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[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Maybe I’ve been on lemmy too long. So confused on who liberals are anymore.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago

Liberalists believe in a secular ideology where all humans are equal but white people are the most equal.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

it comes down to capitalism vs socialism.

progressive + capitalist = liberal

progressive + socialist = leftist

[–] mub@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

US politics is weird. Liberal in the rest of the world is more aligned to socialism than capitalism. Leftist is way more extreme.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

a liberal in the united states is a centrist in the rest of the world.

a leftist in the united states is a liberal in the rest of the world.

the united states is MUCH more conservative that the rest of the world

[–] mub@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Indeed. I think I need to find a less US dominated instance maybe.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Lemmy.ml is less US-dominated than other general instances, though you can find country-specific instances.

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Well. That one makes sense. So I’m leftist….. prepares for hate

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

leftist is pretty vague still because others are leftist too but each other's mortal enemies like like anarchists and communists.

you have to study political theories to understand what they actually mean. most people calling themselves leftist in the united states are democrat-socialist because they don't understand what socialism is due to not reading any sort of political theory.

[–] triplenadir@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Not all of us anarchists have been successfully propagandized to hate communists 🤷‍♀️

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

who does this sort of propaganda?

[–] triplenadir@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Anyone to the right of anarchists and communists I guess. Find someone using the word "tankie" or "authoritarian" and you've probably found a live one.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

that does next to nothing to narrow it down. lol