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[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Okedoke, well I just learned that I have no concrete grasp of political labels and need to do a LOT of research.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (2 children)

Extreme simplification:

Liberalism: supports capitalism. Current system + tweaks

Leftism: supports anticapitalism of some form, the two biggest umbrellas being Marxism/Communism and Anarchism

Marxism/Communism: supports collectivization, public ownership, and central planning (I have an introductory reading list if you want to learn more, or just read Principles of Communism)

Anarchism: supports full horizontalism and networks of communes

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Thank you for the reading list! I'll take a gander :)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry to say I'm a self aware liberal capitalist. I must say I love to consoom (with some moderation)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

You can still get goods and services in Socialism and Communism, I don't know what you mean by "consooming."

[–] [email protected] -5 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

New kids are trying to pretend that liberal means centrist instead of its actual meaning which is simply "not conservative"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 56 minutes ago

Liberalism is an ideology. Conservatism is a position on an ideologic binary. Uf you ascribe to Liberalism you are claiming belief in a very specific form of government and economy. If you claim to be a conservative you need to clarify what kind of conservative you are.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

That is not and have never been it's meaning. In fact, conservatives are a type of liberal.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 52 minutes ago

No they are not unless if they are conservative Liberals. A conservative Maoist and a conservative libertarian have very different ideologies despite being conservative within their own binaries. This is due to the fact that conservatism is a position in a binary and is not an ideology.

You can be a conservative and be illiberal.