Isn't the commonality between liberalism and conservatism that both ideologies are closer to pure rationalism than a fusion of rationalism and empiricism? Our issue, as centrists, is that we demand more rigorous debate and testing of theories before they're implemented. I'd argue that we're pragmatists, the fusion of rationalism and empiricism, and that we favor government that is more aligned with the principles of the modern scientific method, where experiments must be explainable (rational) and repeatable (empirical).
That would make the centrist disagreement with libs and cons fundamental and ideological, which means that we're not "centrists" on the political scale at all. We just get the name "centrists" because of our proclivity to picking the best ideas from either faction. We don't have to concentrate on centering ourselves either, as we can still believe in objective truth, which is revealed through rigorous thought and experimentation. Just a thought... -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
