Let's say we all share a house and are having a house meeting on fire safety.
Those "unrealistic purist" progressives insist on getting everyone fire extinguishers for their apartments.
"Sensible" centrists recommend thimbles of water. They had originally suggested paper cups but feared potential conservative opposition to this proposal, so they proactively talked themselves down to thimbles.
Conservatives say we should buy more guns and are virulently against thimbles which they ominously warn is a slippery slope to buying fire extinguishers.(1) Some centrists agree.
And finally, there are the socialists who say we should install a sprinkler system because the "house" is actually a vast high-rise apartment complex and HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THIS!? IT IS A BIG PHYSICAL THING THAT YOU LITERALLY LIVE IN AND SEE EVERYDAY!(2)
"Sensible" centrists recommend thimbles of water. They had originally suggested paper cups but feared potential conservative opposition to this proposal, so they proactively talked themselves down to thimbles.
Conservatives say we should buy more guns and are virulently against thimbles which they ominously warn is a slippery slope to buying fire extinguishers.(1) Some centrists agree.
And finally, there are the socialists who say we should install a sprinkler system because the "house" is actually a vast high-rise apartment complex and HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW THIS!? IT IS A BIG PHYSICAL THING THAT YOU LITERALLY LIVE IN AND SEE EVERYDAY!(2)
The complex gets gutted by fire every eight years or so.(3)
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1) There are not that many conservatives, but they make every meeting so the house now has a vast arsenal.
2) Other scorned and ignored socialist proposals include replacing the fire escapes that conservatives had previously ripped out and melted down to make ammunition. Centrists had supported removing the fire escapes because some tenants were drying their laundry on them, thereby lowering property values.
3) Many tenants strongly feel that the munitions stockpile should not be stored in the boiler room.
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1) There are not that many conservatives, but they make every meeting so the house now has a vast arsenal.
2) Other scorned and ignored socialist proposals include replacing the fire escapes that conservatives had previously ripped out and melted down to make ammunition. Centrists had supported removing the fire escapes because some tenants were drying their laundry on them, thereby lowering property values.
3) Many tenants strongly feel that the munitions stockpile should not be stored in the boiler room.
