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[–] FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Apparently everyone's a "lib" when you're an authoritarian

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

American republicans have less than zero political literacy, and you are going off their understanding of liberal. Here's a 300 page book going through what liberalism meant to every major liberal philosopher and how they dealt with the contradictions over the last 250 years or so. Guess which definition is used in any serious political work in the last 250 years?

[–] FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be clear I think using "liberal" to mean "socialist" is just as stupid as using it to mean "economically neo-liberal". Most dictionary definitions concentrate on the actual definition of the word in everyday usage and then also mention the political theory definitions. Choosing your insult to be a word that most people assume means something else is a terrible way to communicate.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

You're not wrong, communists do have issues with effective communication. It's not trivial due to definitions and framing propagated by liberal institutions being designed, sometimes intentionally, to make it more difficult to communicate our ideas.