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That's due to extreme polarization, the destruction of middle ground / moderates.
by tsjq 6y ago
That's due to extreme polarization, the destruction of middle ground / moderates.
- thesuperbigfrog 6y agoNot destruction of the middle ground, but rather hiding of the middle ground. Moderates do not feel safe to express moderate views for fear of being ostracized and cancelled.
- 082349872349872 6y agoIt must be kind of difficult to have representation for moderate views when they only have two political parties.
- thesuperbigfrog 6y agoExactly. The US needs more mainstream political parties.
- danjac 6y agoThat would require a completely different political system. There have always been two mainstream parties, which in non-First Past the Post countries would be coalitions of smaller parties. These coalitions break up and shift alignments over time. This is why the Republican Party of today is not the Republican Party of 1959 or 1855, it's more like the Ship of Theseus that bears only the name of the original ship.
- andromeduck 6y agoI think moving to a 3-2-1 voting system instead of FPTP, IRV or Proportional would resolve most of the polarization issues in a few cycles. I think it's the easiest way to force deliberation and moderation at the single district/office level without conceding local representation or complexity for the voter. The key is not having a one dimensional optimal strategies or suboptimal equilibrium that result in plurality rule or tyranny of the majority. I'd modify it to allow a super yes/no with double the value per voter to force people to be a bit more selective. https://electowiki.org/wiki/3-2-1_voting https://electowiki.org/wiki/3-2-1_voting
- sgift 6y agoEspecially since both parties are more or less in one part of the political spectrum (as defined here: politicalcompass.org)
- vostok 6y agoDo you have any links to examples of moderate views that will get one cancelled? I would be really interested in this topic.
- jjdin14 6y agoThat there are reasons other than racism that partially explain the achievement gap between races.
- tom_ 6y agoSuch as...?
- another_sock 6y agovarious aspects of IQ, demeanor, education, work ethic, surroundings, and a whole host of other variables, some external some internal. Of course the majority of people on HN and in the public will revert to weeping and gnashing of teeth rather than acknowledge this obvious fact, because the majority of people on HN and in the public implicitly tie human worth to economic output and intelligence (which is the actually bigoted and racist thing to do)
- brsg 6y agoI'm not going to "cancel" you, but it's a little telling that your example of a moderate view immediately went there.
- another_sock 6y agoI don't care about you trying to cancel me lol that's why this is a sock account, but it's even more telling that you think basic descriptive (not prescriptive) observations about reality are not moderate.
- brsg 6y ago
- shultays 6y agoI would say most of that 62% are moderates. Because extremists today would quickly align you to other side the moment you show some of their beliefs