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> On Sep 22, 2015, at 07:51, MG <[email protected]> wrote: > > People who buy into RC in the later stages will be walking into an > established political movement. Like every other big movement out there, it > will inevitably calcify into tired phrases, witticisms and truisms. The > existence of moderates, undecideds, independents, etc. require parties and > ideologies to go back to basics Great discussion! I think we are getting right to the heart of why this problem is hard. :-) To me the big question is: What are we trying to build? If it is just another political party, then organized around a particular platform then, I suspect: 1. We won't be able to build a consensus, even among the three of us 2. Even if we did, it would be so watered down it wouldn't inspire a critical mass of followers. 3. Even if it did, it would just turn into another calcified system. To me, the hope of RC is to break that cycle. Rather then building a party around specific positions, build a community around certain values and processes. That way it would transcend our individual limited perspective, and create a safe space for ideas to emerge and evolve. In a sense, we would be affirming that our highest value is the ongoing search for truth, not just power in he service of our current understanding of truth. THAT is what would set us apart from all the other players. Does that make any sense? E -- -- 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/d/optout.
