Name:   johndoe - Subject:   It's long past time to re-center Date:   6/12/2019 4:32:14 PM (updated 6/12/2019 5:04:04 PM)

Given that politics and government at Federal and State levels have steadily moved rightward since the mid-1970s, but the vast majority of the population has not, what is now called "centrism" is actually Republican Lite, IOW, crony socialism for the elites but hard-nosed, cruel feudalism (falsely called "capitalism") for working people. True centrism is embodied by the candidates whose policies are both well-articulated and supported by a majority of the American public.

Before you start throwing around the word "socialism" as if it's intrinsically evil, you need to answer the following questions, among others:

1. Is graduated income tax evil?

2. Is Social Security evil?

3. Is Medicare evil?

4. Are public schools evil?

5. Are public firefighting organizations evil?

6. Are public roads evil?

7. Are national parks evil?

All of the above programs - and many, many more - are socialist by definition. In addition, the Federal bailout of huge US banks while forcing individual homeowners to fend for themselves, tax subsidies given to the largest and most profitable corporations in the world, compensatory payments offered to US farmers to compensate for the damage Individual 1's tariffs are causing, and many other programs which provide no benefit whatever to working Americans are also socialist by definition.