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minus-squaredis_da_mor@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agothere are multiple varying definitions of liberal depending on the time, location, and context reddit thread discussing this
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoYes, but the above one is the most consistent and historically correct that would cut down all those discussions.
minus-squareoscardejarjayes [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoI mean, liberals by really almost any definition will still be pro-Capitalism, from Classical Liberalism to American Democratic Party liberalism. Once people go further left, into anti-Capitalism, they almost always stop using that label.
minus-squareAmnesigenic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoThere varying definitions of a lot of words, and most of those variant definitions are wrong
minus-squareSibshops@lemmy.myserv.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 days agoAnytime someone says liberal on Lemmy it will mostly likely refer to modern liberalism in the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States
there are multiple varying definitions of liberal depending on the time, location, and context reddit thread discussing this
Yes, but the above one is the most consistent and historically correct that would cut down all those discussions.
I mean, liberals by really almost any definition will still be pro-Capitalism, from Classical Liberalism to American Democratic Party liberalism. Once people go further left, into anti-Capitalism, they almost always stop using that label.
There varying definitions of a lot of words, and most of those variant definitions are wrong
Anytime someone says liberal on Lemmy it will mostly likely refer to modern liberalism in the United States.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_liberalism_in_the_United_States