Please hold a moment… – The Atlantic
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The belief that the country is on a downward slope fuels the appeal of radicalism.

    • killingspark@feddit.orgEnglish
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      2 days ago

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_centrism

      Nope, it’s what many parties in western nations have become.

      General policies

      • An overriding commitment to fiscal responsibility,[59] even if it entails means testing of social programs.[75][76]
      • An overriding commitment to reforming public education, whether by equalizing spending on school districts,[77] offering school choice,[78] hiring better teachers,[79] or empowering existing principals and teachers.[80]
      • A commitment to market-based solutions in health care, energy, the environment, etc., so long as the solutions are carefully regulated by government to serve the public good.[81][82] The policy goal, says Matthew Miller, is to “harness market forces for public purposes”.[6]
      • A commitment to provide jobs for everyone willing to work, whether by subsidizing jobs in the private sector[83] or by creating jobs in the public sector.[84]
      • A commitment to need-based rather than race-based affirmative action;[85][86] more generally, a commitment to race-neutral ideals.[87]
      • A commitment to participate in institutions and processes of global governance, and be of genuine assistance to people in the developing nations.[7][88]

      Edit: But if your point was, that I made a mistake there: Yes you are right, I meant the political centre not the radical centre.