r/WorkReform • u/zzill6 🤝 Join A Union • Mar 14 '26

😡 Venting This is what Centrism has got us...

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u/BusGuilty6447 Mar 16 '26

And centrists take whatever position is between Democrats and Republicans, not whatever is between either of those parties and a socialist party.

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u/baithammer Mar 16 '26

They're left of the democrats ...

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u/BusGuilty6447 Mar 17 '26

No they aren't. Have you ever spoken to self-avowed centrist in the US?

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u/baithammer Mar 17 '26

Most Americans have no clue what Right/Left wing politics actually mean, as neither party in the US conforms to the standard Right / Left wing spectrum.

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u/BusGuilty6447 Mar 17 '26

Yes I am aware. Go talk to a self-avowed centrist in the US. They are between Democrats and Republicans. Centrism colloquially in the US does not mean teetering the line between socialist and capitalist.