that was a point that I thought was interesting about the placement of pols in the 2008 political compass' site graph that I posted here a week or so ago.
a politician who is "centrist" in terms of the discourse that is allowed for candidates who have a chance of winning an election is the center of authoritarian social views and right wing economic positions.
however, as Dan Ariely noted last year, Americans THINK we have a society that is more like Sweden's social democracy w/o the huge disparities in income that exist here.
additionally, unless you ask Randome 
Americans have moved farther and farther away from authoritarian positions on cannabis prohibition.
yet these ideas are not allowed b/c our media says they're extremist.
even when they're not.
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