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[–] socsa@piefed.social 2 points 12 hours ago

When the "lefty" memes and the fascist memes merge πŸ€”

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Does 'liberal' just mean "one's political opponents"?

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Liberal, democrat, millennial, woke, illegal alien… the list is endless of everything the right hates and insults. It’s not limited to political disagreement, it’s anything that could potentially make them expend effort to understand and not be an asshole about.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 39 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I mean asking an average American to define any established political term is like asking a child where Christmas presents come from.

They do not get properly educated about it, average Joe America gets what little political understanding they have from propaganda merchants motivated to keep them angry.

[–] Emi@ani.social 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At this point I just stay confused because even when I look up what liberal means it's not used that way it seems. I'll never understand politics, I just wanna enjoy life.

[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago

I hate to break it to you but there's a malignant group of people using politics to make sure you don't enjoy your life.

Unfortunately opting out only ensures you get taken advantage of. In order to enjoy life, these people need to be stopped, and knowing what they are up to and why is a big part of doing that

This is a problem across the world FWIW, a primary goal of the international right wing cohort of politicians is to keep people from knowing about politics. As soon as anyone gets their head around the basics, they see right through the lies they make.

The antidote to right wing politics is simply knowledge.

They would not be able to garner enough support if enough people understood a vote for a right winger will, statistically speaking, categorically make their life worse.

[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Moreso because an American Liberal is more of libertarian capitalist than a true liberal. They want a free market before they want a free people. American Liberals are right wing while the media contantly calls them "the left" of the country.

Americans aren't merely uneducated. They're misinformed and gaslit.

[–] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The one thing leftists and conservatives can agree on.

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

One of the many things leftists and maga agree on.

[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Tell me about it. I thought this was an angry leftist meme at first.

Honestly not sure whom I'm more sick of at this point.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I’m pretty sure conservatism is a form of liberalism, specifically neo-liberalism?

For american conservitives "liberal" means neo-liberal and "conservitive" means neo-conservitive.

Both into global interventionism just divided on soft vs hard power.

Both are vaguely "christian" in the cultural sense.

Both nationalist though the right owns the idea more but tie it greater to concept of both christian and white identies.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 9 points 1 day ago

Leftists and conservatives each mean a different group of people when saying "liberal". Conservatives are only liberals in the leftist definition

[–] SGG@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So if I find stupid mother's and fuck them, does that make me a liberal? Just trying to understand.

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

Only if you are compelled to show how proud you are.

[–] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 9 points 1 day ago

Imagine claiming in 2026 that the market is a good distribution system and it needs just a few simple tweaks.

[–] Supervisor194@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

What's she on about? Lemme guess, it's X, so I'm gonna guess she's sad that lesbians exist to get shot in the face by the government.