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It's standard among self-described leftists, to distinguish themselves from establishment liberals. I'm not even very far left and I identify with the term bec
by woooooo 1y ago
It's standard among self-described leftists, to distinguish themselves from establishment liberals.
I'm not even very far left and I identify with the term because party leadership are all 80yo and out of touch.
- tptacek 1y ago"Liberal" is an epithet here too (I'm a liberal, for whatever that's worth).
- woooooo 1y agoFor what it's worth back, a lot of the opposition towards "establishment libs" is based more on optics than policy IMO. Voters feel ripped off by the establishment. Running on "we're the establishment and we're here to help" is a loser, and letting Trump be the rebel is malpractice.
- johnisgood 1y agoI am a libertarian (anarcho-capitalist) but people do not know the differences and similarities to liberal, because both has the prefix "liber".
- Hammershaft 1y agoBoth ideologies evolved from the same source of classical liberalism, and still share plenty in common today.
- johnisgood 1y agoBut liberals would definitely down-vote me if I talked about Rothbard and Mises. Why do you think that is?
- nathan_compton 1y agoBecause they have a difference in opinion with you about the degree to which markets should be allowed to exclusively allocate resources?
- johnisgood 1y agoI personally am in favor of free market. Are they? I do not shy away from being a minarchist either, to be honest.