▲ 71 ▼ America Was Never a Democracy (slate.com) submitted 1 month ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 17 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] sbbq@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago (2 children) Whyyyyy do you keep saying liberals are doing these things, as if conservatives are not, even harder? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 child) Liberalism is the philosophical ideology that underlies capitalism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sbbq@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 month ago (1 child) Ah, of course, and so no one but liberals are taking part in or responsible for capitalism as we know it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago I'm sorry, I should have been more clear. I'm not using liberal as in people who identify as politically "liberal" in the US. I'm talking about adherents of the philosophy of Liberalism. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Capable_Coping@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago "Conservative" is not a political ideology, it is a branding term. The Democrats and the old guard of Republicans are both Liberal parties. This is why establishment DNC fights their own party's left wing more than the Republicans, as they represent an actually different ideology. *The TEA party/Trump folks/ conspiracy RNC is a Fascist political movement permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 child) Liberalism is the philosophical ideology that underlies capitalism. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sbbq@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 month ago (1 child) Ah, of course, and so no one but liberals are taking part in or responsible for capitalism as we know it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago I'm sorry, I should have been more clear. I'm not using liberal as in people who identify as politically "liberal" in the US. I'm talking about adherents of the philosophy of Liberalism. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sbbq@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 month ago (1 child) Ah, of course, and so no one but liberals are taking part in or responsible for capitalism as we know it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago I'm sorry, I should have been more clear. I'm not using liberal as in people who identify as politically "liberal" in the US. I'm talking about adherents of the philosophy of Liberalism. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago I'm sorry, I should have been more clear. I'm not using liberal as in people who identify as politically "liberal" in the US. I'm talking about adherents of the philosophy of Liberalism. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Capable_Coping@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago "Conservative" is not a political ideology, it is a branding term. The Democrats and the old guard of Republicans are both Liberal parties. This is why establishment DNC fights their own party's left wing more than the Republicans, as they represent an actually different ideology. *The TEA party/Trump folks/ conspiracy RNC is a Fascist political movement permalink fedilink source parent