I’d describe myself as politically “center-left” and I go on the streets against the far-right in my country… Not “left” enough for the lemmy community hexbear(.)net, I guess, which banned me for “facism”.

“Advertisement”: Go to hexbear(.)net if you want to be able to say “Death to Israel” or “The situation in Gaza is like the holocaust” without getting banned. No, you even get a lot of likes and no one will say anything against that. No one will share arguments against yours. Why? Because those people will instead get banned.

At least, I have an explanation now… There is no one arguing against what is posted there, because everyone who tries, is getting banned.

  • lemmytellyousomething@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    10 months ago

    I’m from Germany.

    We have more political options than just “conservative or liberal” here.

    Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, right to private property and equality before the law.

    Am I liberal according to that? yes.

    Liberty is the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s way of life, behavior, or political views.

    Am I liberal according to that? yes.

    But this applies probably to most of the people, probably also you.

    We have a German party calling themselves the liberals (FDP) and they fight for a more liberal economy, e.g. less control through the state. Do I vote for them? No. Too much focus on the rich…

    So, am I liberal in the end? Depends on how you define it.

    Maybe center-left is a better word…

    • bloubz@lemmygrad.ml
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      10 months ago

      You said you are a leftist. So when you’re being called liberal, it means you’re not a socialist. And that is bad, because even though you lean toward good social ideas, you support liberal capitalism. Liberalism in the sense of capitalism