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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (5 children)

"Reality has a well-known liberal bias." - Stephen Colbert

[–] Alsephina@lemmy.ml 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

“The white liberal differs from the white conservative only in one way: the liberal is more deceitful than the conservative.”

- Malcolm X

Damn i need to read more x quotes

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"In every political community there are varying shades of political opinion. One of the shadiest of these is the liberals. An outspoken group on many subjects. Ten degrees to the left of center in good times. Ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally." - Phil Ochs

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world -3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Is this implying being right of center is bad? You know what that would mean, right?

[–] the_post_of_tom_joad@sh.itjust.works 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

You would have to start a long conversation about the overton window, and what left vs right even means to both you and i before tackling this question, friend.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago
[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Neoliberalism is stuff like putting children to work in the coal mines and also includes modern day conservatives (especially the nazi ones, a lot of people don't realize how the nazi regime was more or less liberalism taken to its conclusion, which is why it took a war for them to face any opposition from the liberal world order, and even then it was only because they bit the hand that fed them)

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 3 points 9 months ago

Neoliberalism =/= liberalism and especially not leftism (or just "the opposite of conservatism"), which I assume is what Colbert means