> Middle doesn't have to mean 100% pro-establishment or pro-status-quo. You are confusing centrist parties with "middle-of-the-road" parties which by axiomatic

> Middle doesn't have to mean 100% pro-establishment or pro-status-quo. You are confusing centrist parties with "middle-of-the-road" parties which by axiomatic definition mean the mainstream parties. > And the illusion of choice applies to the falsely compressed, single-issue, single-axis left/right extremes, too. It is not an illusion if the media is massively invested on who wins. Vanilla Republican vs Vanilla Democrat = Illusion of Choice,it does not matter who wins, the media wont care and the status quo will be maintained. Trump vs Vanilla Democrats = Choice matters, media will align with the Democrats to maintain the status-quo. Vanilla Republicans vs Bernie Sanders, Choice matters, media will align with the Republicans to maintain the status-quo.