Source: Persuasion
by Matt Lutz
“It is common to think of politics in terms of a one-dimensional political spectrum. There are people on the left, people on the right, and people in the center, and we can sort people by where they fall on that spectrum. There is a grain of truth to this, of course, but it’s an overly simplistic way of thinking about politics, and taking it seriously is a recipe for distorted thinking in a number of ways. One such distortion is that it cedes too much ground to political extremists for setting the terms of political debate. The left is the left; the right is the right; the center is the midpoint between whatever the left is saying and whatever the right is saying; the center left and center right are whatever the left and right are saying, but less.” (02/04/25)
https://www.persuasion.community/p/dont-just-let-radicals-dictate-your