I agree that these people lack a *meaningful* identity. As a result, they advocate on behalf of the “expert” class with whom they wish to identify and by whom they are directed. The priest caste who deliver the evidence to the enlightened centrists for their righteous consideration. This is an identity group.
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Yeah. I disagree with that. I mean, I think there are shades of truth to it. But what I would say is we don't really have many centrists or moderates in the political class anymore.
If a centrist is by definition someone without a group identity then I agree. You cannot be a political actor without an identity, so such people don’t exist.
You can tell that they’re an identity group because they act like one. They use the same, predictable language as one another, identify the same enemies, and support the same allies. They may be unaware of their group identity, but that’s another matter.