Shoq 🌿Jan 7, 2024
Good morning. A moment of Zen, a day late ⏵
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Show threadDaniël Franke 🏳️‍🌈
@shoq I don't remember the left winning an election in the US, or even having their own party for that matter.
Jan 7, 2024 at 4:30pmWeb
Show threadMs. UppityJan 7, 2024
@ainmosni @shoq the “left”. They forgot the air quotes.
Show threadDaniël Franke 🏳️‍🌈Jan 7, 2024

@MsUppity @shoq

The left*

*Actually another centre-right neoliberal party that's just not AS right wing as the only other viable party in their country.

Show threadMarty FoutsJan 7, 2024
@ainmosni @shoq you have to adjust for the US dialect. For “left” read “center right”.
Show threadDaniël Franke 🏳️‍🌈Jan 7, 2024

@MartyFouts @shoq

Yep, just another neoliberal center right party that's only left relatively to it's extreme right competitor.

Show threadMarty FoutsJan 7, 2024
@ainmosni @shoq As a genuine liberal I hate the term “neoliberal” because there’s nothing liberal about the philosophy but, alas, you use it correctly.
Show threadDaniël Franke 🏳️‍🌈Jan 7, 2024

@MartyFouts @shoq

idk, having been raised in continental Europe (NL/DE), Liberal has always been pretty right on my compass.

That said, if we go by pure theory, one would say that liberalism is on a different axis than the economic one left/right tends to refer to.