▲ 386 ▼ Enlightened Centrism (thelemmy.club) submitted 1 day ago by Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 90 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/52272272
[–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 22 hours ago (3 children) “Liberal” is a useless term because it means something else to everyone. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] LazyOldPervert@lemmus.org 2 points 2 hours ago (1 child) I meaning the same is true for leftist tho permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 1 hour ago (1 child) Not to the same degree. In Europe, liberals are exactly people like the Dem leadership: free market true believers. People that explicitly reject “the social question”. They consider themselves right wing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LazyOldPervert@lemmus.org 2 points 1 hour ago* (1 child) I mean sure.. but the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Simultaneously most western european countries while dealing with the same issue to a lesser extent are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. In light of the above it's likely and logical that OP is aimed at the US, which is obviously not in europe. And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 58 minutes ago the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Debatable but ok. are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. 🤡 And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. 🤡🤡🤡 permalink fedilink source parent [–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 1 point 15 hours ago (1 child) It should be par with liberty and they're more aligned with workers, whereas the conservatives are sichophants and lackeys. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 15 hours ago It ”should”? According to whom? In about half the world it means the opposite. permalink fedilink source parent [–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago Liberal Why are you talking about watermelon production legislation policies???? /sillyjoke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LazyOldPervert@lemmus.org 2 points 2 hours ago (1 child) I meaning the same is true for leftist tho permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 1 hour ago (1 child) Not to the same degree. In Europe, liberals are exactly people like the Dem leadership: free market true believers. People that explicitly reject “the social question”. They consider themselves right wing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LazyOldPervert@lemmus.org 2 points 1 hour ago* (1 child) I mean sure.. but the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Simultaneously most western european countries while dealing with the same issue to a lesser extent are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. In light of the above it's likely and logical that OP is aimed at the US, which is obviously not in europe. And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 58 minutes ago the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Debatable but ok. are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. 🤡 And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. 🤡🤡🤡 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone -1 points 1 hour ago (1 child) Not to the same degree. In Europe, liberals are exactly people like the Dem leadership: free market true believers. People that explicitly reject “the social question”. They consider themselves right wing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LazyOldPervert@lemmus.org 2 points 1 hour ago* (1 child) I mean sure.. but the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Simultaneously most western european countries while dealing with the same issue to a lesser extent are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. In light of the above it's likely and logical that OP is aimed at the US, which is obviously not in europe. And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 58 minutes ago the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Debatable but ok. are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. 🤡 And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. 🤡🤡🤡 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LazyOldPervert@lemmus.org 2 points 1 hour ago* (1 child) I mean sure.. but the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Simultaneously most western european countries while dealing with the same issue to a lesser extent are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. In light of the above it's likely and logical that OP is aimed at the US, which is obviously not in europe. And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 58 minutes ago the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Debatable but ok. are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. 🤡 And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. 🤡🤡🤡 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 58 minutes ago the country dealing with the most widespread and rapid rise of fascism due to the complicity of liberals at the moment is the US. Debatable but ok. are reigning in a lot of the mechanisms that allowed fascism to take hold. 🤡 And in the US liberals and leftists are synonymous. 🤡🤡🤡 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] heartSagan5@lemmy.zip 1 point 15 hours ago (1 child) It should be par with liberty and they're more aligned with workers, whereas the conservatives are sichophants and lackeys. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 15 hours ago It ”should”? According to whom? In about half the world it means the opposite. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 15 hours ago It ”should”? According to whom? In about half the world it means the opposite. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago Liberal Why are you talking about watermelon production legislation policies???? /sillyjoke permalink fedilink source parent
