62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Afraid to Share

Re:62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Af... by shirakawasuna on Thursday July 23, 2020 @06:16PM (#23933140)

In addition, this "centrism" isn't actually "center", ideologies don't actually fall neatly along a single dimension. These are just handy ways to reference and group ideologies.

The "center" people are referring to here is a United States-centric form of liberalism. It's not any less "extreme" than communism, it's just the dominant political force and, as you say, has the privilege of positioning itself as the comfortable default. In reality, it's a fairly extreme commitment to a different set of principles.

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Re:62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Af... by natechols on Thursday July 23, 2020 @06:49PM (#23933594)

How is the US style of center-liberalism extreme, as compared to an ideology that demands total control over the economy and its citizens? Or do you think concepts such as "rule of law" are extremist?

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Re:62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Af... by zanny on Friday July 24, 2020 @02:47AM (#23936511)

At the very least the commodification of absolutely everything is pretty extreme.

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Re:62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They’re Af... by Nasrudith on Sunday July 26, 2020 @02:15AM (#23954850)

It isn't absolutely everything for one. If it was then you could legally buy slaves, nuclear weapons or foreign nations could buy New York in its entirety based upon a market cap would be far closer to commodification of everything.

Commoditization is just a fundamental result of math basically. Fundamentally there is still a cost to a commodities no matter what party pays for it to provide it or bar access through certain methods as illegitimate like it being illegal to buy organs from a donor for transplant.

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