• Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    The various trolls infesting lemmy love to play on the nearly opposite meaning of “liberal” in the global political sense vs the US political sense.

    In other countries, they use “liberal” or “liberalism” to refer to a right wing ideology. In the US, “liberal” means a left wing ideology, like social democracy.

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      7 months ago

      I’m not a troll. Liberals haven’t saved us, I’m not sure why you would think a Liberal is going to. I’m voting Biden because a U.S. under Trump is worse, but if you think stifling any conversation about what happens next with “the libs will save us” is contributing anything then you’re just as fucking dumb as the pugs that frequent hexbear.

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        7 months ago

        The libs could save us, if we could ever get enough in power.

        Of course the libs haven’t saved us, they haven’t had the numbers. It’s been neck and neck with the fascists for 20 years.

        Imagine what we could do if the Dems had a 20 year supermajority. Universal healthcare, UBI, free college, wealth tax, these are all things that standard-issue Dems would love to do if it were feasible. The reason centrist Dems take baby steps isn’t because that’s all they want, it’s because that’s all they can do. Give em the power and they’ll do more.

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          7 months ago

          As I’ve said, I will be voting Biden. I’m inclined to believe things will not change.

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            7 months ago

            Give Dems the power, and we’ll prove you wrong. You’ll love it.

            Don’t forget to vote downballot! And in non Presidential elections!