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[–] 12 points 20 hours ago (24 children)

What the actual fuck are yall on about

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  • [–] 15 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (4 children)

    To any Americans actually confused, let me give you to the bite sized introduction of what liberalism actually means from Philosophy Tube.

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  • [–] 8 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (3 children)

    Liberalism in america and liberalism in Europe, etc are different. We have libertarianism which is closer to classic liberalism others refer to.

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  • [–] 4 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

    Nah, even in America, liberalism is defined by still being capitalist.

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  • [–] 4 points 17 hours ago (1 child)

    Yes but can include alot of socialism/social components. It is a very broad term in the US. It is more left than center but not far left. Strong social support but more fiscally central.

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  • [–] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 child)

    I cannot stand how shitpost is literally just a place for people to shoehorn all sorts of edgy political takes. And when I say edgy, I mean the same loudmouth shit we hear all the time here.

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  • [–] -4 points 20 hours ago (12 children)

    At least it's after the election; the pre-election circle-jerking about how Democrats/liberals are the worst thing to happen to humanity were... suspicious.

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  • [–] 11 points 20 hours ago* (11 children)

    The leftist memes never change, the only difference is we're only allowed to speak when Liberals don't find it inconvenient.

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  • [–] 3 points 19 hours ago (8 children)

    Can you please tell me the difference between leftist and liberal?

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  • [–] 7 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

    Neo-Liberals are basically capitalists pretending to be anarchists. They love capitalism, and the freedoms they fight for are meant for corporations; not people.

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  • [–] 2 points 16 hours ago (1 child)

    Liberals enshrine property rights which include land, labor (people) and capital (machinary). Thereby, the owner dominates land, labor and capital.

    There are many flavors of Leftist. Proudhon stated it best as, "Property is Theft!". Property rights are inconsistent with freedom. The owners derive their living from the labor of workers on land that was held in common with machines created by other exploited workers. Anarchy is an effort to end such domination.

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  • [–] 1 point 19 hours ago* (3 children)

    There's countless differences between leftists.

    The unifying differences are anti-capitalism and being against private ownership - which in leftist thinking is differentiated from personal ownership (toothbrushes, personal housing, etc). Generally there's some degree of anti-hierarchical values.

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  • [–] -3 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

    There’s countless differences between leftists.

    They asked for the difference between leftists and liberals, not whether or not there are differences between leftists.

    The unifying differences are anti-capitalism and being against private ownership - which in leftist thinking is differentiated from personal ownership (toothbrushes, personal housing, etc).

    Correct.

    Generally there’s some degree of anti-hierarchical values.

    Same with liberals, so generally incorrect.

    C-

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