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Originally Posted by Camaero
Isn't it yet clear that extreme leftists and extreme rightists are bad?  |
Extreme anything is bad if it takes away the subtlty of compromise. Effective politics in Canada has always been about compromise. Left leaning minority governments have been the most effective historically. No absolutism, no hard radicalism. When certain factions have taken hard right approaches as with Mulroney in the 80s we've seen Canada decline. It took the Liberals a decade to pay off that debt and Mulroney dismantled alot of the progressive political work done through compromise.
Radicals in practice are indeed no good. Radical thought, rational process. Its like Augustine's City of God and City of Man. Aspire to one thing, live another but weigh your life based on your aspirations.