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I really want to nip threads in the bud. Besides blocking threads.net itself, defederate from any instances that do not. This is blatantly an EEE strategy and a united front is the only way to save what have been accomplished. Here is how Indivudals can do it on mastodont as an example to follow. https://hachyderm.io/@crowgirl/110663465238573628 Edit found this , https://fedipact.online/ please sign.

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wait until you realize (if ever) that liberalism has nothing to do with left/right scale...

you can start here: https://www.politicalcompass.org/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've had multiple conversations about liberalism and come to realize there's a multitude of definitions none of which make complete sense. A left-wing definition might be "liberal democratic capitalism" like most of Europe is, with neoliberal being a more right-wing version of that like the US. A right-winger might use liberal to mean someone culturally progressive. Sometimes liberal is used to mean someone who wants a smaller government, sometimes it is confused with libertarianism (which was originally left-wing but co-opted by free market capitalists).

I don't think the term "liberal" is useful anymore, it's mostly thrown around towards people you perceive to be the status quo.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

not understanding or trying to intentionaly appropriate words (similar mechanism to discussed eee) and change their meaning is indeed a thing, but these are still a facts:

  • liberal is not a term on left/right scale.
  • person using phrase "liberal virtue signaling" is still sending pretty clear message about himself