▲ 437 ▼ Breaking: NBC lays off teams of journalists focused on marginalized communities, ending NBC Out & NBC BLK (www.advocate.com) submitted 10 months ago by tonytins@pawb.social to c/news@lemmy.world 34 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 10 months ago (2 children) I don't know how you pin this on liberalism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago Because they don't know what any of it really means. They should quit playing that stupid game and accept that at the top it doesn't matter what they pretend to be. They are the moneyed classes, the power classes and they enjoy having people jump through their pretend ideologies while they hold on to their hoard of money. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 0 points 10 months ago (1 child) Because a leftist organisation would hold some conviction. Liberalism doesn't care about society and will happily abandon anything 'progressive' at the drop of a hat, and like wise will slap a pink/rainbow coat of paint on top when it suits them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 10 months ago (3 children) Define liberalism & what that has to do with NBC. I don't think you can. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago Liberalism in the old school sense of valuing economic liberty, which to an extreme extent valuing private property and money. And here we see NBC caving in to compromising progressive social values to money. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PKscope@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) I think you're confusing American liberalism for what liberalism is in the rest of the world. OP is Australian. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 point 10 months ago To their credit American leftists also use this meaning as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 points 10 months ago Liberalism a set of beliefs around very basic personal liberty and a strong focus on property rights, promoting "free markets" and laissez-faire policies directly resulting in capitalist systems that favour profit over integrity. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 1 point 10 months ago Because they don't know what any of it really means. They should quit playing that stupid game and accept that at the top it doesn't matter what they pretend to be. They are the moneyed classes, the power classes and they enjoy having people jump through their pretend ideologies while they hold on to their hoard of money. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 0 points 10 months ago (1 child) Because a leftist organisation would hold some conviction. Liberalism doesn't care about society and will happily abandon anything 'progressive' at the drop of a hat, and like wise will slap a pink/rainbow coat of paint on top when it suits them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 10 months ago (3 children) Define liberalism & what that has to do with NBC. I don't think you can. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago Liberalism in the old school sense of valuing economic liberty, which to an extreme extent valuing private property and money. And here we see NBC caving in to compromising progressive social values to money. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PKscope@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) I think you're confusing American liberalism for what liberalism is in the rest of the world. OP is Australian. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 point 10 months ago To their credit American leftists also use this meaning as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 points 10 months ago Liberalism a set of beliefs around very basic personal liberty and a strong focus on property rights, promoting "free markets" and laissez-faire policies directly resulting in capitalist systems that favour profit over integrity. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 0 points 10 months ago (3 children) Define liberalism & what that has to do with NBC. I don't think you can. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago Liberalism in the old school sense of valuing economic liberty, which to an extreme extent valuing private property and money. And here we see NBC caving in to compromising progressive social values to money. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PKscope@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) I think you're confusing American liberalism for what liberalism is in the rest of the world. OP is Australian. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 point 10 months ago To their credit American leftists also use this meaning as well. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 points 10 months ago Liberalism a set of beliefs around very basic personal liberty and a strong focus on property rights, promoting "free markets" and laissez-faire policies directly resulting in capitalist systems that favour profit over integrity. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago Liberalism in the old school sense of valuing economic liberty, which to an extreme extent valuing private property and money. And here we see NBC caving in to compromising progressive social values to money. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PKscope@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 child) I think you're confusing American liberalism for what liberalism is in the rest of the world. OP is Australian. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 point 10 months ago To their credit American leftists also use this meaning as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 1 point 10 months ago To their credit American leftists also use this meaning as well. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 points 10 months ago Liberalism a set of beliefs around very basic personal liberty and a strong focus on property rights, promoting "free markets" and laissez-faire policies directly resulting in capitalist systems that favour profit over integrity. permalink fedilink source parent