In the US communism gets a bad rap so those people that support communism took on the term 'liberal'.
As time went on and communism wasn't as hated they took on the term "progressive".
Now that communism is not all that hated but still has a stigma they are finally ok with using the term "socialist".
Once people are comfortable with the term "socialist" then they will eventually go back to calling themselves "communists".
Then anyone who doesn't like that term will likely have fled the country if they're lucky or dead.
Topic: What's the definition you have of "liberal" - page 2. (Read 998 times)
To my opinion, to be liberal is to have wide and open wordlview, to tolerate differencies in any way, to accept new things, not to judge others if they have different point of views and similiar. Not to be closed in your own narrow world.
Hey people.
This forum is mainly American. Or at least the "politics and society" part is divided mainly between Americans and Europeans.
Americans keep calling lots of Europeans "liberals". But the thing is that most of people called this way are not. I'm really not sure Americans have the same definition of the word "liberal" than Europeans.
So here the official Oxford definition (in a political context):
favouring individual liberty, free trade, and moderate political and social reform
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/liberal
Clearly, lefties aren't liberals, at all. From this definition, most Americans are strong liberals, and Europeans are much less liberals. Especially from an economic point of view.
So is that your definition of liberals? if no what do you means by "liberal"?
Liberty is individual freedom and rights. Bitcoin is very liberal, fiat is not liberty.This forum is mainly American. Or at least the "politics and society" part is divided mainly between Americans and Europeans.
Americans keep calling lots of Europeans "liberals". But the thing is that most of people called this way are not. I'm really not sure Americans have the same definition of the word "liberal" than Europeans.
So here the official Oxford definition (in a political context):
favouring individual liberty, free trade, and moderate political and social reform
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/liberal
Clearly, lefties aren't liberals, at all. From this definition, most Americans are strong liberals, and Europeans are much less liberals. Especially from an economic point of view.
So is that your definition of liberals? if no what do you means by "liberal"?
Hey people.
This forum is mainly American. Or at least the "politics and society" part is divided mainly between Americans and Europeans.
Americans keep calling lots of Europeans "liberals". But the thing is that most of people called this way are not. I'm really not sure Americans have the same definition of the word "liberal" than Europeans.
So here the official Oxford definition (in a political context):
favouring individual liberty, free trade, and moderate political and social reform
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/liberal
Clearly, lefties aren't liberals, at all. From this definition, most Americans are strong liberals, and Europeans are much less liberals. Especially from an economic point of view.
So is that your definition of liberals? if no what do you means by "liberal"?
This forum is mainly American. Or at least the "politics and society" part is divided mainly between Americans and Europeans.
Americans keep calling lots of Europeans "liberals". But the thing is that most of people called this way are not. I'm really not sure Americans have the same definition of the word "liberal" than Europeans.
So here the official Oxford definition (in a political context):
favouring individual liberty, free trade, and moderate political and social reform
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/liberal
Clearly, lefties aren't liberals, at all. From this definition, most Americans are strong liberals, and Europeans are much less liberals. Especially from an economic point of view.
So is that your definition of liberals? if no what do you means by "liberal"?
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