3 ms·

Liberalism in and of itself does not mean "right wing" to the world. As you would have it, the only thing disqualifying one from being a conservative is being a

Liberalism in and of itself does not mean "right wing" to the world. As you would have it, the only thing disqualifying one from being a conservative is being a commie or anarchist.

skinnymuch 4y ago
I didn’t say conservative. I said or meant, [leans] right wing. I wouldn’t call Huberman conservative. Would you? What do you call the Liberal Party of Australia? They aren’t left leaning at all. I’d be eager to get an answer to this because I keep getting called elitist and I don’t get it. I thought Americans like myself aren’t supposed to think the world revolves around America. “The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia,[21] one of the three[22] major parties in Australian politics” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia You can also check how Wikipedia defines liberalism.
- lanfeust6 4y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics You don't even understand the terms you're flinging around. Ring-wing explicitly, unambiguously, means Conservative. > What do you call the Liberal Party of Australia? They aren’t left leaning at all. And the Liberal party of Canada is. All of the Western world is Liberal. It can either be left-leaning or right-leaning. It does not make a lick of sense to suggest that the only thing that anywhere near leans left is Socialism (this is the only possible conclusion that can be inferred from your rhetoric), while you lump everything else that functionally uses Capitalism as "the right". This is not the colloquial understanding.
  - skinnymuch 4y ago
    My question I’m wondering for you. Who are capitalists and anti-capitalists? And can capitalists be left-wing in your view of the world’s overton window? Do you consider the Global North not right wing? The modern overton window is moving to the right as I’m sure you’re aware and you’re trying to say it has moved enough that being capitalist now means left wing. What year do you think this change finally happened? It wasn’t this way during the 50s. The Overton window was much more to the left back then. Free market economies are a right wing ideal, no? Like China isn’t a free market economy.

Liberalism in and of itself does not mean "right wing" to the world. As you would have it, the only thing disqualifying one from being a conservative is being a commie or anarchist.

skinnymuch 4y ago

I didn’t say conservative. I said or meant, [leans] right wing. I wouldn’t call Huberman conservative. Would you? What do you call the Liberal Party of Australia? They aren’t left leaning at all. I’d be eager to get an answer to this because I keep getting called elitist and I don’t get it. I thought Americans like myself aren’t supposed to think the world revolves around America. “The Liberal Party of Australia is a centre-right political party in Australia,[21] one of the three[22] major parties in Australian politics” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Party_of_Australia You can also check how Wikipedia defines liberalism.

lanfeust6 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-wing_politics You don't even understand the terms you're flinging around. Ring-wing explicitly, unambiguously, means Conservative. > What do you call the Liberal Party of Australia? They aren’t left leaning at all. And the Liberal party of Canada is. All of the Western world is Liberal. It can either be left-leaning or right-leaning. It does not make a lick of sense to suggest that the only thing that anywhere near leans left is Socialism (this is the only possible conclusion that can be inferred from your rhetoric), while you lump everything else that functionally uses Capitalism as "the right". This is not the colloquial understanding.
- skinnymuch 4y ago
  My question I’m wondering for you. Who are capitalists and anti-capitalists? And can capitalists be left-wing in your view of the world’s overton window? Do you consider the Global North not right wing? The modern overton window is moving to the right as I’m sure you’re aware and you’re trying to say it has moved enough that being capitalist now means left wing. What year do you think this change finally happened? It wasn’t this way during the 50s. The Overton window was much more to the left back then. Free market economies are a right wing ideal, no? Like China isn’t a free market economy.