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[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world -5 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

New kids are trying to pretend that liberal means centrist instead of its actual meaning which is simply "not conservative"

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Liberalism is an ideology. Conservatism is a position on an ideologic binary. Uf you ascribe to Liberalism you are claiming belief in a very specific form of government and economy. If you claim to be a conservative you need to clarify what kind of conservative you are.

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

That is not and have never been it's meaning. In fact, conservatives are a type of liberal.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago

No they are not unless if they are conservative Liberals. A conservative Maoist and a conservative libertarian have very different ideologies despite being conservative within their own binaries. This is due to the fact that conservatism is a position in a binary and is not an ideology.

You can be a conservative and be illiberal.