Unless you need to win more votes than your opponent.
I don't think you can generalize politics and startups in the same breath with an aphorism.
We are in a rather polarized political climate, so being a bit more extreme does seem to get you more attention and maybe more votes than being more centrist. But the 2020 U.S. Presidential election actually refuted this statement in the article:
> ...in the same way that any major politician sticking to a pre-2016 playbook today is almost certainly not going to win.
Biden was much more centrist/bi-partisan (in his messaging) than any of the other potential Democrat candidate, but he won the popular and electoral votes.
I don't think you can generalize politics and startups in the same breath with an aphorism.
We are in a rather polarized political climate, so being a bit more extreme does seem to get you more attention and maybe more votes than being more centrist. But the 2020 U.S. Presidential election actually refuted this statement in the article:
> ...in the same way that any major politician sticking to a pre-2016 playbook today is almost certainly not going to win.
Biden was much more centrist/bi-partisan (in his messaging) than any of the other potential Democrat candidate, but he won the popular and electoral votes.