People who frame their 'centrism' as pragmatic - playing by the rules of the game to be most effective, does this work with every game?
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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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