#shrinkingmiddle — Public Fediverse posts
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"…the “growing gulf between the #left and #right and the #shrinkingmiddle.”
I want to re-frame this, because it’s a mischaracterization.
When we talk about political ideology, the center of the spectrum in the United States is meant to be #theConstitution and the rule of law. That is the standard, the baseline, the bare minimum of agreement against which the full right-to-left spectrum of policy negotiations and compromises must ultimately be tested.
The gulf that has developed today is not about polarization. The left and right are not migrating further apart. The right has launched off the edge of the chart into violent #authoritarianism. There is no corresponding leftward lurch towards social revolution."