US Election: Discussion Thread

Like I think that’s an accurate description based on European standards, but not necessarily the US

i saw another furry art of kamala as a hyena i think that’s a good sign for democrats

Liberal just gets used as another way to say “left-leaning across the board”.

then what did arete (american) mean, it seems you are in a disagreement :sob:. arete defined the two as different

Difference tends to be that it tends to be more lip-servicey than “leftist”.

Also not really accurate

Ok, just defer to Nbowie on this one.

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Leftists and liberals are ~about the same from my experience

Liberals are left of center in American politics, but America is righter than a lot of Europe. So, yeah liberals are left on social issues mostly but economically center-right in Europe. Leftists broadly refer to much more progressive beliefs, and are meaningfully to left of liberals and would be considered on the left in Europe as well.

Granted our politics are so full of buzzwords at this point its probably different than reality lmao

this is true yeah. there are like 10-15 words and phrases that get repeated over and over

jesus christ jill stein is still running?

at this rate my fuckin grandkids are gonna be seeing her name on the ballot like holy shit

immortal god emperor jill stein running ont he 2124 to claim a whole 2% of the vote

Liberal more generally means someone who supports individual rights, democracy, and capitalism. Both American Liberals and Conservatives are liberal. Leftists tend to be less liberal in support of capitalism.

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