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Mikhail Gorbachev has died

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paulpauper ◴[] No.32655276[source]
Like Bill clinton, he helped define 90s geopolitics. It's remarkable how he faded away like he did. Nelson Mandela, Yassir Arafat , Ariel Sharon..that whole era.
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1. sph ◴[] No.32656656[source]
They were too moderate for the modern age. Centrism has gone out of fashion.
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2. kshacker ◴[] No.32657455[source]
It goes in cycles. We go to extremes and then swing back and sometimes in unison across continents. We will go back to some centrists although whether it takes 10 years or 50 is hard to say.
3. hot_gril ◴[] No.32657836[source]
In the US, Obama seemed pretty centrist to me. Joe Biden less so, but still the most centrist of the front-running candidates this cycle.
4. morelisp ◴[] No.32659191[source]
Noted centrist Nelson Mandela?
5. refurb ◴[] No.32660898[source]
You think Yassir Arafat or Ariel Sharon were regarded as "centrist"?

Absolutely not.