solutions then they will eventually follow. The paradoxical popularity of Trump is the result.

Miner49er 7y ago
I'm not so sure. I think the center "do-nothing" left is the reason for Trump's popularity. Trump is a populist who has promised to "drain the swamp". I think returning to the status quo like the center left wants to do is the last thing that Trump voters want, but I might be wrong.
- anm89 7y ago
  Strongly disagree with this. Both sides love to blame the middle because they think they are the people who secretly agree with them but are too apathetic to fight for your cause. The polarized parties are so disgusting these days, doing nothing is my act of protest. Think that's hurting your side? Too bad. Make a stomachable political movement and many people would reassess. When you crowd out everyone except the people who are to scared of being shamed by disagreeing with you you will be left with a movement of idiots and assholes and that's sure what both parties look like to me at the moment.
- IceCreamGondola 7y ago
  The idea of “centrist apathy” is pretty much unfounded. Most of the time people who describe themselves as center-x are people who would normally be characterised as left or right in the past. Instead we have increasingly polarised parties that represent the minorities and not the whole. Trump succeeded because he somehow managed to appeal to those who have been left out in the cold by the progressive left while also appealing to the right.
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Miner49er 7y ago

I'm not so sure. I think the center "do-nothing" left is the reason for Trump's popularity. Trump is a populist who has promised to "drain the swamp". I think returning to the status quo like the center left wants to do is the last thing that Trump voters want, but I might be wrong.

anm89 7y ago
Strongly disagree with this. Both sides love to blame the middle because they think they are the people who secretly agree with them but are too apathetic to fight for your cause. The polarized parties are so disgusting these days, doing nothing is my act of protest. Think that's hurting your side? Too bad. Make a stomachable political movement and many people would reassess. When you crowd out everyone except the people who are to scared of being shamed by disagreeing with you you will be left with a movement of idiots and assholes and that's sure what both parties look like to me at the moment.
IceCreamGondola 7y ago
The idea of “centrist apathy” is pretty much unfounded. Most of the time people who describe themselves as center-x are people who would normally be characterised as left or right in the past. Instead we have increasingly polarised parties that represent the minorities and not the whole. Trump succeeded because he somehow managed to appeal to those who have been left out in the cold by the progressive left while also appealing to the right.

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