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Indeed, the 'liberal' party (which by the way is actually the more conservative one for some reason) has been rather overstepping its mark in terms of legislati
by PebblesHD 11y ago
Indeed, the 'liberal' party (which by the way is actually the more conservative one for some reason) has been rather overstepping its mark in terms of legislation lately. I have to say though the Labor guys aren't all that much better.
- toyg 11y agoThey follow European conventions, where "liberal" follows from the original "liberalism", i.e. the XIX century movement asking for trade liberalization (in a context of widespread protectionism by absolutist nation-states), a pro-business but socially conservative aggregation. Most "liberal" parties in Europe are right-wing in a similar way. It's only in the US that "liberal" came to mean "socially progressive" for some reason, and only relatively recently (i.e. at least post-LBJ, I would say, if not later).
- eru 11y agoDoesn't liberal in Europe mean socially and economically liberal. (And the Americans had to invent libertarian to mean essentially the same thing?)
- PebblesHD 11y ago@toyg - Thats actually fascinating, I've never read about anything on the topic but you've sparked my interest