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  1. A quotation from Eisenhower

    People talk about the middle of the road as though it were unacceptable. Actually, all human problems, excepting morals, come into the gray areas. Things are not all black and white. There have to be compromises. The middle of the road is all of the usable surface. The extremes, right and left, are in the gutters.

    Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) American general, US President (1953-61)
    Interview (1963-11-05) by William Stringer, “Midroad View at Gettysburg,” Christian Science Monitor

    More about this quote: wist.info/eisenhower-dwight/17…

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  2. I learned about the term #Enlightened #Centrism on the weekend and I love it (not them). I had known the principle, but had never known the term.

    Enlightened Centrists are - for example, Elon Musk, Jordan Peterson - who supposedly seek a centrist view, but usually wind up attacking the left and defending the right.

    Because they don't understand the paradox of intolerance, or that unfettered libertarianism never works in practice because some people will always be selfish greedy assholes.