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

it is kind of insane

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

yes

and liberalism is left

it could be someone who advocates for individual rights, or it could be that it's someone who is just a part of a "liberal" party

you can use the term to mean many things

calling the democrats, democrats, doesn't mean they actually are democratic, right

it's just a name

Sheesh

I guess that is my main point here

There is nothing liberal about the modern day left. They're full on authoritarians

there is only so much value in a word, in a name