I’m a bug eater just cuz they have it coming
I don’t know what gave you the impression that I am an American, but I am not. And honestly, I wouldn’t call the US a model democracy, it definitely has markings of an oligarchy. (looking at you with confusion)
I’m sorry, repeat my statement and insert your own shitty politicians. I shouldn’t have assumed
Ok, I agree that politicians are often corrupt and don’t necessarily act in the interest of the people, but what does this have to do with centrism?
Anyway, if you wanna get rid of politicians, what do you propose?
Im all for some kind of direct democracy, in the age of the internet this isn’t even unrealistic anymore. Proposals could be made and voted on just like Lemmy posts. Or if we wanna stick with elected officials, we might implement some real time election system, where instead of voting every few years, you could just register your vote in a monthly poll on any device with internet access (of course this would require everyone to have internet access at least once a month)
Looks like you’re German from a brief glance at your comment history?
The 1932 elections were such a perfect counterexample to your point.
Ironically enough, the 1932 presidential election was the last direct presidential election y’all had, and the Nazi Party lost the election.
How is that a counterexample? The people who voted for Hitler were Nazis, my point still stands. Hindenburg was the centrist choice at the time, yes. However, he wasn’t a centrist, but a rightist (is that a word?). He was much more afraid of the Commies than of the Nazis. This is what led to him later betraying the people that elected him by making Hitler chancellor, giving power to exactly the one person his voters so desperately tried to keep out of it.
Hindenburg was the centrist choice at the time, yes. However, he wasn’t a centrist
Woah, woah, woah. Is he a centrist or not? I think you’re just retroactively labeling him a “rightist” because he let the Nazis gain power, despite being elected on the premise that he was opposed to them.
There’s a reason people here say that liberalism is the moderate wing of fascism, and it’s that when it really matters, liberals will choose the fascists over anything remotely resembling communism time and again.
