When people think of political denominations, they automatically think of the bipartisan republic that we live in involving the varying degrees of Republicans, which hold conservative views, and the varying degrees of Democrats, who generally hold liberal views. Then there are the subsidiaries of conservative and liberal views, some extremely to the left (social justice warriors) and to the extreme right (alt-right).
Then there is the vast amount of people who are independents. People who don’t hold to any particular party platform and don’t feel obligated to choose a side. They choose to stay to their own path, and may not necessarily adopt any sort of political leaning.
Then, you have a group of people who tend to be moderate. Moderates, or as they are more colloquially known as “Centrists” have the viewpoint that is direct to the cause (at least in my own experience from what I’ve seen). I say this because, as most of us know, the government, which is made up of basically, and by majority, Republicans and Democrats (as I have stated [with the exception of the third parties out there]) normally just beat about the bush and never get anything done when it needs to be done. That’s where the Centrists come in.
Centrism is common sense. The most direct approach is usually the easiest answer, and when we look at the political atmosphere, we see that one side has issues that are addressed, while the others are shelved or delayed for not being the other side’s main importance or priority. Centrists don’t hold to a specific guideline, cause it’s in the middle. That middle is the key to the sanity of the country.
Middle….middle ground…..a balance!
That’s what it means to be centrist. It’s being the BALANCE in the political spectrum.
So what’s the deal then? Where are the Centrists?
Well, according to the Centrist Party’s website, America is 70 percent Centrist. The majority of the country believes in a moderate political mindset.
So why aren’t there more people getting involved?
Because, in my opinion, not many centrist minded individuals get involved in politics. Many people (like me in that regard), don’t want the headache of a political burden 24/7. Every now and again to get the blood pumping sure, but not all the time.
Plus, you can’t truthfully change the mind of someone rooted on a certain side.
For example, I once argued with a socialist on Twitter over Trump supporters applauding Bernie Sander’s policy. In his post he exclaimed that “liberal policies always win.” The person, who calls themselves a “social democrat,” and denies that he is a socialist, (when the Google dictionary definition of “social democracy” is a socialist system of government achieved by democratic means) tells me that higher taxes are sometimes a good thing, and that I’m denying a basic fact of reality when I disagree with his idea that the economic system is more complicated than what he thinks it is. (I believe I worded that last part right).
Really?
Here is the difference between me and that anime loving SJW: I know history. This country was founded and started because we broke away from a mercantilist system imposed by the British empire that enforced taxes on the public, and I guarantee you they weren’t low taxes, hence why we have the slogan, “No Taxation Without Representation.” So why in the world would someone advocate for HIGHER TAXES!?
Answer: no common sense.
That’s what happens when you lean too far the left. And, in certain cases, the right.
A degree of balance is what the political spectrum needs, and what is needed by the people of this country. That’s what it means to BE centrist.
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