How was it? The right says "we want to do genocide", the left says "no, we don't want any genocide". So the right responded "ok, so let's just do a little genocide", and the left responded "no, we don't want any genocide". And the centrist said to the left "see, You are the extremists, you don't want to meet in the middle".

[–] cerement@slrpnk.net 72 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Meet me in the middle, says the unjust man.
You take a step toward him. He takes a step back.
Meet me in the middle, says the unjust man.

—A.R. Moxon

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 weeks ago

On a related note, I really hate how our political system in the US tries to force parties to meet in the middle by allowing election results where neither party has the majority required for the government to actually function (pass laws and other critical functions)

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is perfect. The right has gone so far to the right that meeting in the middle is still very much on the right.

[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 month ago

The lesser evil, still being evil trope.

[–] stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The ratchet effect.

[–] Zink@programming.dev 10 points 1 month ago

Fake might be the wrong word. To me it feels very real and very entrenched both due to our voting system and those two powerful parties being the ones with the power to change it. Plus both are beholden to interests other than those of the general population, so their stated platforms aren’t necessarily real. (This is not a both sides comment, one side is still far worse than the other)

It’s an emergent thing from other flaws in the system, and it is bad, but it feels all too real.