- 09 Mar 2018 11:19
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I wouldn't be so crass as to say, 'he's a Marxist', but he is certainly a long way over to the left on economics.
I think Centrism is a misnomer, really, but how else do you classify someone who doesn't like the Left and doesn't like the Right?
If indeed 'the mainstream' is composed of the Left and the Right together 'in perfect disharmony'... then perhaps those of us who favour neither are the real radicals.
skinster wrote:What's your problem with John McDonnell?
I wouldn't be so crass as to say, 'he's a Marxist', but he is certainly a long way over to the left on economics.
Reichstraten wrote:Do you ever get desperate, being a centrist? Centrism isn't really mainstream...
I think Centrism is a misnomer, really, but how else do you classify someone who doesn't like the Left and doesn't like the Right?
If indeed 'the mainstream' is composed of the Left and the Right together 'in perfect disharmony'... then perhaps those of us who favour neither are the real radicals.
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