Spectre@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 months agoLiberal vs leftistlemmy.mlimagemessage-square66linkfedilinkarrow-up1199arrow-down148 cross-posted to: memes@lemmygrad.ml
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minus-squaredis_da_mor@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down22·edit-22 months agothere are multiple varying definitions of liberal depending on the time, location, and context reddit thread discussing this edit: i like getting downvotes for attempting to add nuance, i’m not even a liberal (by any definition), i’m a socialist anarchist
minus-squareoscardejarjayes [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 months agoI mean, liberals by really almost any definition will still be pro-Capitalism, from Classical Liberalism to American Democratic Party liberalism. Once people go further left, into anti-Capitalism, they almost always stop using that label.
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up20·2 months agoYes, but the above one is the most consistent and historically correct that would cut down all those discussions.
minus-squareAmnesigenic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoThere are varying definitions of a lot of words, and most of those variant definitions are wrong
minus-squareSibshops@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down8·2 months agoAnytime someone says liberal on Lemmy it will mostly likely refer to modern liberalism in the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States
there are multiple varying definitions of liberal depending on the time, location, and context reddit thread discussing this
edit: i like getting downvotes for attempting to add nuance, i’m not even a liberal (by any definition), i’m a socialist anarchist
I mean, liberals by really almost any definition will still be pro-Capitalism, from Classical Liberalism to American Democratic Party liberalism. Once people go further left, into anti-Capitalism, they almost always stop using that label.
Yes, but the above one is the most consistent and historically correct that would cut down all those discussions.
There are varying definitions of a lot of words, and most of those variant definitions are wrong
Anytime someone says liberal on Lemmy it will mostly likely refer to modern liberalism in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States