People who try to refer to our concept of high-rung political thinking often use the term “center.” But center is a What You Think word. It refers to the middle parts of the x-axis—as if holding viewpoints in those areas is the mark of a good thinker. Likewise, people often use “far” as a proxy for “low-rung,” calling, say, an uncompromising, progressive zealot part of the “far left.” This is a misnomer because A) there are plenty of uncompromising, progressive people whose views are mainstream, and B) there are plenty of people who hold radical left views who are well informed and
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Not crazy about his words but we
do need better terms overall.
