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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Right. Thing is: Always, forever and ever, the "left" is held responsible for moderating, for finding common ground, for "calming the pendulum" or whatever. So what happens? What was the reason the pendulum swung so far to the right this time? Oh, yeah, because Obama's almost entirely centrist policies completely muddled what the center is to Republicans.
#### calming the pendulum. Swing it as left as you can (as left as Biden is capable of, which if we're being honest is really not that left). And then let the chips fall where they may, because (like it is for the left now!) it is going to be a lot harder to swing far right if you're starting from a place left of center, than center or center-right.
I'm tired of the moderate nonsense that basically just seeks to placate the far right while erasing everyone left of center. It's some serious bull####, if I'm being blunt.
The pendulum is swinging violently? lol, with all due respect come on. Name the last time the pendulum swung violently to the left in the US. All it's been doing is slowing shifting it's center axis right. Time to put a plug in that nonsense.
The best bet is to cram in as much as you can in 2 years. Every last bit of it. Forget what the right thinks. This is Biden, not Bernie, Biden can roll every policy he can imagine in 2 years and they might swing things to the center. Maybe. What are people scared of? Centrism? Ooooo, boring centrism! Better be careful!
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Treating politics like team sports the a big part of the reason for this mess. Continuing that isn't helpful for anyone.
We are talking about the U.S. here though. Their "center" is still pretty right. Do the majority of people want Biden to swing things as far left as possible? I would say probably not. That's why the burden is on the left to calm things down.
Don't under estimate right wing extremism in the U.S. right now. Preventing it from taking hold should be the first goal because anything Biden does now with the power they have can be easily undone in 4 years if they don't win over moderate conservatives.
It's funny though, because you can see the opposite happen in Canada. Right wing conservatives often have to moderate their agenda, especially on social issues, to avoid upsetting the population base where the left holds the balance of power. In the U.S., the right holds the balance power. You have the Bernie and AOC crowd representing the far left, but there are probably as many or more Democrat supporters that are right of center.