Do any of them know what the word “liberal” actually means?

  • @Cryophilia
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    -14 months ago

    Multiple definitions of words can exist. When 300 million people agree on a definition, that’s a valid definition.

    Also, the RIDICULOUS ARROGANCE of Europeans never fails to astound me. 9 billion people? You really do think you represent the whole world lol. News flash, the colonial era is over, you lost your empires. Just stop, you’re embarrassing yourself.

    • Cowbee [he/him]
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      14 months ago

      I’m not a European, lol. The entire world and the entirety of academia understands Liberalism the way most people on Lwmmy use it, ie to refer to a pro-Capitalist ideology.

      • @Cryophilia
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        -14 months ago

        That makes it even more sad you’re simping for a colonialist view

          • @Cryophilia
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            -14 months ago

            Not really on a scale comparable to Europe, no.

            • Cowbee [he/him]
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              24 months ago

              Damn, guess the Indigenous peoples were so thoroughly eliminated you forgot about them.

              • @Cryophilia
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                -24 months ago

                Yeah it was more genocidal than colonial

                • Cowbee [he/him]
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                  14 months ago

                  It was literally founded on settler-colonialism. Just because this resulted in such a profound and extensive destruction of countless peoples that are nearly wiped out today doesn’t make it less colonial.

                  • @Cryophilia
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                    04 months ago

                    That’s not colonialism. It didn’t involve any colonies.