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Maybe the commenter failed to distinguish between “left” and “liberal”, resulting in a confusion. Right now it’s the liberals who doesn’t have a clear next step
by lasagnaphil 7y ago
Maybe the commenter failed to distinguish between “left” and “liberal”, resulting in a confusion. Right now it’s the liberals who doesn’t have a clear next step, failing to acknowledge that they are part of the problem for the US’s staggering wealth inequality (which by the way, is the fundamental reason why Trump won), and now just trying to present a more “milder” version of Bernie’s policies to pander to voters.
- pyuser583 7y agoI was referring to the Democratic Party, which is the more left leaning of the two main American political parties. And additional any left of center activists affiliated with it. Yes, one can refer to liberalism in an economic and philosophical sense which is very different. Yet, few Republicans, including very libertarian leaning ones, would ever identify as liberal. Nobody would call Barry Goldwater a liberal, even though he very much fit the definition.
- Fjolsvith 7y ago> Nobody would call Barry Goldwater a liberal, even though he very much fit the definition. Only in the latter years of his career. [1] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Goldwater https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Goldwater
- pyuser583 7y agoHe never identified as a liberal, even in later years. He consistently called himself conservative. He accused the Republican Party of becoming liberal.