“The political center in a stricter sense—and this is very important—is also characterized by its firm defense of Western centrality grounded in solid classical liberal political principles that help guide and set the course, especially in times of uncertainty, fanaticism, pettiness, and radicalization. It acts as a compass, pointing the way through this storm of narratives, polls, social media disputes, and extremism.

Consequently, the political center is neither equidistance, nor necessarily the circumstantial consensus of the moment, nor the left, nor timidity.”

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