When in reality I'm simply uncompromising to my values even if the political landscape changes around me, I would still say I'm a Centrist, even if at this point I'm like 80% Republican because of how much we have shifted to the left

My biggest worry at this point is the left losing another 2 or 4 years in a row

And then just radicalizing and trying to overthrow the government

If there was an actual independent party I would understand if Tim didn't want to vote for the wings but there isn't.

A second biggest fear is that by the time the next generation is a beige, the Red Wave will become so hyper dominant that the left won't even be competition anymore and it'll simply turn into who can be more right-wing

*next generation is of age

Now left/right is a vote of sanity vs insanity.

Yeah, and that's a terrible thing LMAO

The capitalist in me wants people to compete because we win

At the moment it's not really direct competition it's more or less just hysteria on both ends of the spectrum with a large chunk of Common Sense siding with the right at this point

~~ever since the 2016 election I’ve been more right-wing, so politically that just seems like something that’s fine with me, but the real reason for it being so bad for us is how much destruction Democrats and their voters will bring with them if they go down~~

I think a lot of the issues dems run on aren't actually issues. It's just that they create problems.

Well, the funny thing is, today I am practically considered conservative but in 2006 when I graduated high school and was able to vote I would very clearly be considered a liberal

It's literally things that if you ignore them they go away.

They like to create problems rather than solve them

What part of me just thought about it in a more abstract archetypical sense

If progress is against conservation

Everyone but me is an NPC.

Progress will eventually reach the point where it is no longer useful, and at that point conserving progress is more important

I’ve always been a drone

Also sir

If the progressive representation is no longer useful, they might create their own problems just to remain relevant

It’s drone, not NPC

We've already long passed the point of where progress is regressive.

I gtg

Post scarcity is fantasy, not sci-fi

Check your f****** pronouns

I’d like the idea of post scarcity but eh

Shit happens

Well in my case I will always be pro-choice even if I can see valid arguments

And that's mainly just because I think some people shouldn't breed LMAO

There will always be scarcity. Everyone only has one body.

"who can be more right-wing"

If the right becomes so dominant that the left is no longer a real party, then chances are the "right" will splinter into a new left and right. Example: the number of people who were liberal and are now considered conservative. That rift is still there.

So in reality it would just be people fighting to be moderate

That's the only thing I can hope for

Obliterate the current left entirely.

Adopting ideas the previous left had, in the aftermath of their own train wreck

Faction the right.

It just doesn't seem like a winning strategy

Our current left is just plain unacceptable, holy shit.

your idea of liberal-conservative axsis is flawed.