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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
BTW, it is cute that you actually think the only reason the Liberals and NDP don't merge is because they don't want to, and not the fact that the two parties are as ideologically opposed as the NDP and Conservatives are.
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I agree with this. The political spectrum shouldn't be divided simply between left and right. There is room to have left, centrist and right parties. The only reason I like the Liberal party in theory is that they are supposed to be centrist enough that if you drew a Venn diagram, they would encompass aspects of the left and right, but as soon as they start to take on too much from one side, I think it defeats the purpose as they lose focus. It's definitely more difficult I think, to manage a centrist party because the very definition means there will be some fluidity on policy.
I do think there are some NDPers (and Conservatives for that matter) that could fit in with the centrist point of view, but all 3 parties should stay as they are all important for different reasons.