• Miaou@jlai.lu
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    2 months ago

    I get and agree with the spirit but “western liberals” doesn’t mean anything

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      2 months ago

      I hear Americans use the term liberal all the time but the way they use it makes me think we’re talkibg about different things

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        2 months ago

        See, based on what you mean by liberal, I don’t know whether that means “the current potus is a dem” or “of course because everyone is a liberal there”

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          2 months ago

          everyone is a liberal there

          Do you mean everyone in the US is a liberal? No I don’t believe that nor did I imply it. I only mentioned the president.

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      2 months ago

      The conflict in terms comes from what in Europe mostly describes the social axes. Social liberalism is very different from what in America usually refers to economically neo-liberals who are basically late stage capitalists

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        2 months ago

        It’s the opposite you mean, in Europe liberal and neoliberal are basically synonyme, while in the US the libs are the people dying their hair in pink