Do any of them know what the word “liberal” actually means?

  • lugal@sopuli.xyz
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    6 months ago

    The US is such a right wing country that liberals are the mainstream left. In Europe, liberals are centrists and they aren’t further to the right than American libs.

    • Neato@ttrpg.network
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      6 months ago

      The meme says “American Republicans” so I thought we were considering this from an American pov. Definitions are going to change going to other countries and doubly so when talking about politics.

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        6 months ago

        But the definition doesn’t really change. Take universal healthcare. A liberal idea that’s considered common sense in Europe and left wing in the US. Obamacare would be something you expect from a center right European and a left American. Both are called liberal.

        And if the meme was from an exclusively American pov, it wouldn’t specify “American Republicans”

        • FozzyOsbourne@lemm.eeOP
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          6 months ago

          You’re correct, I specified “American republicans” to refer to the political party because everywhere else “republican” means anti-monarchist

      • lad@programming.dev
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        6 months ago

        Yeah, this is about as confusing as it gets, I feel like those labels rarely make much sense :(