• vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 months ago

    TBF there are about seven mutually exclusive definitions of “liberal” in each country.

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      4 months ago

      Not so much “in each country” as “between countries”, right? I’m European and in my home country “liberal” tends to mean Neoliberal

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        4 months ago

        Here too, but colloquially it means something like “unburdened by tradition” or “freedom loving”, which is, well, not how our liberals roll.