the latest BRICS summit recently completed

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    I think that is also a very one-sided view on this issue. The truth most likely lies somewhere in the middle.

    Centrism is a religion

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      Centrism is rejection of political extremes. It is nuance and critically questioning everything. It means criticizing your own side. Contrary to popular belief It is the opposite of being a coward, because everyone will hate you.

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        Rejecting political extremes on the basis of being extreme, and not the merits of the positions (or lack thereof), is the opposite of nuance. It’s substituting critical thought for a rejection of the idea that one can both differ from the median viewpoint and be correct, which is logically absurd.

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        No, centrism is the uncritical acceptance of the political extreme that is currently in power. It rejects nuance on and critical questioning, because that might lead to believes other than the current status quo.

        It is the certainly not the opposite to being a coward, and it is synonymous with being intellectually lazy; like relying on thought terminating cliches such as “the truth most likely lies somewhere in the middle”