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This is just the lie you've been fed by neoliberals for the last 40 years so they could take everything we've worked for. There's a reason why the Democrats lost control of the working class. It's this exact mindset.
See? Nonsense: there is no lie over a difference in words.
The fact remains that in the US liberal is used broadly to encompass nearly all the left & folk here are arguing over words, ie, a merely verbal dispute. Liberal doesn't mean what you say it means in the US: it doesn't mean classical liberalism, conservative liberalism, or neoliberalism (who are called conservative here). Modern usage & definitions explains it.
While Democrats have lost the working class, it's more over the loss of unions, the party's realignment with middle class professionals, & declining populist appeal than with the meanings of words that decide whether "a leftist is a liberal".