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The difference explained (social.circl.lu)
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[-] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 70 points 7 months ago

I don't understand the memes connection between liberals and fascism.

[-] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago

Maybe like in Sweden, where the liberals went from calling themselves proud of being called the enemies of fascism, saying they will hide refugees if made illegal, to just straight up calling it "liberal politics actually", and are now collaborating with them to form a government. Crazy how that happens every time.

[-] exocrinous@lemm.ee 11 points 7 months ago

Liberals have a tendency to tolerate fascists more than is reasonable. They believe in granting fascists basic respect as serious political actors. They treat disagreements with fascists as intellectual debates with decorum and rules.

Joe Biden shouldn't have gone to the 2020 presidential debates armed with facts and arguments. He should have stepped up to the podium and said "this man is a murderer and deserves to be killed." It is the result of liberalism that this cannot be said in such a setting.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 7 months ago

Yelling at other lefties for not being left enough is a long and proud tradition.

[-] agitatedpotato@lemmy.world 16 points 7 months ago

The difference between liberals and the left is the stance on capitalism. Liberals believe they can make capitalism work, leftists insist we must move beyond it. The people obfuscating liberal and leftist are the people who want the discussion of moving past capitalism to stop. Don't help them.

[-] jlou@mastodon.social 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I disagree. There are plenty of examples of liberal anti-capitalists such as David Ellerman

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