• mriormro@lemmy.world
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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…