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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/36276203

ID: 3 panel comic:

  1. A surprised looking person pops in to existence on a floating rock surrounded by fire, next to the devil.

  2. The person asks "wait a second-- why'd I end up in hell??"

  3. The devil, now taking up the entire frame, replies: "because centrism enables fascism"

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[–] ALiteralCabbage@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

I'm not an ideologue, but historically, centrism (or, to be more precise, liberalism) has done a pretty poor job of defeating extreme points of view, because they typically won't do what's required to resolve the conditions which lead to extremism, and the response to threats to the status quo (socially or politically) are more often met with repression.

The adage "scratch a liberal and a fascist bleeds" doesn't come from nowhere.