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[–] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

To a fascist, everything left of fascism is “radical left.” It’s mostly ignorance. You don’t become a rightist by being smart or nuanced.

Liberalism sounds leftist at first because the word suggests permissiveness. In reality, liberalism allows for the consolidation of wealth and power in ways that naturally result in society moving rightward. Neoliberals take it a step further by being more active in their theft of wealth and power rather than passive. Liberals are often described as “center-left” but they are essentially a kind of right-leaning centrist. You might also hear the term “enlightened centrist” used pejoratively for liberals who haughtily want to pretend to be “above” the left-right spectrum.

Leftism is ultimately about egalitarianism, particularly of wealth and power. This requires certain controls to prevent consolidation which results in rightist structures like feudalism, dictatorships, oligarchies, and the like. Liberals are against such controls, and so are enablers of rightism.

This is the leftist viewpoint, at least.

[–] SoloCritical@lemmy.world 3 points 20 hours ago

Very interesting and seemingly educated take. Thank you for the response.