• Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    That doesn’t make sense. Looking at the US, there appears to be around 18% on the extreme right, 60 percent on the moderate right, 20% on the moderate left to center, and 2% on the extreme left.

    But the media reporting on them appear to be weighted extreme right and left.

    Populist politics and media have resulted in many countries around the world becoming less tolerant of opposing views, which has driven many discussions (and more people) to ideological extremes.

    But you can have 50% extreme left and 50% extreme right in a country easily. Just means nobody’s willing to compromise on anything.

    • Mudface@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I’d like to see what the definition of ‘extreme left’ and ‘extreme right’ is to pair with those numbers. Is it something the ADL or NAACP came up with?