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[–] lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Modern day liberals are often on the libertarian right section of that graph that favors capitalism.

So, you're going to ignore the liberal & progressive factions whose caucuses had often been dominating the modern liberal party since Obama?

Disagreeing with you about private property & a mixed-market economy doesn't mean they're any less left for pursuing policies that favor social equality & egalitarianism (the definition of leftism), eg, civil rights, labor rights, environmental justice, social justice, market regulations, social safety net programs.

Your narrowminded, exclusionary, incorrect view of leftism denies their conformance to scholarly definitions.

The scholarly definition of liberalism is neither left nor right: it opposes authoritarianism by standing for personal freedom. Do the leftists here hostile to liberalism oppose the scholarly definition of it, too? Where does that place them on the libertarian–authoritarian axis?

[–] ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure, just keep shifting the goal poat, that works well everytime and definitely makes you look rational

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They've previously defended that Biden kept Mexicans in cages, you can ignore them.