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[โ€“] [email protected] 30 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It's weird that the axes of where "centre" is remain stable over time. Can you imagine comparing "left vs right" between the 1890s and the 1920s? Like a bunch of stuff happened in between, history happened, and that tends to redefine left, right and centre.

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

Great observation! This is called the Overton Window