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Being a Leftist in the 21st Century
The 2007 Left Forum came to a close Sunday in New York City. Each spring the Forum convenes the largest gathering in North America of the international Left. With close to one hundred panels and th...
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This is in contrast to the alleged "far left" or "far right", the leaning or near is more centrist.
I find the idea of being a "centrist" to be pretty absurd. To me its kind of like being alive or being dead, I guess one could say that dying or being a ghost is somewhere in between, but it doesn't really make sense.
Not trying to say you don't have a legit point of view, just asking for an explanation.
Political views aren't so black and white.
"centrist"
All that is, is the average of the current peoples views.
As for me, I like the benefits of the freemarket, but I think certain parts of it need to be socialized to prevent mismanagement from killing people. This along with certain regulations.
Thats where my problem is, though. The average of people's views in the U.S. at least would be pretty far to the right. So being on the center could mean either the center of national politics or the center of the political spectrum in general.
Anyway I'm not trying to argue with you, so I'm sorry if I got us onto that track.
True, and one could ask for the global average. However requesting some absolution average, doesn't work very well.
Since we don't have a full understanding of the implications of each system. Political science is a very fuzzy thing, thus why identification by relative policies is the most accurate representation.
"I'm not trying to argue with you"
Neither am I, its nice to just discuss things. ;)