Reminds me of "Lamourette's kiss". In the summer of 1792, when the middle class had gained control of the French Revolution and decided to compromise with the Monarchy, Lamourette (a priest) proposed that the Assembly abandon the idea of the Republic (a left wing ideal) and also abandon the idea of the upper chamber of congress (a right wing ideal). The middle-class Assembly screamed and cheered at Lamourette's proposal of "radical centrism" (i.e. abandoning progress) and everyone began hugging and kissing each other in centrist ecstasy.
True story. Those politicians just wanted to grill, man. BTW this happened like a month before the people (the actual Left) stormed into the King's palace and forced him to be arrested and executed, just in case you wanna know where "radical centrism" leads.
(Source: The Great French Revolution by Kropotkin, chapter 32)
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Reminds me of "Lamourette's kiss". In the summer of 1792, when the middle class had gained control of the French Revolution and decided to compromise with the Monarchy, Lamourette (a priest) proposed that the Assembly abandon the idea of the Republic (a left wing ideal) and also abandon the idea of the upper chamber of congress (a right wing ideal). The middle-class Assembly screamed and cheered at Lamourette's proposal of "radical centrism" (i.e. abandoning progress) and everyone began hugging and kissing each other in centrist ecstasy.
True story. Those politicians just wanted to grill, man. BTW this happened like a month before the people (the actual Left) stormed into the King's palace and forced him to be arrested and executed, just in case you wanna know where "radical centrism" leads.
(Source: The Great French Revolution by Kropotkin, chapter 32)
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