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(((My))) research suggests that across Europe and North America, centrists are the least supportive of democracy, the least committed to its institutions and the most supportive of authoritarianism.

Of course it is.

(((They))) have no use of centrism.

NY Times is now ahead of Pravda when it comes to ideological inculcation of collectivist ideas.

(((They))) have no use of centrism.

Rood 😤

The greatest trick the (((devil))) ever pulled was convincing everyone else the bible was non-fiction.

It's just old testament fanfic. The Torah is to Twilight as the Bible is to Fifty Shades of Grey

You gotta give them credit though, their sales strategy is amazing in its longevity.

Our biggest failure is not extending the copyright on the OT.

Pravda

Elon musk is trying to take back that word

I just read what you meant.

I'm having a Newton/Leibnitz moment with Elon... lol

This is what I was looking for. Thank you 🙏 /u/westofthetracks

It may also be that many self-identified centrists don't have many actual beliefs. Most people aren't as plugged in as /r/politics.

Ohhhh Jesus.

Imagine having reasonable beliefs that don't exactly identify with your preferred political party 😂😂

Plugged into an electric chair hopefully.

to be a centrist is to implicitly acknowledge that you have no interest in changing the status quo in any meaningful way.

given that the status quo is absurdly far right, centrists must either embrace right wing politics or have no problem with them

Yo what the fuck is this guy living at the same planet as I am? Jesus Christ, how these people don't crumble in tears every morning when they wake up and are shell shocked because of dlunpfie? Talk about blowing out of proportion

Dave Rubin told me that Mike Cernovich is the new center

Of fucking course the top comments think this is amazing and all centrists are actually alt right.

People who unironically use the phrase "Overton window" are so obnoxious. If the Overton window exists it's inarguably moved left over the years.

> That's why much of political theory now is based on a political quadrant instead of a spectrum, with x-axis ranging from 'left' to 'right' and y-axis ranging from 'libertarian' to 'authoritarian'

Lumping people into two groups just does not work! There. 4 outta do it. all fixed, now I am master of politiks

NYT editorial philosophy conveys the true meaning of these claims in the context of the liberal elite:

Pig-skinned soyboy believes that the moderate position is all white people chained to the meat curtains of a post-op trans lesbian African albino because anything less is inequality in the extreme

Therefore people who want a stable government, gainful employment, good relationships with their loved ones are the true extremists

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No shit, dude writes an op ed based on his apparently unpublished, unreviewed data. So very rigorous, nyt!

Yep, I seen't it! But I'm not a sociologist and can't parse that shit. This is why peer review and reputable journals are a thing. In the physical sciences at least, you'd be a joke after contacting the media, even a letter to the editor, before having your results peer reviewed. I guess this is just how the psuedo- err I mean social-sciences roll?

a) it's literally stated in the article that orientation is self-selected, so that you think this is a gotcha indicates you didnt even read the piece before you got mad at it

No, I just think it's a shitty analytic of actual centrists because it implicitly includes people who consider themselves apolitic and that should have been controlled for

b) if it wasnt self-selected, youd dismiss anything that conflicted with your priors as "researcher bias"

Putting words into my mouth

c) "centrists" are, almost entirely, people who dont give a fuck about politics, sorry to burst your bubble. turns out if you think you align with whatever the dominant idrology has designated as "moderate" you tend to be pretty indifferent to how that ideology is expressed, believe it or not.

No, not at all. You're just wildly speculating here. Personally, I find both extremes in the current political climate to be equally disgusting so I chose to be skeptical of both, which for me has included toning social media way down, ignoring all pundits and focusing on news reports I deem impartial (happy to discuss) to inform my opinions. Apart from the sad realization both sides are just as fucked, I find ignorance of identity politics and the ideology that goes with it has made my life a much better place.

You're either with us or against us, the enemy of my friend is my friend. Got it, you're an idealogue.

Sorry, I didn't buy into that crit theory gibberish you're gibbering about power struggles and oh, this side is more oppressed so rejecting our side and all of its terms makes you literal Hitler! I honestly don't think most people that cry oppression in the west are oppressed. Further, I grew up liberal in the US but my folks spent half their lives ACTUALLY oppressed by people who called themselves communists. And tbh, I've grown disgusted with the far left for forgetting those evils at the same time the alt rite came up, so no offense but you can go fuck yourself with that Overton window bullshit, my lived experience tells me just fine what is truly the best balance.

It's ok, at least I have the consolation of knowing my research is peer approved :)

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How are you this much of a fucking cry baby?

's literally stated in the article that orientation is self-selected I just think it's a shitty analytic of actual centrists

in the actual paper it is self selected but he introduced a control by asking respondants' opinions on immigration which is an issue that has been shown to reveal people's genuine opinions. That way he could be more sure that these centrists were actual centrists.

Well, for starters I wouldn't call it a paper until it's published but ok, I can see that as an effort. I'm not really convinced opposing immigration is good measure of political engagement and think more should be done to account for apolitical respondents, especially if this is going to be used to discuss politically engaged centrists. Tbh it kinda feels like a smear piece.

Editorial doesn't even mention mayos at all but mayos still manage to make it all about them and their immense victimhood. Typical.

https://i.imgur.com/ONKyA2F.jpg

Bet they have a nice bussy. :)

Unite!

I am in the middle!

The middle does not choose sides;

I will not choose sides!

I will not choose the left or the right,

the black or the white

the red or the blue

I am in the middle!

I am in the RADICAL middle

(((they))) won't let you be in the middle

There is no place for the radical middle!

(((they))) want you to be polarized!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=kMBcZXPKolY

War were declared

THEY CAN NEVER TAKE AWAY OUR LOVE OF ANIME HUNKS AND RUDE INTERNET POSTS!

They may take our bandwidth but they'll never take OUR SHITPOSTS!!!

oh cool a new york times article

Centrist self-defense militia when?

A fascist has worked out today. A Chapotard has posted a meme about it. Have you worked out today?

I actually have

Women and young people hate democracy, begin the genocide

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It may also be that many self-identified centrists don't have many actual beliefs. Most people aren't as plugged in as /r/politics.

Ohhhh Jesus.

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Fishhook theory is real.

Hot damn, that's retarded.

See, once you frame the last 40 years of politics and economy through a twisted far left lens, everything is the fault of moderates.

A lot of extremist groups are very supportive of direct democracy because it's a relatively easy way to get their policies passed. A lot of far-left movements have historically been pro-democracy until they came into power.

Democracy can be quite effective once you've murdered all those who oppose you.

Obviously it's impossible for far-left and far-right parties to participate in democracy.

It seems like millennial democrats are the neckbeards of politics.

“Since we’re such nice people, you owe us your vote, even if we straight up call you a threat to democracy.”

“You won’t vote for us because we called you a threat to democracy? You bitch, I knew you were a Nazi.”

You catch a lot more flies with honey than salt and soy.

Some of the most striking data reflect respondents’ views of elections. Support for “free and fair” elections drops at the center for every single country in the sample.

Maybe I'm too tired or drunk, but this line comes right after a graph that seems to show the exact opposite in Germany.

The left-right is selfreported. And for many Germans, left is basically an equivalent for antiauthoritarian while right is an equivalent for authoritarian.

Basically, if you don't want a Kaiser or Führer you wouldn't call yourself a rightwinger in Germany.

Hitler didn't come to power on the backs of the extreme right though, he came to power by eating away at the centrist parties.

German right wing kinda scaring me on the strong leader question...

Tiger

Stripes

"We want to throw everyone who disagrees with us out of a helicopter and install a dictator."

"Well, at least you're not a centrist!"

Fascism it is then 🤔🤔🤔

Singaporeanism, unironically.

1. Scare normal people shitless
2. Notice the fact that normal people want to nuke extremist political bullshit from the orbit.
3. ???
4. Profit

What a great piece of news! What a discovery! A group left out in the cold by the pervasive political system is not very supportive by said system.

Knowing how I'll vote this election I agree

Huh, people who are entirely apethetic to most social/political issues tend to not really give a shit about politics. More at 11

OP, so glad you could grace us with not only an agenda post, but also a serious post. Bravo, really glad you stuck around

> Ideology that can be described as "I don't have a strong opinion in either way" does not have a strong opinion

What mindblowing, utterly unexpected news. This is science at its finest.

Real Democracy is 50% democracy and 50% dickheads telling people what to do.

Centrists Are Most Supportive of Authoritarianism (Except for the Far Right)

really activates my almonds

Turns out, editorial sections of major news outlets are flaming hot garbage piles