Comment by Cyphase
14 days ago
https://www.paulgraham.com/mod.html
> There are two distinct ways to be politically moderate: on purpose and by accident. Intentional moderates are trimmers, deliberately choosing a position mid-way between the extremes of right and left. Accidental moderates end up in the middle, on average, because they make up their own minds about each question, and the far right and far left are roughly equally wrong.
I never liked this answer. Moderates could just be wrong.
"Intentional moderate" is certainly just another tribe. Aiming squarely for the middle of the Overton window du jour is sort of a politician's job, but it shouldn't be emulated by others.