Time for a "FAR CENTER" Party!
I have always been an independent and a "centrist" and am of course acutely frustrated by what is happening in the world, so I been developing an idea for forming what I call (tongue in cheek? Tongue stuck out? Tongue and groove?)
"The Far Center Party"Why "Far Center"? How does it counter "Far Right and Far Left"? And what does it even mean?
It isn't just a cute or provocative phrase my students and I are coming up with. It is a matter of a fresh perspective from "Nexus Thinking".
We’re taught to imagine politics on a one dimensional number line: left, center, right. And the far left and far right are at the extreme ends.
A slightly better 2D model turns that line into a circle — where we can at least better see that these extremes meet and arguments repeat.
But what if the real mistake is thinking of politics as a flat manifold at all?
The "Far Center" adds a vertical and vortical dimension: perspective, systems thinking, and long-term responsibility.
From above, from the FAR CENTER -- from that "bird's eye view" or from "30,000 feet" many so-called oppositions dissolve. Inclusion isn’t forced — it becomes unavoidable.
This isn’t about “splitting the difference.”
It’s about seeing the whole system.
Ecology already works this way. Economies already depend on it. Politics just hasn’t caught up yet.
I sketched this out in my office some weeks ago and today asked cybernetic ally NTHARP to "improve the drawing".
Here is how to interpret it:
Panel 1 — Linear
Politics as opposition
A single axis: left, center, right.
Distance is assumed to equal difference.
Conflict is inevitable.
Understanding is positional.
Panel 2 — Circular
Politics as repetition
Extremes meet.
Oppositions collapse.
The “center” becomes trapped in endless rotation.
Insight without escape.
Panel 3 — Far Center
Politics as perspective
Add a vertical dimension.
The same disagreements still exist — but they are no longer flat.
From higher altitude, patterns emerge.
Integration replaces polarization.
Care, regeneration, and systems awareness become visible constraints — not ideological preferences.
The Far Center is not the middle of the circle.
It is the vantage point above it.
Let's get this party started!
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