“Centrist” is a phony identity. It’s a put on, like journalists who pretend to be “objective”.

The whole thing is a reification of the concept of political “spectrum”.

Self identified centrists are usually people who’ve only been recently engaged in politics. They imagine themselves as neutral arbiters; the consumer that chooses the best ideology. They represent themselves as above politics, when in reality they’re operating on an elementary understanding.

Politics is values. The left values equality while the right values hierarchy. No human being has ever valued the midpoint between hierarchy and equality.