Steven Pinker Thinks ‘Radical Centrism’ Is New & Genius — It’s Neither

31 thoughts on “Steven Pinker Thinks ‘Radical Centrism’ Is New & Genius — It’s Neither”

1. God when you do that voice it's fucking insufferable and you sound douchier than the people you're trying to mock. I'm trying to listen but it's losing me dude.

2. I lasted about thirty seconds into this video. Not impressed by the juvenile sarcasm and smarmy presentation. How you deliver the message is important.

3. But I like my label. Rabid progressive with roots in crank insanity. Can I keep mine?

4. radical centrism in the us just means hard right wing. your political poles are moderate right and far far far far far far far far far right and like 5 moderate lefties

5. Would be cool if we had a president that's like a mixture of Bernie Sanders and Ron Paul.

6. You mentioned how Republicans gone so far right they border of fascism; but, fail to mention how the Democratic have gone so far left they too are bordering on fascism; with the rise of SJWs and antifa.

7. I'm a Pro-Choice, Pro-Gun, Pro-Legalization, and Pro-Wall Agnostic. Come at me.

8. Kyle just say it when u talk about radical centrism u mean dave 'shill' rubin and his dumb marketplace of ideas.

9. Label Humper sounds so freaking hilarious!

10. I agree the center is good. It's time for the US to get in line. Bernie Sanders platform would be considered a centrist in most western societies. Let's do it, make the US a more centrist western country!

11. Screw centrism it's time for a hard turn left

12. I am bit dissapointed with you… Centrism is not a silly idea… Centrist policies work… A combination of correct government regulation and healthy free-market competition could be great for economy… The problem is not centrist policies. The problem is the corrupted establishment… The status quo is not centrist, in my view, it's centre-right wing… Here are some good centrist anti-establisment policies: Raise the taxes for the rich and regulate big corporations and prevent the establishment of monopolies in order to protect the interests of consumers (consumers are the middle class, and low-middle class)… Free medicare for all is an other great centrist policy… These policies might sound far-left policies in US but for the rest of world these are just reasonable centrist policies…

13. Well, Macrons approval rating was low (and is still low) at the time because he pushed necessary reforms that where unpopular with many french citizens. No doubt, he'll become a crowd please when the time comes for elections.

    Furthermore, Tony Blair self identifies as a radical centrist. He lives a legacy wrapped in controversy as a result of the Iraq War, but it is hard to deny the profoundly positive impacts his leadership had on social progress and economic growth.

    Radical centrism is ultimately about pragmatically taking the best solutions to problems from both sides of the political centre. It is indeed synonymous with the third way, however this is not a bad thing. I personally identify as a radical centrist and I agree with policies ranging from across the political spectrum. For example, I support tighter border controls for the sake of social cohesion and more effective cultural assimilation. This is traditionally seen as right wing. I also support the implementation of a UBI, or a universal basic income, with instalments made on a weekly basis in either digital or cash form. This is a relatively new idea, which is generally seen as left wing.

    Radical centrism does not mean indecisiveness, nor does it equate to elitism.

14. says mockingly “I believe I’m free speech and stuff”, then ironically a moment later has the audacity to ask “are you ever going to bring up a specific talking point?”…uh, last I checked, free speech is a specific talking point. @4:20

    Point of the rant is understood, but that example did you no favors 😄

    Btw, get a centrist talking on a point by point basis, and they will probably have opinions, or at very least should have the intellectual honesty to admit they haven’t come to a conclusion on an issue yet.

    Centrist doesn’t mean fence sitting. It means being understanding of nuance, and being unwilling to just jump at a conclusion without considering all the evidence. It means looking at the larger repercussions of a stance and being open to revision of your stance in light of new information. Flexibility in order to enact the best possible solution to a given issue.

    To be radical is to be at the root of things. In a sense, centrism is radical. Why? Because to be at the root of something usually means to understand its multifaceted nature. Nature is complex. Reality and truth are complex. The centrist understands this and commits to this level of truthfulness, instead of a black or white right or left low fidelity view of the world. Polarized solutions only bring more polarity. The pendulum swings again. But we’re all getting seasick, so the only way to stop the pushback is to be at the center. Call me a pessimist, but Neither side will ever have their way. Ever. The only way to avoid self destruction is to find better solutions from the best and brightest minds on all quadrants of the political spectrum. And then to integrate these ideas and put them into action. Disagreement drives views and clicks. Meanwhile, there are many issues we could be discussing that we actually all agree on more than we disagree, which might be a better place to put our collective attention

15. Woosh

16. What exactly is a Kyle Kulinski?

17. "Radical Centrism" is chastising the working class and yelling at them for asking for what every other modern, developed country has.

18. Popularity is an indication that something is likely false not true.

19. Centrism doesn't nessasarily mean bipartisanship.

20. Your not lazy? You have an entire bandwagon thinking for you and you seem to believe that what is popular is what is right.

21. You know a centrists intentions. Fuck you! You do not know other people's intentions.

22. The problem with radicalism is the consistent shift away from the middle and IDK about this individual
    But I as a centrist recognize the main issue is regaining government representation and transparency
    With a decentralized media to hold the authorities accountable.

    I think a lot of centrist have varying views because their ideologies are across the spectrum and so
    Centrism by itself is not good or bad but it is compromising.
    Compromising unites the country as to where radicalism divides the country.
    This is why I have issue with radicals on both sides so against centrism is your beliefs will lead to
    Conflict instead of resolution.

23. Im an anarcho-fascist my ideology is completely real and valid.

24. Is this Cenk Uygur Jr.?

25. Such a misrepresentation of Centrism.

    It isn't "the status quo," it's simply thinking for oneself. Sorry that not everybody has to be a blind ideological idiot like you and conform to a false narrative, I know.

26. Centrism over relies on the establishment while offering very little. It ignores reality (much like libertarianism). If the establishment is the problem you can’t expect the establishment to fix it. You risk becoming label humping nothingness.

    …and a MASSIVE liar without any integrity.

27. Centrism: I went to college, so I should know better… but, my daddy's a right wing racist, so I'm kinda torn.

28. Pinker looks like an European aristocrat from the 1700s. And his ideas are almost identical.

29. Complete strawman, Kyle knows nothing about Progressive Centrism yet immediately conflates it with Neoliberalism and comes off sounding like a gatekeeper who’s trying to reinforce ideological bias here.

30. Centrist are annoying. Alot I've met tend to this think they're smarter then everyone, but have nothing to give

31. Kyle scared of centrists lool

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