Radical Centrism

Radical Centrism, shortened to RadCent is a term used to describe any ideology which advocates for radical change and measures, with an emphasis on pragmatism over ideology.

The essence of Radical Centrism can be described as something along the lines of “ideological grocery shopping”. It uses policy positions from any ideology across the political spectrum in a non-partisan pragmatic way to solve individual issues with the fundamental goal of reforming institutions.

History
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Foundations and Beliefs
Radical centrism is a concept that arose in Western nations in the late 20th century. Despite being conflated with ideologies such as syncretism, dead centrism, moderatism, radical liberalism or anti extremism, it is actually a “meta ideology” that may incorporate elements of these frameworks. Radical centrism, instead of actively searching for compromise between extremist ideologies like a dead or moderate centrist, is willing to use radical solutions. It uses individual policy proposals from across the political spectrum in a pragmatic way that does not fall upon partisan lines. There are no clearly defined policies for radical centrists but the ideology places a heavy emphasis on pragmatism over ideology, going so far as to calling themselves “un ideological” or “anti ideological” due to their willingness to break through party lines to solve systems. Radical centrists borrow ideas from the left and the right, often melding them together and incorporating aspects that are complementary. It should be noted that although the radical centrist has a tendency towards moderate solutions, he isn’t above radical solutions. Most tend to support market-based solutions to social problems, with strong governmental oversight to represent public interest. There is support for the growth of an empowered middle class. General policies common to many radical centrists and radical centrist literature include-

1. A commitment to fiscal responsibility, even if it entails reduction of social programs.

2. A commitment to market-based solutions in health care, education, energy, the environment etc so long as the solutions are carefully regulated by government to serve the public good. The policy goal, says Matthew Miller, is to "harness market forces for public purposes".

3. A commitment to provide jobs for everyone willing to work, by subsidizing jobs in the private sector.

4. A commitment to need-based rather than race, gender or other identity based affirmative action; more generally, a commitment to identity neutral ideals.

5. A commitment to participate in institutions and processes of global governance.

6. A commitment to decentralization of power to limit corruption through methods such as a Swiss style direct democracy

Personality
RadCent when in contact with other ideologies will try to get them to "peacefully talk it out" and often incorporate their policies into their own framework. He can be quite commanding in the presence of other ideologies when he needs to be due to being more coherent and radical (get it?) than other centrist ideologies.

How to Draw
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 * 1) Draw a ball with eyes.
 * 2) Fill it grey.
 * 3) "Carve out" 4 arrows from the 4 cardinal directions of the ball pointing towards the centre of the ball.
 * 4) Separate each arrow into 2 parts around the center of each arrow.
 * 5) Fill the sections of the ball with the color of each of the political compass that corresponds to the relative area on the political compass.

Friends

 * [[File:Moder.png]] Moderatism - I like you but stop limiting yourself to just the moderate sections of the political spectrum.
 * [[File:Horshu.png]] Horseshoe Centrism - Says there's no difference between balance and imbalance.
 * [[File: Progconf.png]] Progressive Conservatism - I admire you’re pragmatic way of solving things.
 * [[File:Community.png]] Communitarianism- You may be on to something.

"You have some good ideas, but you should consider looking at ideas from other sides as well"

 * [[File:Leftunity.png]] LeftUnity- Imagine taking political ideas from just the left side of the political spectrum.
 * [[File:Rightunity-yellow.png]] RightUnity- Imagine taking political ideas from just the right side of the political spectrum
 * [[File:Libunity-yellow.png]] LibUnity- Imagine taking political ideas from just the Libertarian side of the political spectrum
 * [[File:Authunity.png]] AuthUnity- Imagine taking political ideas from just the Authoritarian side of the political spectrum
 * [[File:Antcent.png]] Anti-Centrism - Imagine limiting yourself to just the extremes of the political compass.
 * [[File:Anrad.png]] Anti-Radicalism - We need to deal with radicalism! Oh wait...
 * [[File:3way.png]] Third Way [[File:Third Way - alt.png]] - My adopted child. You would benefit from becoming a bit more… radical
 * [[File:Apolit.png]] Apoliticism - Grilling is definitely a good policy from him.

Enemies

 * [[File:Altcentr.png]] Dead Centrism - You are highly unpragmatic and have little to offer in terms of solutions
 * [[File:Radape.png]] Radical Apoliticism - Youre mindless hatred of politics will further doom us.

Literature

 * Independent Nation (2004) by John Avlon
 * Toward a Radical Middle (1969) by Renata Adler
 * Stalking the Radical Middle (1995) by Joe Klein
 * The Radical Center (2001) by Ted Halstead and Micheal Lind
 * The Two Percent Solution (2003) by Matthew Miller
 * Radical Middle (2004) by Mark Satin
 * Ethical Realism (2006) by Anatol Lieven and John Hulsman
 * Break Through (2007) by Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger
 * Food from the Radical Center (2018) by Gary Paul Nadhan
 * Winning the Race (2005) by John McWhorter
 * Unfinished Business (2016) by Anne-Marie Slaugher
 * Try Common Sense (2019) by Philip K. Howard
 * The Origin of Wealth (2006) by Eric Beinhoker
 * How to Run the World (2011) by Philip K. Howard
 * The Righteous Mind (2012) by Jonathan Haidt
 * Voice of the People (2008) by Lawrence Chikering
 * Radical Middle: Confessions of an Accidental Revolutionary (2010) by Dennis Becket
 * On New and Radical Centrism (2018) by Alexandru Filip
 * The Time for Radical Centrism Has Come (2018) by Micheal D. Fricklas
 * The Radical Middle: Building Bridges Between the Muslim and Western Worlds (2012)
 * Road to Generation Equity (1995) by Tim Penny, Richard Lamm and Paul Tsongas
 * An Invitation to Join the Radical Center (2003) by Gary Paul Nabhan
 * Ground Rules for Civil Society: A Radical Centrist Manifesto (2003) by Ernest Prabhakar
 * The Cape York Agenda (2009) by Noel Pearson
 * Ten Big Ideas for a New America (2007) by New America Foundation
 * The Liberal Moment (2009) by Nick Clegg
 * Depolarizing the American Mind (2014) by Steve McIntosh and Carter Phipps
 * Radix: Think Tank for the Radical Centre (2016) by David Boyle
 * Unlocking the Climate Puzzle (2017) by Ted Halstead
 * California for All (2019) by Michael Shellenberger
 * The Center Can Hold: Public Policy for an Age of Extremes (2018) by Niskanen Center

Criticism

 * The Radical Centre: A Politics Without Adversary (1998) by Chantal Mouffe
 * Beware the Radical Center (2017) by Ryan Shah

Wikipedia

 * Radical centrism
 * Syncretic politics
 * No Labels
 * Demos (UK think tank)
 * Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership
 * New America (organisation)
 * Thinking outside the box
 * Reform Party of the United States of America
 * Poland 50

Online Communities

 * r/radicalcentrism

Gallery
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