Hello Chang, Thank you for the links. Left and right, liberal and conservative - the meanings of which are distorted beyond recognition ( of their original meaning ) is a given in the land of the free.
The meaning of liberal here in Australia is rather ironic and a misnomer. The Liberal party contains right wing dinosaurs. John Howard took Australia with lies of WMDs to wage war on Iraq. They fit the bill in "neoliberalism".
That's what I'm saying - when you say something like "liberal class are bigots" it does not reflect the liberal ideology in America (or UK, or most other places) as much as it reflects conservative ideology.
Here is one difference between "conservatives" and "liberals" in terms of SOCIAL VIEWS:
Conservatives: Opposed to gay marriage, abortion and embryonic stem cell research. Support the right to bear arms, death penalty, and personal responsibility as an individual.
Liberals: Gay couples to get equal rights like everyone else (e.g. marriage); abortion should be legal; support embryonic stem cell research. Support restrictions and regulation around the right to bear arms.
As to your genocide statement, the Republican party in the US are the party of Conservatives (that support the Genocide and have white Christian Nationalism), while the Democratic party ranges all over from "full supporters" to "opposers".
So your comment reflects the "conservatives" more so than the "liberals" in the US. (Unless you are talking only of Australia).
Also, there are considerable differences between "classical liberalism" and "neoliberalism". Neoliberalism is both a political philosophy and a term used to signify the late-20th-century political reappearance of 19th-century ideas associated with free-market capitalism. As such, anyone that believes in free-market capitalism (which would include many proponents of both conservatives and liberals) is a neo-liberal.
Hello Chang, Thank you for the links. Left and right, liberal and conservative - the meanings of which are distorted beyond recognition ( of their original meaning ) is a given in the land of the free.
The meaning of liberal here in Australia is rather ironic and a misnomer. The Liberal party contains right wing dinosaurs. John Howard took Australia with lies of WMDs to wage war on Iraq. They fit the bill in "neoliberalism".
That's what I'm saying - when you say something like "liberal class are bigots" it does not reflect the liberal ideology in America (or UK, or most other places) as much as it reflects conservative ideology.
Here is one difference between "conservatives" and "liberals" in terms of SOCIAL VIEWS:
Conservatives: Opposed to gay marriage, abortion and embryonic stem cell research. Support the right to bear arms, death penalty, and personal responsibility as an individual.
Liberals: Gay couples to get equal rights like everyone else (e.g. marriage); abortion should be legal; support embryonic stem cell research. Support restrictions and regulation around the right to bear arms.
As to your genocide statement, the Republican party in the US are the party of Conservatives (that support the Genocide and have white Christian Nationalism), while the Democratic party ranges all over from "full supporters" to "opposers".
So your comment reflects the "conservatives" more so than the "liberals" in the US. (Unless you are talking only of Australia).
Also, there are considerable differences between "classical liberalism" and "neoliberalism". Neoliberalism is both a political philosophy and a term used to signify the late-20th-century political reappearance of 19th-century ideas associated with free-market capitalism. As such, anyone that believes in free-market capitalism (which would include many proponents of both conservatives and liberals) is a neo-liberal.