I get confused because the right and left both call each other the libs and as far as I can tell, US liberals don’t really align to either liberalism or libertarianism, rather an acute section of them here and there for personal benefit.
The free market, for example, which both ideologies oppose as soon as it encroaches on other freedoms, becoming anti-liberal. But US libs will strip the liberties off anyone for a buck and an entirely unregulated free market will let them do that. Adam Smith covered so much of this stuff and I’m pretty sure US libs would say he’s a commie.
lemmy is the only place i heard it used extensively, on reddit its rarely mentioned, but mostly referring to cities/locations taken over by sketchy mods.
I get confused because the right and left both call each other the libs and as far as I can tell, US liberals don’t really align to either liberalism or libertarianism, rather an acute section of them here and there for personal benefit.
The free market, for example, which both ideologies oppose as soon as it encroaches on other freedoms, becoming anti-liberal. But US libs will strip the liberties off anyone for a buck and an entirely unregulated free market will let them do that. Adam Smith covered so much of this stuff and I’m pretty sure US libs would say he’s a commie.
only tankies on lemmy call people here libs, and they are honestly no better than right wingers, both sides of the same coin.
Literally haven’t heard the term “tankie” since I blocked .ml like a year ago.
You’ve got a concept there I’ve thought about myself at times,—your coin faces—but no one’s going to take it seriously if the delivery sucks.
lemmy is the only place i heard it used extensively, on reddit its rarely mentioned, but mostly referring to cities/locations taken over by sketchy mods.