InclusoYa antes del siglo veintiunoXXI, algunos opinaban en contra de lo que ellos consideraban centrismo radical.{{#tag:ref|In 1967, a novella by science fiction writer [[Mack Reynolds]] portrayed a conspiracy of powerful men that called itself the "Radical Center". They planned to take over the government by spreading an anything-goes morality that would make citizens selfish, apathetic, and non-judgmental.<ref>Reynolds, Mack (1967). "Radical Center". Reprinted in Olander, Joseph D.; Greenberg, Martin H.; Warrick, Patricia (1974). ''American Government Through Science Fiction''. Foreword by Frederik Pohl. Rand McNally College Publishing Co., pp. 14–42. ISBN 978-0-528-65902-7.</ref>|group="nb"}} En 1998, por ejemplo, el teórico político Belga [[Chantal Mouffe]] planteó que el ferviente y a menudo encarnizado conflicto entre la izquierda y derecha es una característica necesaria en cualquier [[democracia]].<ref>Mouffe, Chantal (summer 1998). "[http://www.amielandmelburn.org.uk/collections/soundings/09_11.pdf The Radical Centre: A Politics Without Adversary]". ''Soundings'', issue no. 9, pp. 11–23. Retrieved 5 February 2013.</ref>{{#tag:ref|Mouffe also criticized radical centrism for its "New Age rhetorical flourish".<ref>Mouffe (summer 1998), p. 12.</ref>|group="nb"}}
