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[-] gaael@lemmy.world 33 points 4 days ago

Please stop calling Macron's party centrist. It's right wing and has always been, regardless of what they pretend.

[-] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 3 days ago

I think it's reasonable to call it centrist, despite also being right-wing (ie centre-right)

To me, centrism isn't just about being somewhere in the middle between the left and right of the political environment, but also about having policies that make small adjustments to the current system, as opposed to fundamental, large scale change

[-] maxinstuff@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

policies that make small adjustments to the current system, as opposed to fundamental, large scale change

The word you're looking for is “conservative”

[-] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago

(in a political context) favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas

Conservative implies right leaning, centrist implies opposed to large scale change

One can be a radical conservative, and one can be centre-left

The word I was looking for is "centrist"

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