I don’t think you really understand what centrism is. It’s not “a middle ground between every issue”. It’s not “finding compromise on everything”.

I’m a liberal, but more and more I’m finding myself sympathising with centrists. The way I see it, a centrist is someone who agrees with the left on some issues, and agrees with the right on some issues. Or they might agree with liberal ideals but disagree with the way in which the left goes about trying to ACHIEVE these issues.

Examples of centrist positions could include:

• Believing in climate change but supporting nuclear power as a solution to fossil fuels
• Believing in equal rights for women but disagreeing with quotas
• Believing that capitalism can be reformed
• etc

Typically, the centrists I’ve known tend to actually think MORE about issues than the average liberal or conservative. Because they don’t just accept everything that their “tribe” believes, and actually pick and choose what they believe no matter whether this comes from “the enemy” or “the allies”.

Steven Pinker posted a really good policy from the Niskanen Center about “Radical Centrism” and I really liked it.

Essentially centrism is an ideology of nuance, an ideology directly opposed to tribalism, an ideology of finding solutions from different people of different experiences and opinions.

It’s not “the middle ground on everything”.

https://mailchi.mp/1217b3655170/niskanen-center-releases-new-policy-vision-paper?e=a9f2dc5a14