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ew centrist
I don't mean to be rude, but how is centrism not right-wing? To be fair, in my view of politics i consider most so-called left-wing parties (socialists, communists) to be right-wing as well. To me, the Left stands for abolition of private property and money.
How do you define your centrism? If we start from this, i may be able to elaborate on what i perceive as right or wrong with your views. I personally could consider myself a centrist in a non-traditional sense because as an anarchist i'm opposed to political parties (who divide the people on brand not principles), but i don't think that's what you had in mind :)
I'm curious how you consider that compatible with private property. Let's take a practical example: in France there's over a million empty dwellings, and there's people sleeping on the streets. What do you consider is the most sensible course of action: let people sleep on the streets, or take over empty dwellings to rehouse everyone unconditionally?
If you believe human needs are more important than arbitrary religious beliefs like money/property then i'm afraid you are very much against the principle of private property which says that resources are "owned" by someone and only that specific person gets to decide how those resources are used.
That's only the left on one political axis though, but politics is more than just economics. For example, LGBTQ+ right movements are leftist in some sense, but a priori don't stand anywhere on the economical axis.
A more general definition of the left is through progressism, as opposed to conservatism. As I seem to understand from other comments that you are French, may I ask whether you know (/ what you think about) the Peertube channel !esprit_critique ?
I don't think this is true at all. I believe queer movements could be interpreted to be leftist in some sense, in that they defy current norms and expectations, but there's many many LGBT people who are very conservative or outright fascists. Take a look at the top10 trans youtubers for example, or to give an example closer to home, Florian Philippot is a famous gay politician from the fascist party Front National.
I would also argue that women have often been instrumentalized in colonial discourse ("white men protecting brown women from brown men"), and that lately this discourse has shifted to include trans/gay people (pinkwashing). Two examples:
All in all, i would say reproductive rights and views on gender are different axis than left/right. They could be fitted on a top/down authoritarian-libertarian axis (in that they represent personal self-determination vs society-driven roles) but could as well become axis of their own.
I am french on papers, although proudly anti-french in spirit (being an anarchist). I don't know about this video channel though. I'll try to think to take a look, don't hesitate to remind me in the future ;)
yessss.... my point exactly. I want those ideas which are taken to be granted to be questioned. You got that right mate!