• WizBiz [He/Him]
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    211 months ago

    I’m not american so I have no idea what “liberal” is reffering to here tbh. Can anyone explain it to me pls?

    • @TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      311 months ago

      In this context “liberal” is being used as a synonym for communist, because that’s how American right wingers use it, but to a a leftist (socialist, communist, anarchist - the target audience for this meme) liberals, or more accurately neo-liberals, are center right capitalists. So while a right winger might throw all of these as insults at someone left of fascist, a leftist would only take offense to being called a liberal.

    • @Alisu@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      211 months ago

      Maybe they meant libertarian. Right wing people against government intervention on people’s lives, just in favor of little to no regulation on anything. Or liberal left, as opposed to radical left (which usually means Marxist), or maybe centrists, which usually are more liberal. In general it means being more in favor of a less powerful government.

      • SokathHisEyesOpen
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        711 months ago

        That is not what they mean. They mean American liberal in its newest incarnation.