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minus-squareTolc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down6·3 hours agoliberalism must be defeated, international proletariat must rise up against this sick ideology.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·2 hours agoYes, death to LGBT folks and other minorities. Here, have a white cloak.
minus-squareRiverside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·41 minutes agoContemporary communists are feminists and pro-LGBTQ. Source: I’m one of them.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 minutes agoWhich means in modern political parlance you’re not just a communist, but also a liberal. Especially in Eastern Europe.
minus-squareRiverside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 minutes agoNo, you don’t get to choose the words I describe myself with. Socially progressive is not synonymous with liberal, it’s kinda the opposite actually.
minus-squareTolc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·2 hours ago death to LGBT One of the best LGBT rights in the world is in cuba (a communist country) and that happened democratically without any electoralism bullshit so keep your bs to yourself, I guess.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down3·2 hours agoCuba is on the other side of the world. Liberalism in Eastern Europe generally means tolerance for others. Not being a bigot.
minus-squareRiverside@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·42 minutes agoThe word “liberalism” in Europe is generally used to refer to economic liberalism, not social progressivism.
minus-squareboonhet@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 minutes agoHaven’t heard it used for economic liberalism in over a decade, but I’m also not from western Europe.
minus-squareTolc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 hours agoand liberalism in other parts of world means western imperialism, capitalist enforcement, pro rich anti evironmentalism.
minus-squareGuy Ingonito@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoSure, if you collapse capitalism, neoliberalism, and western foreign policy into just ‘liberalism’
minus-squareP1k1e@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 hours agoI can’t see shit oudda this thing!
liberalism must be defeated, international proletariat must rise up against this sick ideology.
Yes, death to LGBT folks and other minorities. Here, have a white cloak.
Contemporary communists are feminists and pro-LGBTQ. Source: I’m one of them.
Which means in modern political parlance you’re not just a communist, but also a liberal. Especially in Eastern Europe.
No, you don’t get to choose the words I describe myself with. Socially progressive is not synonymous with liberal, it’s kinda the opposite actually.
One of the best LGBT rights in the world is in cuba (a communist country) and that happened democratically without any electoralism bullshit so keep your bs to yourself, I guess.
Cuba is on the other side of the world. Liberalism in Eastern Europe generally means tolerance for others. Not being a bigot.
The word “liberalism” in Europe is generally used to refer to economic liberalism, not social progressivism.
Haven’t heard it used for economic liberalism in over a decade, but I’m also not from western Europe.
and liberalism in other parts of world means western imperialism, capitalist enforcement, pro rich anti evironmentalism.
Sure, if you collapse capitalism, neoliberalism, and western foreign policy into just ‘liberalism’
I can’t see shit oudda this thing!