President Biden is backing Vice President Kamala Harris to take the Democratic presidential nomination, he announced Sunday. She's taken more liberal positions on health care.
Mainstream America defines liberal as left and conservative as right. They are absolutely not familiar with neo liberalism, classic liberalism, or liberalism as a 1700’s era political philosophical conversation.
To be fair, the idea that “the left” can’t be liberal is itself pretty complicated.
No, this seems a useful point to make. The rightward unforgivable sin that liberals make is their commitment to capitalism. It’s like vegetarians and vegans would seem to be bedfellows but vegans can not forgive vegetarians for not going the full rational distance.
No, vegans and vegetarians do have some things in common. Leftists or socialists and communists have absolutely nothing in common with Democrats or Republicans. Democrats would rather punch left to preserve capitalism
The terms “left” and “right” are meaningless anyway and should be aboloshied. It just entrenches thoughtless “us versus them” tribalism instead of making politics about actual policies and issues and how people are affected.
I think the gen pop doesn’t appreciate the distinction between liberal and left.
Mainstream America defines liberal as left and conservative as right. They are absolutely not familiar with neo liberalism, classic liberalism, or liberalism as a 1700’s era political philosophical conversation.
To be fair, the idea that “the left” can’t be liberal is itself pretty complicated.
I’ll make it easy for everyone, the left starts at anticapitalism.
No, this seems a useful point to make. The rightward unforgivable sin that liberals make is their commitment to capitalism. It’s like vegetarians and vegans would seem to be bedfellows but vegans can not forgive vegetarians for not going the full rational distance.
It’s a little bit more like saying I’m a vegan too because I like almond milk on my milk steak.
No, vegans and vegetarians do have some things in common. Leftists or socialists and communists have absolutely nothing in common with Democrats or Republicans. Democrats would rather punch left to preserve capitalism
Veganism is a philosophy, vegetarianism is a diet. They are nothing alike.
Here is a good explanation:
https://youtu.be/gZDPrMp8yf8
https://piped.video/watch?v=gZDPrMp8yf8
The terms “left” and “right” are meaningless anyway and should be aboloshied. It just entrenches thoughtless “us versus them” tribalism instead of making politics about actual policies and issues and how people are affected.
A rational voice, quick everyone downvote him!
it’s just enlightened centrism, makes no sense if you think about it. left and right are positions in policy.