• maxinstuff@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    policies that make small adjustments to the current system, as opposed to fundamental, large scale change

    The word you’re looking for is “conservative”

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      (in a political context) favouring free enterprise, private ownership, and socially traditional ideas

      Conservative implies right leaning, centrist implies opposed to large scale change

      One can be a radical conservative, and one can be centre-left

      The word I was looking for is “centrist”