The road to ruin is paved with good intentions. We will be taken advantage of to the extent that we tolerate it. The strategy is to use our kindness and good will against us.

I see it as more of a 3D grid. On x axis authoritarian vs libertarian and on y axis humanist vs classical moralist and on the z axis tribal vs non-tribal

Neutrality is the absence of principles (strongly held beliefs)

There are two types of centrists: Those who consider themselves balanced and those who claim to be neutral. The former group believe their principles are balanced between two extremes and the neutral group lack principles to begin with. There is actually no way to be neutral if you are a centrist. You will always be left of one group and right of another.