• 👁️👄👁️@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Wait until you realize that liberal does not mean left wing. Liberalism is a right wing ideology.

      edit: to the guy who replied and blocked, complex political ideologies aren’t reduced to just a simple 4 way political compass lol. Don’t get your political knowledge from r/politicalcompassmemes

        • katve@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          1 year ago

          I’ve had multiple conversations about liberalism and come to realize there’s a multitude of definitions none of which make complete sense. A left-wing definition might be “liberal democratic capitalism” like most of Europe is, with neoliberal being a more right-wing version of that like the US. A right-winger might use liberal to mean someone culturally progressive. Sometimes liberal is used to mean someone who wants a smaller government, sometimes it is confused with libertarianism (which was originally left-wing but co-opted by free market capitalists).

          I don’t think the term “liberal” is useful anymore, it’s mostly thrown around towards people you perceive to be the status quo.