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minus-squareknexcarlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-23 days agoI thought right wing ideology was conservative, like MAGA, and liberal was left wing.
minus-squareGrainne@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoMAGA is far right/alt right, liberalism is right. Stuff like Bernie and Mamdani would be centre. Left is stuff like anarchism, communism, socialism, etc. Systems that aim to completely replace capitalism rather than reform or keep it.
minus-squareelectric_nan@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoThat’s largely an artifact of US political discourse. Much of the rest of the world, would use the word liberal to describe both major US parties-- neither being considered remotely left-wing. Liberals are all fundamentally capitalists.
I thought right wing ideology was conservative, like MAGA, and liberal was left wing.
MAGA is far right/alt right, liberalism is right. Stuff like Bernie and Mamdani would be centre.
Left is stuff like anarchism, communism, socialism, etc. Systems that aim to completely replace capitalism rather than reform or keep it.
That’s largely an artifact of US political discourse. Much of the rest of the world, would use the word liberal to describe both major US parties-- neither being considered remotely left-wing. Liberals are all fundamentally capitalists.