Centrism

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True. I think for the most part, keeping things boring is best but sometimes a country/government/culture rots to the point that the only way for it to correct itself is through some bloody action of some kind. That can be a revolution started by its own people, a civil war, or a war that perhaps the country itself starts but then loses (see Germany and WWII). I think the US is slowly making its way to that point as the safeguards of democracy are continuously being eroded by Republicans and conservatives and there will be a point of no return.

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That’s the very definition of “far left".

No. It isn't.

Once you are so passionate about your understanding of the world

According to your silly understanding of it, every mass-shooter in history was also "far left."

Again. There is no such thing as a "far left."

It doesn't matter how many overly-dramatic and contrived justifications you make for it. It still remains an invention of liberal media and absolutely nothing else.

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Which part of...

The idea that there exists such a thing as a “far left” is the most centrist thing ever.

...are you having a hard time understanding, liberal?

nifty

Lol, some leftists need to get over the fact that not everyone will agree with their pov, and that doesn’t meant those who disagree are “center” or “liberal”, whatever the fuck they think those labels mean. I am tired of what feels like emotional blackmail by hardliners who insist that their biased opinions are definitive progressivism, or that they are the arbiters of truth or justice. But continue being wrong, it’s just you losing credibility ‍️ Truth and justice require a principled and unbiased approach towards morality, ethics and philosophy. I believe people can do better than zero-sum realpolitiks, I guess that’s just my naïve take.

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You have, you're on a reddit clone. Reddit, especially r/politics is centrism defined,, including the ever rightward shift it has taken that follows the natural path of centrism.

Majorllama

My father is a historian. Has a degree in world history. Plus that article has been posted to several history forums over the last ~10+ish years as best I can tell and not once has it included sources or been taken seriously by any of the historians that read it.

You've then linked a German website and a German Wikipedia page. I am not fluent in German so I can't read them, but they are both German hosted so I suspect some modern German biases probably apply. It would behoove any and all Germans to forever distance themselves from Hitler whenever possible but I also see that extending past reality with people trying rewrite history such as yourself.

Pre-Nazi Germany had something like ~15-20km of Autobahn built. Post-Nazi Germany had almost ~4000km of Autobahn. Stop trying to come at me with some "Nazi propaganda" bullshit. Those are both facts that you can independently verify if you want.

It's perfectly fine to despise the Nazis. I highly recommend it at all times. I DONT agree with trying to rewrite history because we don't agree with the optics of it today.

Have a good day teletubbyzurückwinker.

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Look in the mirror.

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All political positions weigh the violence of their positions. Liberals who fight to maintain the status quo are fighting to keep people from enclosed resources like food and housing, with the justification of the profit motive. Whether or not they're right, they're accepting blood for their policy

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Oh absolutely. But most people don't pay attention to that. Until it gets bad enough that they're angry and desperate.

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That's not what zero-sum means. Implied strawman. Insisting that your own position is the arbiter of unbiased truth and justice without demonstrating it (because obviously).

Lol k.

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It's been a conservative symbol for years, try places that sell Trump merch.

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We've established what blood the liberals actively tolerate. I don't think that's a question at this point.

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oppression leads to depression

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Yeah but I don't want to give the orange man money.

nifty

The worst thing to come out of social media discourse is ad hominem attacks (attacking a person) being perceived as attacking the argument itself. What an annoying take, no one is a god or angel. We have to do the work to find truth and justice.

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"i say it doesn't exist, so it doesn't."

yawn

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It's funny because Lemmygrad/Hexbear are indistinguishable from Gab.ai, and it's a bunch of liberals on the center who think "free healthcare" is somehow not centrist

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reject the right. reject the left.

enact your own sovereignty to the best of your ability.

support others and form community and effective organizations with those who do the same.

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Pensions protection act in 2006 encouraged the growth of employer sponsored savings accounts

Tax cuts and jobs act in 2017 simplified taxes and was welcomed by everyone in both parties

First step act in 2018 improved prison conditions

USMCA in 2018 was a functional version of NAFTA

All of these were pushed by Republicans and had demonstrably positive effects

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the left doesn't believe in the right of power.

You cannot implement something that is morally sound if it cannot handle the environmental pressures it is faced with, including the pressures of other powers and ideologies.

it's survival of the fittest out there. the most powerful ways of being include cooperation, inspiration, and unity, but aren't limited to them. likewise, the most powerful ways of being include sedition, deception, and coercion, but aren't limited to them. "but we shouldn't have to" is a losing mentality, and puts power in the hands of those you're appealing to.

There's no moral high ground to be had. But morality is based on something that is objectively true - the power which meets both the practical and emotional needs it's faced with wins.

in the mean time, the pendulum will swing. for the left, it's never left enough, for the right, it's never right enough, and for the true centrists, it's just the tide. it can fuck you up, it can be enjoyed, and it can be used for power. that's all.