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by greesil 26 days ago
Capital, politicians, conservatives, libertarians,
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We’ve gotta add American Liberals, majority of Democratic Party to the list. The Sanders faction is unfortunately not yet the prevailing force.
At the very top, yes and unfortunately many workers on both sides of the fence run interference/collaborate for those at the top it’s one of reasons the Molly Maguire‘s never win or rarely win for too long.
Around the world "liberal" is synonymous with "capitalist". US is pretty unique in that it considers liberalism a leftwing ideology
Left/Right alignment is relative, and the American political center is...where it is, and has been drifting rightward since Bill Clinton's "Third Way".
No longer true; the left wing in the U.S. started splitting from the liberals over a decade ago and that's more or less complete at this point.
Yeah for sure, speaking purely on the American common framing of big L Liberals as akin to social liberals rather than classical/economic liberals.
Don't forget liberals too!