Political centrism is nonsense. There's no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

Here's your periodic reminder that political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.

Here's your periodic reminder that political centrism is nonsense. There is no middle ground between democracy and oligarchy.

— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 2025-06-25T02:39:32.816062Z

You should have told the Clintons that 40 years ago when they began building the centrist road to today's fascism.

— (@squeek-king.bsky.social) 2025-06-25T13:35:13.389Z

[malaise]

1. 100% correct

Rec

[rzemanfl]

2. If a person can become

an oligarch in a 95% tax bracket I might be okay with that if substantial death taxes were in place,

[unblock]

3. To be fair, a centrist today is not the same as a centrist in the Clinton years

Just as a "conservative" today is very different from a conservative back then.

The main reason centrism today is nonsense is because the middle ground between liberal and conservative has turned into the middle ground between sanity and insanity.

The first middle ground existed, the second doesn't.

[HelpImSurrounded]

4. He figured it out. Better late than never

Now if the rest of the party can figure it out...