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2 things: 1. Ignorance is bliss 2. Liberals are conservative; the word you're looking for is progressive. This mixing of words is a propaganda tactic designed
by BillyTheMage 3y ago
2 things:
1. Ignorance is bliss
2. Liberals are conservative; the word you're looking for is progressive. This mixing of words is a propaganda tactic designed to make people unable to understand political discussion. You can't understand a sentence if you don't know what the words mean, and you can't understand what the words mean if you think they're all synonyms.
- mutant_glofish 3y ago> Ignorance is bliss I agree. Hobbits [1] generally care and know less about politics. Perhaps in an ideal world, like the Shire, that would be the way to live. > Liberals are conservative; I agree with you that the common usage of the word "liberal" is inappropriate, and would be more than happy to reclaim the word. I disagree with you about using the word "progressive" instead though, as its just a euphemism for "left-winger" (or "communist"). [2] [1]: https://americanmind.org/salvo/beyond-elves-and-hobbits/ https://americanmind.org/salvo/beyond-elves-and-hobbits/ [2]: https://www.city-journal.org/article/progressive-unh-unh https://www.city-journal.org/article/progressive-unh-unh
- BillyTheMage 3y agoProgressives might reach into leftist territory, but certainly not communist. Progressives are the target of much ridicule by far-left-wingers. They tend to have absolutely no clue about the ideas underlying leftism, they just have a few specific policies they want enacted that happen to match some of the things leftists advocate, but usually for different reasons. Progressives still usually subscribe to the western ideals of Representative Democracy and Capitalism.