StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website to Quark's@startrek.websiteEnglish · 14 days agoDavid Ellison says 70% of Americans are centrist. Surveys tell a different storywww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkDavid Ellison says 70% of Americans are centrist. Surveys tell a different storywww.theguardian.comStillPaisleyCat@startrek.website to Quark's@startrek.websiteEnglish · 14 days agomessage-square5linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: politics@lemmy.world
Meanwhile, on Paramount’s news side, this is the Ellison vision — and some discussion from the Guardian about its viability.
minus-squareCapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoAfter the headline, but before the article I thought - Define “center” or Ellison’s, The Guardian’s and the public polls are less than dogshit. My second thought was here is another public figure trying to influence a public conversation whose only qualification is being rich.
minus-squareStillPaisleyCat@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agoMy thought was ‘centre as compared to what’? The Overton window has been intentionally moved over the past decade, Even before, that what might be considered ‘centre’ in the US, even ‘centre-left’ didn’t align well with other OECD countries.
After the headline, but before the article I thought - Define “center” or Ellison’s, The Guardian’s and the public polls are less than dogshit.
My second thought was here is another public figure trying to influence a public conversation whose only qualification is being rich.
My thought was ‘centre as compared to what’?
The Overton window has been intentionally moved over the past decade, Even before, that what might be considered ‘centre’ in the US, even ‘centre-left’ didn’t align well with other OECD countries.