• boonhet@sopuli.xyz
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    8 days ago

    Cuba is on the other side of the world. Liberalism in Eastern Europe generally means tolerance for others. Not being a bigot.

    • Tolc@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      and liberalism in other parts of world means western imperialism, capitalist enforcement, pro rich anti evironmentalism.

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      8 days ago

      The word “liberalism” in Europe is generally used to refer to economic liberalism, not social progressivism.

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        8 days ago

        Yeah exactly. Liberals here are right wing capitalists. And often conservative.

        They are kinda the same as the liberals in the US but that’s because US doesn’t really know any real left wing. So it’s right wing democrats or extreme-right republicans.

        That makes liberalism seem somehow progressive but it isn’t really.

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        8 days ago

        Haven’t heard it used for economic liberalism in over a decade, but I’m also not from western Europe.