Centrism is not a fixed ideology, it is just the current status quo. Sadly, the graphics are dogshit because they don’t explain what the y-axis means. Ist das ein Wert per Land oder soll er vergleichbar sein? What is zero? A little bit of racism but worker rights?
I was more getting at the headline but yeah that’s a larger problem with “left right” analysis in that is both a shifting target (example: in the 1900s eugenics was ‘progressive’ ) and its a fuzzy target where both sides might have similar policy stances in places but arrive there by very different paths (example: opposition to Israel).
Early in the 1900s for a very brief period eugenics was thought to be a way to rid the world of disease, before it became clear what it would entail. The amendment to ban alcohol and the amendment to unban alcohol were both part of the progressive movement as well. So nailing down what is centrist, progressive, right wing is very much time dependent.
Abortion was very much popular in non catholic churches until the 1980s when republicans roped it into the culture war.
Yeah the non korea charts appear to show young men being more centrist (+0) and women being more left.
Centrism is not a fixed ideology, it is just the current status quo. Sadly, the graphics are dogshit because they don’t explain what the y-axis means. Ist das ein Wert per Land oder soll er vergleichbar sein? What is zero? A little bit of racism but worker rights?
I was more getting at the headline but yeah that’s a larger problem with “left right” analysis in that is both a shifting target (example: in the 1900s eugenics was ‘progressive’ ) and its a fuzzy target where both sides might have similar policy stances in places but arrive there by very different paths (example: opposition to Israel).
I’ve never heard of eugenics being described as left wing. Could you elaborate?
Early in the 1900s for a very brief period eugenics was thought to be a way to rid the world of disease, before it became clear what it would entail. The amendment to ban alcohol and the amendment to unban alcohol were both part of the progressive movement as well. So nailing down what is centrist, progressive, right wing is very much time dependent.
Abortion was very much popular in non catholic churches until the 1980s when republicans roped it into the culture war.