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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This doesn't seem so much of a liberal thing but a social centrist thing. There's plenty of people on the left that are socialist/communist but don't care as much about social issues. I recall someone arguing that the people who wanted to kidnap Gov Whitmer were experiencing "economic anxiety". You see it too with leftists who float the idea of working with MAGA hats for economic populism.

It's like when people say there's basically only one party or there's no difference between Democrats and Republicans. From a purely economic perspective, sure, the differences are rather small. Pretty much just comes down to taxes. But the two parties are polar opposites when it comes to social issues. To say there's no difference is basically ignoring the social aspect.

Enlightened centrist or liberal or apologist, it's just cringe.