I always hear this, but it doesn’t make sense to me. To me it sounds like we define liberals differently. What specific stances make a liberal right of center? I would like to know we’re defining the word the same way.
I’ve thought of it this way, a liberal is a master being giving liberally the treats they shower their workers with to keep them happy and productive. A leftist believes in the class consciousness struggle and that human rights are innate and not something handed down from masters.
Liberals are right of center. America is almost the only place on the Earth where liberalism is considered left wing.
In Australia our conservative party is called the Liberal Party.
I wonder if these are people from outside of the US referring to what we call libertarians.
But anyway, the “left” in the US is certainly no where near as left as the left in say European countries.
I always hear this, but it doesn’t make sense to me. To me it sounds like we define liberals differently. What specific stances make a liberal right of center? I would like to know we’re defining the word the same way.
I’ve thought of it this way, a liberal is a master being giving liberally the treats they shower their workers with to keep them happy and productive. A leftist believes in the class consciousness struggle and that human rights are innate and not something handed down from masters.
That wasn’t anything specific at all.
Then Google it. I gave you an overview of the two political philosophies. It’s not my job to educate you if you don’t like the answers you get.
They defend corporate rights instead of worker rights, as an example.
Endorsement of capitalism, for starters.