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not at all.

"Liberalism", as with most political terms here, is used in an alternate and incongruous way compared to Europe or other places.

liberalism is synonymous with capitalism. they are both authoritarian structurally as they aren't functionally separate. Liberalism/capitalism is a right-wing ideology.

here's a decent video on the subject: youtu.be/VlLgvSduugI?si=wvDWWE

"Libertarianism" suffers similar misunderstanding in the U.S. The term originally referred to what was essentially "communist anarchist" philosophy until a right-wing psyop co-opted the term and now it's understand as such in the U.S. In the UK, Europe, or other places it's sometimes understood under the original meaning.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libert

@johnbrowntypebeats

FWIW - in the UK, "libertarianism "now has largely the same meaning as it does in the US.

*VERY ROUGHLY*, up until maybe 2005 (? maybe earlier?) I would have been able to say (in the UK) that I was a libertarian, and it be understood that I was anti-government in the sense that I hated their interference with people's personal lives:

Some examples, but not limited to, Clause 28 (the anti-LGBT laws) or the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (the "repetitive beats" law)

It *wouldn't* have implied that I was against refugees, the NHS, unemployment benefits, or any of the stuff that it implies now.

I gave up on calling myself a libertarian some time ago, so as not to confuse people on my principles, and just went with anarchist, even though that in itself causes some issues. Frankly, I'd prefer people think I'm putting bricks through Starbucks' windows than think that I'm against disability benefits.

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Yeah i've heard that things have shifted more recently, it's a shame how the U.S. perverts ideas and language the world over.

I find, as you mentioned, that almost any political term can be misunderstood in the U.S. due to the longstanding campaign against clarity and truth.

Anarchist results in as much confusion here as libertarian. So that's why i prefer to give the full range of meanings to shed a little light.

Violet Madder

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It was a big revelation to me around college age when I realized most people having big political arguments are using different mental dictionaries for their political terms.

@violetmadder

I was significantly older than college age, myself. And I realised that *I* was the one using different (by which I mean *wrong*) terms.

There was absolutely a time when I used "capitalism" when I meant "free markets", because I knew no better.

(It's probably why I have a little sympathy for "good faith" ancaps, given I was close to being one at one point, through sheer ignorance on my part)

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