Well said. Sent from my iPhone
> On Dec 27, 2013, at 15:29, [email protected] wrote: > > > Bare Bones Radical Centrism > > What does the critique of the Left get right ? > " " " " " " " " wrong ? > What does the critique of the Right get right ? > " " " " " " " " wrong ? > > > Both sets of questions need to always be asked. > > > > Plus: > Adding it all up, what really seems to be the truth ? > > What is the best solution to the problem ? > This may be some combination of ideas from Left and Right > -or- > it may be a new, original solution that you invent yourself. > > > ----------------------- > > > > Essentials: > > > If close to 100% of your criticisms are derived from a Right-wing perspective > then you are not a Radical Centrist. > > > If close to 100% of your criticisms are derived from a Left-wing perspective > then you are not a Radical Centrist. > > > Radical Centrism starts from the position that there is something > fundamentally > wrong with both Left and Right. Exact percentages vary from year to year > but -structurally- it is just about impossible for either L or R to be > more than about 2/3rds wrong on any given set of issues. And the split > is more characteristically closer to 55 - 45. > > That is, no party or political viewpoint could exist as a movement > unless is was objectively right at least 1/3rd of the time, and more like > a minimum of 40% or 45%. > > This refers to mainstream parties or causes. Extremist political groups > may well be wrong at very high rates and right at very low rates. > > > Because, structurally, the major parties are each right at least about 40% > of the time, a Radical Centrist should always seek to identify that 40% > even if, until "signing up" as a Radical Centrist, he had been a Rock-ribbed > Republican or a Yellow Dog Democrat. > > Solutions to problems should usually be "radical," that is, uncompromising > and bold and, most of all, be based on some standard of objective good > and objective usefulness. A solution is also radical when it does > not pander to partisan considerations of any kind, in which case > it is radically independent. > > Billy > December 27, 2013 > > -- > -- > 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 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
