politics
April 2, 2026
What the No Kings Protests and Tea Parties Have in Common
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TL;DR
- The author believes that centrism is not always correct and sometimes both extreme positions are wrong.
- He often finds himself taking a contrarian stance because he believes conventional wisdom can be wrong.
- The author uses an analogy of building a bridge to explain why centrist compromises can be illogical.
- He critiques the "Vital Center" liberalism formulation for implying that disagreement with its tenets leads towards totalitarianism.
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