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Have some civility. (lemmy.ml)

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[-] korazail@lemmy.myserv.one 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

I feel we're playing different games, or using different terms.

Help me understand.

Firstly. Let's define words: I'm assuming/using my view of a US-centric Liberal vs Conservative.

Liberal: Democratic party, wants to make life better for the larger segment of the population.

Conservative: Republican party, wants to consolidate power and wealth in the hands of a few.

That's my personal and biased broad-strokes view of the political landscape.

Conservatives have managed to gather enough popular support that people will vote against their best interest for either perceived economic gain or for 'hurt the other people more.'

Stepping back even further, what is your end-goal? How do you respect the desires of millions of people without some sort of representation, and if you have such, how do you ensure that the representative aligns with the goals of their constituents?

Sadly, I'm offline for the day, but I'd be happy to continue this conversation.

[-] kittenzrulz123 6 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Heres how I define Liberal:

People who follow the Liberal ideology, this mostly involves "free market" capitalism as defined by classical liberal thinkers. Today its a violent imperialist ideology that supports the US status quo. Both parties in the US are Liberal as are the Libertarians, simply different flavors of liberal.

Now as for me, im a Anarcho-Syndicalist. If you want to learn more about my beliefs read these: One Big Union and Think it Over