Message from @everybodydothatdinosaur
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In britain the term liberal is more like conservative here
and the same is true in Japan
These words are flexible and shift in meaning based on context and location
It's a generally nebelous term
no no
In fact to begin with it described the french courts
they are trying to move the overton window
so that lbieral is the new right
but. its not.
the left and right dichotomy isn't even really accurate
as in, there is more than just left and right
But it's just a general term
To describe the main political factions, it's arbitriary
Yes it is
Good god there are like a dozen defintions of liberal out there
But let's ignore that for a second, the democrats are still overwhelmingly socialist
every major candidate running supports socialist policies, and people can't even define waht socialism or universal healthcare even means as terms
They don't even know America has universal healthcare according to the WHO
They wear shirts of heroes everywhere that are mass murderers, praise fidel castro and so on
Meanwhile they call the other side fascist, white nationalist and millions of people blindly believe it
A liberal is someone who's not bound by traditional religious or political alignments. A socialist is someone who supports socialism. Socialism is an idea of which the means of production are collectively owned or owned by a centralized government that has a nearly classless society.
Bill Clinton pardoned terrorists who tried to assassinate goerge bush for God sakes
A liberal is someone who's not bound by political alignments
HAH
no
on his last day in office
everyone's own preffered made up term for what they think it means is kind of irrelevant
There are a dozen defintions even according to mariam's webster's dictionary
I'm just looking up definitions man
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
The term is used interchangeably with lots of other terms
And then the left in practice vs. how it defintes itself is also different, like with feminists listing the defintion of feminism as if it automatically makes them good, or antifascists calling themselves that despite being more fascist than their enemies
in the end what matters is over 70% of democrats self identify as socialists
or being in favor of it
And that shows you the depths of the problem
The modern usage of the political terms left and right comes from the French Revolution of 1789 when supporters of the king stood to the president’s right, and supporters of the revolution to his left.
liberalism is left leaning
simply from where it came from. the origins of left and right
": a person who is liberal: such as
a: one who is open-minded or not strict in the observance of orthodox, traditional, or established forms or ways
bcapitalized : a member or supporter of a liberal political party (see LIBERAL entry 1 sense 6)
c: an advocate or adherent of liberalism especially in individual rights"
they are multiple definitions for the same term