Do any of them know what the word “liberal” actually means?

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    46 months ago

    what the fuck is number 1 then?

    favorable to progress or reform, as in political or religious affairs.

    what is number 2 then?

    noting or pertaining to a political party advocating measures of progressive political reform.

    I think if you go point by point and ignore the rest then you can argue semantics, but I don’t see how you can take all 8 together and argue what “progressive” means

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      06 months ago

      Being favorable to reform does not mean being open minded. Open minded means to respect different people and their life choices. People hostile to traditional family or religious values are also “progressive” but often not open minded as they criticize people who choose a traditional way of life.

      The same goes for economic aspects. Neoliberalism is highly authoritarian. Specifically it is embraced by neofeudalists who want to reestablish their old feudal privileges but not through formal aristocracy, but by the merit of “free contracts” and them holding on to wealth. These are technically “progressive” yet they want to reintroduce power structures from a time past.