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American "left" and "liberal" can't decide if they're in the same nutshell. (lemmy.world)
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[–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

It gets trickier when you look at other countries where liberal means "(mostly) unfettered capitalism".

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    That's not what Liberal means, though. That might be what the Liberal Parties usually stand for, but that's not what the word means at all.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    *sigh*

    Modern usage and definitions

    In Europe and Latin America, liberalism means a moderate form of classical liberalism and includes both conservative liberalism (centre-right liberalism) and social liberalism (centre-left liberalism).

    In North America, liberalism almost exclusively refers to social liberalism.

    In my country, the formerly centre-right, now just right "the market will take care of it" party calls itself liberal ever since the 50s.

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