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In reply to the discussion: Centrists are by no means even close to a threat to Democracy. Lack of centrists is [View all]Uncle Joe
(58,349 posts)The former being propaganda induced brainwashing and the latter being righteous anger.
The underlying problem with prolonged massive economic disparity is that as the middle class shrinks and their influence is continuously diminished the mega-wealthy and major corporate conglomerates in order to protect their economic interests use all their lucre and propaganda power to maintain an increasingly authoritarian agenda moving the status quo to the right.
They will play fault line politics to the hilt in order to keep the people fighting among themselves to divert attention from massive economic disparity; something rarely by the economically conflicted corporate media conglomerates.
As the perceived center is moved to the right, moderates/centrists; are slower to recognize or react to the danger because coming from a predominately pragmatic point of view they're closer to the right than progressives or liberals; the canaries in the coal mine.
Progressives and liberals approaching from a more idealistic point of view know what could or should be a more just society than centrists or pragmatists trying to work within the existing status quo; whatever that is at the time.