No, it's not. People can find themselves in the centre but this is almost never a result of a philosophical commitment to 'centrism.'https://twitter.com/melonfraufrau/status/898316801708359680 …
I hadn't heard of them.But in the manifesto I am writing with @GodDoesnt we talk about the drive to make a coalition of moderates using this
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And why it won't work.
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We don't arrive at positions or ideas simply by finding the center of an issue. Likely we agree on many goals. Maybe differ somewhat on how.
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Centrism in lieu of policies has resulted in 1000's of Dem seats + Presidency lost which means it's not working. Promote single payer & win.
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Centrism in lieu of policies...what does that even mean? Worked on the Hill during ACA. Even w 60 Ds, votes weren't there for single payer.
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Def don't have votes yet now either. But we should work to cover everyone. Let's start by stabilizing ACA. Not perfect but made big progress
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No profits on necessity. There shouldn't be a greedy little man getting rich because people need to subsidize healthcare.
#MedicareForAll
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They're successors to
@TheDemocrats defunct DLC, which began in 80's. You'd think they'd seen centrism faults by now https://www.salon.com/2016/04/30/clintonism_screwed_the_democrats_how_bill_hillary_and_the_democratic_leadership_council_gutted_progressivism/ … -
But establishment Democrats are still maintaining that holding the centrist line leads to success, despite all evidence otherwise.
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