Re:Doctorow – A Murder Story: Whatever Happened to Interoper...
by samtho on Saturday October 07, 2023 @04:38PM
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Something that seems absent these days in American political discourse is the assumption that the other party, in general, has a similar north start to your own, i.e. both conservative and liberal ideals (in the recent past) seemed well-intentioned enough to claim that they each just want what’s best for the country. Now it seems like we have four factions and the centrist left and centrist right just seem to be merging while the far left and far right are moving further away from everyone.
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Re:Doctorow – A Murder Story: Whatever Happened to Interoper...
by catlover76 on Saturday October 07, 2023 @07:13PM
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Feels to me like centrist left and right are getting pulled apart from one another to their respective ideological fringes.
This has pretty much just totally happened to the Republicans; Democrats have done a better job of staying centered and responsible, but I don't think that's a given forever.
> Something that seems absent these days in American political discourse is the assumption that the other party, in general, has a similar north start to your own
Well, they don't have similar "north stars" or visions of the country or normative values. But this isn't discussed or debated directly by anyone, politician, talking head, or otherwise.