A valid point. I certainly don’t think the actual center of even traditional US politics, much less of civilized world politics is between the two current US parties. The US right has wandered way out into crazy land and the US left has followed them partway across the actual center into lightweight right-land.
I think that a majority of conservatives follow the Constitution the same way they follow the Bible; through a filter of authority figures telling them what those documents say. They don’t actually read the Constitution and then look at Trump’s actions to compare how he adheres to it. Instead they believe Trump when he tells them that the Constitution fully supports what he does and that therefore supporting Donald Trump and supporting the Constitution are the same thing. So Trump’s followers believe that they are respecting the Constitution at the same time they’re marching on the capital to overthrow the government.
Agree on the first, disagree on the second. The Dems have simply taken the center as it was unoccupied. The Dems are still= pro-choice, pro-immigration, pro-voting rights (okay, that used to be a centrist position), Pro-healthcare, pro-combating climate change (the GOP simply denies it), pro-education, pro- social welfare systems, etc. Anti-hate, anti-bigotry.
Sure, the radical left doesnt “wag the dog” like the reactionary right does the GOP, but it has a voice, and is listened to.
Dont confuse Conservatives with MAGAs.
Wait, isn’t pro-choice, pro-healthcare, etc. the centrist position?
Depends. There’s a lot of carefully chosen “control the debate” behind those terms.
Nope. I mean, Abortion is a thorny issue. Most Americans want some controls, but only a tiny % want abortion banned altogether. That is why dumping Roe bit the GOP in the ass in several elections.
Pro-healthcare? Well, medicare is Centrist. Obamacare is liberal. Not very liberal, not like true UHC would be. Bernie Sanders plan was far left.
By the American understanding of right/center/left, mind you.