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Geriatric GardenerWell worth a read!“If You Want To Fight The Machine, Don't Move To The Right”by Caitlin Johnson in Caitlin’s Newsletter on Substack “Right wing ‘populism’ has been allowed to flourish by the very power structures its proponents purport to oppose, while the authentic left has been systematically dismantled by generations of aggressive imperial operations”<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/caitlinjohnstone/p/if-you-want-to-fight-the-machine?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://open.substack.com/pub/caitlinjohnstone/p/if-you-want-to-fight-the-machine?r=27oltk&utm_medium=ios</a><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Press</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Empire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Empire</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FarRight</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Populism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Left</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MSM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSM</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Murdoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Murdoch</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Sanders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sanders</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AOC</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Centrism</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<a href="https://flipboard.com/@FlipboardUK" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@FlipboardUK</a> <a href="https://flipboard.com/@flipboarduk/news-uk-edition-mukbja9gz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@news-uk-edition-FlipboardUK</a> that'll be more Austerity then, because she's not going to tax the rich. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RachelReeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RachelReeves</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPOL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukpolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TaxTheRich" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TaxTheRich</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Austerity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Austerity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poverty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Centrism</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Centrist Parties are failing around the World, they cannot deal with things as they are now, they are nothing but doormen for Fascism.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Greece</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Centrism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Tempe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tempe</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈<a href="https://universeodon.com/@Piousunyn" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Piousunyn</a> they are one and the same, which is ironic considering Starmer didn't visit Harris before the election, he visited Trump. Labour will lose the next election for the same reasons the Dems lost the last one, they moved to the right and lost their core vote, despite pointing out how bad the other team were. It's pathetic, it's centrism.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Centrism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPOL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKPOLITICS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKPOLITICS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UKpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UKpolitics</a>

AccordionBruce<a href="https://zeroes.ca/@Geoffberner" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Geoffberner</a> In my lifetime, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Centrism</a> seems to mean “Getting the rich to share their money with us” which limits their policy options

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Centrism has failed, people want real options, not a Rich People's world. But Centrism would rather Fascism take over than the Poor go without exploitation. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/24/the-fight-at-the-heart-of-the-german-election-is-simmering-everywhere" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/24/the-fight-at-the-heart-of-the-german-election-is-simmering-everywhere</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Centrism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Reassuring the rhetoric isn't "The people have given us a message and we are to work with the Fascists" like it would be in an English speaking nation. Still though, Centrists fail before Fascism, this is only buying time. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Merx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Merx</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DePol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DePol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Centrism</a>

Andii אַנדִֽי'"any political stance which doesn’t make economic reform a central plank just can’t be described as left. It is a liberal position, deriving not from Marx or the Chartists or the trade union movement but from 1960s narcissistic hippy counterculture." robinmcalpine.org/bundling-and-the-path-to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#centrism</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#left</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialism</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economics</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Maybe appealing to bigots at the expense of everyone else is a waste of time? Oh look, you lost! Still doing it though, aren't you Dems? Still putting off millions of voters by chasing votes you'll never get, aren't you? It's what Centrists do, they fail. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPOL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Centrism</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Labour pivots more to the Right, and loses votes, and ReformUK gains, so Labour pivots more to the Right, and loses votes...But they know better than all us disgusting progressives and leftists, who despise fascism and Trump. Fuck us, our votes don't matter and nor do we.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukpol</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukpolitics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Labour</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ReformUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReformUK</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Centrism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a>

Nando161<a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#centrism</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/centrist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#centrist</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Centrists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Centrists</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#classwar</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/ausgov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ausgov</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/politas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politas</a>

Violet MadderHey, centrists!There is no such thing as a "center" between fascism and... well, ANY DAMNED THING AT ALL.If you're trying to fence-sit or reach across the aisle or comply in advance or whatever the fuck other nonsense with people who support eugenics, genocide, ecocide, slavery, rape, torture, or white supremacy, you're just another rotten fucking right-wing collaborator. Either you believe in equality and freedom and kindness, or you don't. There's no halfway point. The Democrats should be treating anyone among their number who is voting in line with Republicans on mass deportations, gutting environmental protections or wrecking healthcare or any of this other twisted fuckery this administration is shitting out, as VILE TRAITORS.There should not be any "peaceful transition" to the next Reich. Whatever you'd do in Germany in the 30s, you're doing right now. Shouldn't somebody be chucking these murderous bastards bodily out of office before they burn the whole world down? Can we say that out loud yet?? For years the Vote Blue No Matter Who crowd has been screaming from rooftops about how another round of Trump could be the end of all democracy, the next Hitler and so on-- but was all of that just noisy melodrama to coerce votes out of people, or what?? If you actually believe it, if you SEE what's happening, you've got to face the fact that voting harder has already failed. It's time to act like fascism is real, and it's here, because that jackboot is coming DOWN on us all if we don't start doing some drastic shit. If you're not a radicalized antifascist yet, what the fuck are you even doing??Are we just going to meekly continue to do as we're told now that the broken, rotten, corrupt government is spinning truly and blatantly off the rails and the orders being handed down stop making any actual sense at all?Everybody's going to need to take hold of their ass in both hands and pick it up off that fence. If you're still comfortable, stop assuming horrible violence and oppression is Someone Else's (browner, poorer, more 'third world') problem. It's coming for you too. Don't fidget around just waiting till the next round of voting harder for Someone Else to fix this for you.And no, I am not advocating for you to start running around chucking explosives etc as if that's the ONLY option when we finally get up off the couch. Resistance is implemented in EVERY PART OF LIFE. Not just out in the streets, not just in violent revolt, but EVERYWHERE. Where you work, where you eat, where you shop, where you sleep. Make choices that are inconvenient for the people stepping on us. Make choices that support your community. Millions of people doing even small things are unstoppable. This is going to take thousands upon thousands of tiny rebellions adding up to real change.There's things you can do. We are not helpless. Think small. Think steady. Think sustainable.Damn right we need courageous folks putting themselves on the line in big ways, but if you're still too chicken for that at least do SOMETHING. Even if it's just getting the hell out of the way (and not snitching!) when the truly courageous do take action.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#centrism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antifascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifascist</a>

Nando161<a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/centrist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#centrist</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#centrism</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/fact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fact</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meme</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/fyi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fyi</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/psa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psa</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈So Trump can fire Government employees at the drop of a hat but the Biden Administration ached and ooed for years about firing off the TrumpistsCentrists are an expressway to Fascism <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPOL</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Centrism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a>

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Centrists will always lose to Fascists.Always. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/21/austrias-firewall-against-the-far-right-collapsed-could-the-unthinkable-happen-in-germany-too" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/21/austrias-firewall-against-the-far-right-collapsed-could-the-unthinkable-happen-in-germany-too</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FarRight</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Centrism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Austria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Austria</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Germany</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Centrists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Centrists</a>

Nathaniel GregoryFeckless <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#liberal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#centrism</a> has completely failed and is now discredited forever.What's for lunch?<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republicans</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DNC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RNC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liberals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Liberals</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Liberal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conservatives</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conservative</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vote</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Election</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DemocraticParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DNC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RepublicanParty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RNC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JDVance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JoeBiden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KamalaHarris</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Harris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Harris</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TimWalz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Walz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walz</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Inauguration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Inauguration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#America</a>

RebelGeek99I'm a staged opposition moderate centrist. While it's important to make it look like I'm making a good faith effort to... oh fuck, I don't really care, I get paid either way lol <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#centrism</a>

Larry NeufeldThis isn't just a problem for U.S. politics but a similar problem for many other countries as well: The Center Cannot Hold, and It Doesn’t Seem to Care <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#centrism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/rightwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rightwing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/populism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#populism</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/leftwing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leftwing</a> <a href="https://jacobin.com/2025/01/center-left-electability-far-right?mc_cid=8cf546da99&mc_eid=3c0c8158ff" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jacobin.com/2025/01/center-left-electability-far-right?mc_cid=8cf546da99&mc_eid=3c0c8158ff</a>

Lydia ConwellYou see, you post criticism of people like Farage, and you end up will a few new centrist followers.So to avoid that, you shut up about Farage.And centrists again help to enable fascism.<a href="https://exile.social/tags/Centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Centrism</a>

Liam O'Mara IV, PhDYou may think <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apathy</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centrism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#centrism</a>, or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/neutrality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neutrality</a> are moral positions, but they are rooted in moral cowardice. You may not care about politics but it cares about you, and you have only those freedoms you are willing to defend. The corporate <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PoliceState</a> grows fat on disinterest.

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