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The Democratic National Convention™ of Libjerk
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Dunking on Liberals from a leftist, anti-capitalist perspective.
Dems keep working with trump to approve his picks, but what they won't accept is that if you sit down at a table with nazis, the only thing that's changed is the number of nazis at the table. @_cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Can you be a leftist liberal? 🤔
Liberalism is by definition capitalist. It’s what gave us capitalism. So unless you only follow the social aspects (ie. social liberalism), then I don’t think it can be truly leftist, as in anti-capitalist.
I see liberals more as social group than a capitalist one. The "free market" shit is tacked on by rich neolibs working the other side of the fence
I mean liberalism is by definition capitalist.
But I understand the usage of the word, especially in the US in recent times, has tended to mean something more akin to center-left.
It's not defined as capitalist it has a bit thrown in for "government don't fuck with my money" which rich people(neolibs) use as a shield
"centre-left" in the US of course meaning "vaguely remembers being told nazis aren't good" in the rest of the world