Memes

For those in here that take offense to this distinction:

2 party political systems function to collapse diverse political perspectives into one of two camps and normalize an 'average' view for both parties. Leftists take issue with this collapse because it erases dissenting views within each party in service of defeating an 'other' at the expense of pursuing our real political goals.

The label matters to those of us who want to make the point that the US democratic party does not really represent our interests; at-best they represent a less-objectionable flavor of the same ideological framework, but one that needs to be dismantled all the same.

"Stop trying to divide us!" is a refrain spoken by those who are better served by the party than we are.

Put another way: "We are not the same"

Every single democrat politician is “radical leftist [name]”

It’s the new communist. They just throw the word out all the time making it functionally meaningless.

Meh, though the meme is true, most Americans would say liberals are EVERYONE left of center, and conservatives are EVERYONE right of center.

When you have only two parties you can only have one dimension.

Using neo-liberals to define liberals is like using national socialism to define socialism.

It's authoritarian propaganda.

Easy way to distinguish them

Liberals - Implement reforms that maintain capitalism. Support oppressed identities/communities so that they can achieve equality.

Leftists - Complete revolution of the economy to destroy economic social classes. All identities/communities are inherently equal except for oppressors.

Examples:

Economic

• Liberals - Progressive tax code to redistribute wealth from the wealthy to the impoverished. People with disabilities are given enough to survive.

• Leftists - No one is capable of becoming wealthy. Impoverished people exist only if they truly reject economic support from society. People with disabilities are given even more than the general population to help their quality of life match able-bodied people.

Social

• Liberals - Same-sex marriage is recognized by the government

• Leftists - Government? Marriage? lol no one has authority to define your personal relationships. Go live your life. Do whatever as long as you don't hurt others.

TBF there are about seven mutually exclusive definitions of “liberal” in each country.

You can burn liberals on the same pyre as magats and cops.

An anarchist believes in liberty for people to live freely

A capitalist believes in liberty to freely exploit people

Unfortunately the capitalists also own the means of mass communication and have gaslit the socialists into thinking liberty only means the latter!

Resist imperialist redefinition of words!

Liberalism is left (progressive) absolutely

Liberal Parties are generally not.

Welcome to the No true Scotsman party.

The thing I love about lemmy is instead of neoliberals and weird racists silencing Leftists like reddit, it's Leftists and Social democrats constantly at each other's throats.

The latter is much more amusing