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Energeticlemon t1_itgnsnu wrote

Reply to comment by FourAM in Why doesn't the state build housing? by AbigailFlippinfloppn

Or most people in this thread are uninformed. The American colloquial meanings are not what the terms actually mean. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism

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lazydictionary t1_itgxrn2 wrote

Exactly. And Democrats, especially in RI, are just socially liberal, and not economically left leaning as you would think. They only look progressive compared to Republicans.

This state is almost completely controlled by Democrats and yet this state does not resemble anything leftist.

Heck, look at the recent LA City Council news - turns out most of the Democrats were racist as fuck. They aren't even socially liberal. It's all a show.

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Peach_enby t1_iti0cqd wrote

Yep. Unfortunately the two are tied hand in hand. You need money to support social projects. I would say leftist is more of a socialist term and they generally do not like liberals..

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