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

  • Cowbee [he/him]
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    16 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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      -16 months ago

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

        • @Cryophilia
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          -16 months ago

          Not really on a scale comparable to Europe, no.

          • Cowbee [he/him]
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            26 months ago

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

            • @Cryophilia
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              -26 months ago

              Yeah it was more genocidal than colonial

              • Cowbee [he/him]
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                16 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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                  06 months ago

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

                  • Cowbee [he/him]
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                    16 months ago

                    There were many colonies, lol. There was also Settler-Colonialism. Read about US history some time.