I'm wondering if they'd argue that in, say Pakistan, it is still best to work with the system as the most effective way of achieving goals.
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Take a central position & try to help the process of working out the kinks from there rather than be radical. Live to fight another day.
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I'm not being sarcastic or making a point. I know a Pakistani, atheist liberal who is taking this tactic after much consideration.
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Or do more of them, who are western, mean that they work within the game because it's the game they value - secular, liberal democracy
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If it is that they value secular, liberal democracy & the fruits of the Enlightenment, could framing this as 'centrism' miss that point?
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Because this is not a philosophical commitment to taking a middle position. It is a strong position with well-established principles.
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And the fact that a belief in them places one in the centre of our current left-right dynamic is almost coincidental.
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you're right. regarding policy, centrist in reference to what? a centrist in Euro is probably more left in US & more Right in SouthAm.
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and would be even more diff on policy in diff eras. Regarding Liberal values they are shared across wide political spectrum, not just center
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In Australia, “Liberal” is a party:
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some in central and northern euro also. Liberal here was same use as Helen's a few tweets down.
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they are the closest thing to libertarians, in econ and social, that euro has.
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It’s considered a “conservative” government. In some ways, I see them as left of the USA’s Democrats.
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I understand Centrism as pragmatically using evidence to direct policy, behavior and thought with universal values as a given starting point
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Depends if the rich are making up the rules as you are playing
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