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minus-squaredis_da_mor@anarchist.nexuslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down22·edit-25 months agothere are multiple varying definitions of liberal depending on the time, location, and context reddit thread discussing this edit: i like getting downvotes for attempting to add nuance, i’m not even a liberal (by any definition), i’m a socialist anarchist
minus-squareoscardejarjayes [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·5 months agoI mean, liberals by really almost any definition will still be pro-Capitalism, from Classical Liberalism to American Democratic Party liberalism. Once people go further left, into anti-Capitalism, they almost always stop using that label.
minus-squarePolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up20·edit-25 months agoYes, but the above one is the most consistent that would cut down all those discussions.
minus-squareAmnesigenic@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoThere are varying definitions of a lot of words, and most of those variant definitions are wrong
there are multiple varying definitions of liberal depending on the time, location, and context reddit thread discussing this
edit: i like getting downvotes for attempting to add nuance, i’m not even a liberal (by any definition), i’m a socialist anarchist
I mean, liberals by really almost any definition will still be pro-Capitalism, from Classical Liberalism to American Democratic Party liberalism. Once people go further left, into anti-Capitalism, they almost always stop using that label.
Yes, but the above one is the most consistent that would cut down all those discussions.
There are varying definitions of a lot of words, and most of those variant definitions are wrong