“I will never back down in speaking truth to power. The apartheid government of Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.”

    • 𝕽𝖚𝖆𝖎𝖉𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍@midwest.social
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      4 months ago

      I’ve become confused by the term “lib.” I’ve seen it used to refer to

      • liberals, which is what I always thought it meant
      • ultra-left liberals, often indistinguishable from the ultra-right except in who they worship
      • rarely, but occasionally libertarians

      I no longer understand what it means in any context.

      • Aqarius@lemmy.world
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        In the context of US political system, it’s opposite of “conservative”. In the context of European politics, it’s libertarian. In the context of leftist politics, it’s “centrist”, or rather “center-right”.

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            I reckon it’s safe to assume it’s option three. On lemmy, option one tends to include a slur, and option two tends to be in German.

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          Things are even more complicated than that due to the existence of liberal anti-capitalists that interpret the liberal theory of inalienable rights, which originated in the abolitionist, democratic and feminist movements, as also invalidating the employer-employee contract.

          In other words, there is overlap between liberals and leftists as well

          @progressivepolitics