• bruce_willass@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I love that they chose a term to further muddy the waters between conservatives and liberals.

    I hear neoliberal and I think, “huh, is the a new liberal?” Nope. It’s the exact fucking opposite.

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      11 months ago

      That term isn’t new nor is it meant to muddy any waters. Liberals are not leftists.

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          11 months ago

          Outside the US, “liberal” often means “libertarian”, not leftist. The Liberals in the UK and in Australia are very pro-business. The leftist parties in both countries, and elsewhere, call themselves “Labor” not “Liberal”.

          In the US, “neo-liberals” often refers to people who wanted to install pro-business regimes in other countries, like Iraq…