You vote left because you want the best for the general good of society, you vote right because you want what's best for yourself, in particular.

It's because we lefties say completely justified mean things about so-called 'centrists', and criticizing the literal record of centrism is tantamount to insulting a centrist's identity.

The centrists made up the term so they wouldn't have to face the fact that they're conservatives.

I was actually thinking about this yesterday. I'm something of a centrist.

Fascists want to exterminate their enemies, and the problem is that they are pretty good at it once they get into power.

Communists want to feed everyone, and the problem is that they're pretty bad at it once they get into power.

Both have caused plenty of deaths and misery, and both are in that way horrible, but I'd say that it's always better that your intention are good even if your ideas practically suck -- just as long as your intentions don't include fascist-adjacent harrowing shit like "let's kill all rich people and generally anyone who disagrees with us". There's at least a distinct possibility that at some point something can be improved in the way communism is implemented.

But obviously for fascists, there's no potential good ever. The only way fascism improves is when it becomes less fascist.

edit Damn, lots of either angry fascists or oblivious communists in here.

These bullshit Twitter takes are getting old. This is a more realistic interpretation.

Far left: We're going to exterminate entire groups for the sake of "equality"

Far right: We're going to exterminate entire groups for the sake of "purity"

End result = A bunch of people get murdered

Centrists: These both look pretty bad, we just want people's needs to be met

End result = pragmatic governance

If you're someone who hates centrists because they're not as extreme as you then YOU are a part of the problem.

far left: we're gonna exterminate entire social groups because they're impure

far right we're gonna exterminate entire social groups because they're impure

centrists: i literally cannot tell you two apart

They both lie and fail to achieve what they promise. Niether actually wants to do what they promise, they just want to use the promise and some symbolic actions to gain influence, money, and power. So yeah, in a lot of ways, they are the same. Neither is helping the people they are supposed to be serving.

Hate to burst your bubble but far left sound and act like violent facists and helped pave the way for the far right. They do sound the same. It's the moderates that actually want everybody's needs met.