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Comment on If if the subtext of america has always been government as 'Donald Trump' imposes, where did liberals go wrong?

frisbird@lemmy.ml ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Liberalism is internally contradictory. Liberals didn’t so much “go wrong” as much as Liberalism successfully solved a contradiction (feudal society facing rapid economic growth) with another contradiction (universal human rights constrained by private property).

Liberalism was doomed to this fate from the beginning. Honestly the failure of liberals is that they didn’t abandon liberalism and adopt communism sooner.

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Steve@communick.news ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I think you’re using a different kind of Liberal here. You sound like econonic liberal, while OP sounds like social liberal.

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- frisbird@lemmy.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  That’s not a real thing. Liberalism is a political philosophy. It has a meaning. What Americans call liberals are just liberals. And what Americans call conservatives are also liberals.$
  
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  - Steve@communick.news ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    You say that’s not a thing; That there’s only one liberal… Then you break down two different camps of liberals?
    
    You see how that might be confused, right?
    
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