Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoWhy Americans feel gloomy about the economy despite falling inflation and low unemploymentapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square174fedilinkarrow-up1333arrow-down110
arrow-up1323arrow-down1external-linkWhy Americans feel gloomy about the economy despite falling inflation and low unemploymentapnews.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square174fedilink
minus-squarebruce_willass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down4·10 months agoI love that they chose a term to further muddy the waters between conservatives and liberals. I hear neoliberal and I think, “huh, is the a new liberal?” Nope. It’s the exact fucking opposite.
minus-squaremriormro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·10 months agoThat term isn’t new nor is it meant to muddy any waters. Liberals are not leftists.
minus-squarebruce_willass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down9·10 months agoThat’s exactly what leftists are. The left is liberal. The right is conservative.
minus-squaremriormro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·10 months agoWhenever you see reference to neoliberalism or someone mentions ‘leftists’ relative to ‘liberals’ it is in context with classical liberalism. The wiki page is a pretty good jumping off point to understand some of the distinctions and discourse. www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·10 months agoNo, the left is socialist, the center is liberal, the right is conservative
I love that they chose a term to further muddy the waters between conservatives and liberals.
I hear neoliberal and I think, “huh, is the a new liberal?” Nope. It’s the exact fucking opposite.
That term isn’t new nor is it meant to muddy any waters. Liberals are not leftists.
That’s exactly what leftists are. The left is liberal. The right is conservative.
Whenever you see reference to neoliberalism or someone mentions ‘leftists’ relative to ‘liberals’ it is in context with classical liberalism.
The wiki page is a pretty good jumping off point to understand some of the distinctions and discourse.
www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism
No, the left is socialist, the center is liberal, the right is conservative