Hello, comrades. I was wondering why we allowed “liberal” to become a dirty word? A “liberal” is someone favorable to progress or reform, and also someone in favor of individual rights and liberties.
I understand American fake liberals largely discredited the word, but in Lemmygrad forums, I see true liberalism every day: people discuss progressive ideas all the time, and are very tolerant of each other. Why do we allow American fake liberals to ruin the experience for us all? The word “liberal” should once again ring positive, while fake liberals should be called “faux liberals” which they are, don’t you agree?
I think you’re just fundamentally misunderstanding what liberalism is in regards to socialism. Liberalism is an ideology that is the product of bourgeois control of society; it is at odds with socialists because socialists desire a proletarian controlled society. You’re describing at best social Democrats, liberals who “really aren’t that bad guys”!
Liberalism isn’t some undefinable and regional term for Marxists like it is for, well, liberals, because we have a real definition for what it is. It is idealistic, creates a dictatorship of capital,and preserves the monstrous status quo. The status quo is bad and kills people and their souls, there are no good liberal politicians period.
I understand. If you insist on this definition, then it is a problem, I agree.