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Having talked to many, many, many self-proclaimed centrists. A lot of them are either left- or right-wing moderates who don't want to claim a camp. Primarily be
by giancarlostoro 1y ago
Having talked to many, many, many self-proclaimed centrists. A lot of them are either left- or right-wing moderates who don't want to claim a camp. Primarily because both sides are so polarized these days.
Did you know Elon Musk considers himself center left? Some people think he's a right wing nutjob. Plenty of right wingers think he's a leftist still.
- jedberg 1y agoIt's because he's a libertarian. He's on a totally different axis of the graph.
- btilly 1y agoA lot of the "centrists" that I know are economically right and socially left. Like the old joke, "I can't be a Democrat because I want to spend my own money. I can't be a Republican because of what I want to spend my money on!" How do you assign left vs right in this case?
- giancarlostoro 1y agoI think pretending like people can be divvied up in one direction or the other is part of the problem. Political sides arent so clear cut.
- ben_w 1y ago> Did you know Elon Musk considers himself center left? Socialist, even: https://yellowhammernews.com/spacexs-elon-musk-im-a-socialist/ https://yellowhammernews.com/spacexs-elon-musk-im-a-socialis... And the actual tweet: https://xcancel.com/elonmusk/status/1008013111058526209 https://xcancel.com/elonmusk/status/1008013111058526209
- giancarlostoro 1y agoHis views have shifted somewhat, so I'm not 100% sure if he's still asserted support to these views recently.