Message from @Dionysus
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technically
I say "Self Proclaimed Liberal"
nowadays, you can't just say you're liberal
you'll have to qualify that with classical liberal or centre-left
cuz liberal itself is kinda tarnished
and useless
nah, ppl only attack liberals because the other flavors are extreme, and it sounds like you are punching down too much
in the US, if you attack socialists, you aren't attacking the mainstream left (or that's what it used to mean)
I know
they belong to the progressive camp
which is also where stuff like intersectionalism belongs
I recently read an interesting piece about how many ppl support socialism, marxism etc just as a way of rebelling
not in Europe
in my country there's only socialists and communists
in europe, you've got social democrats
who are capitalistic as fuck, but tax income to maintain welfare state
so is that socialist or capitalist
both
Yurp breaks the left-right dichotomy
social democrats are just socialists
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
they have some of the best environments for businesses
but
crony capitalism is still a form of socialism
they tax income to maintain welfare state
they don't have crony cap tho
they rank top of best places to do business every year
even above the US
whats your country, btw
arguable, as all Europe is socialist
Portugal
ok
i heard spain has a socialist govt currently
I live in Japan now though
damn
das lit
do you like it there
Portugal shares the government with actual communists
Japan is awesome
I'm still unemployed though, I have to fix that
do you get benefits until you find work