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And Leftists see the Liberals as the scorpion.
Turns out when people stop benefiting from society, they don't care what happens to it.
And no, an oppressive police state who kills anyone who gets too poor or upset is not a "benefit" of that society. And when that's all the system has left, you can't blame people for not giving a shit.
That's not really a universal truth, Leftists hold a wide range of views on liberalism.
Not on here it doesn't seem. On here a liberal to them is chuck Schumer or other neoliberals(neo being the keyword here). They think liberalism is about protecting capital. I would argue that socialism can be very liberal if we're going with the traditional meaning of the word.
But what really bothers me about it is it feels like a wedge issue created to drive the two groups apart, and it seems to work on people that I KNOW are smarter than that. But I guess we liberals thought that about Maga as well
I'd argue you don't know what Liberalism is.
John Locke was all about private property and individual ownership of the means of production. Liberalism is tied to capitalism from it's origin.
It's comparable to AnComs and being in favor of personal liberties, they're still right wingers at their core.
The warped American notion of liberalism as an analogue for left or progressive is not the norm globally, and certainly not the origin of the word or how we all see it applied in the states.