I used to be strictly materialist and atheist. Now I’m pretty spiritual. Don’t necessarily follow a religion and don’t support bigotry but yeah, I’m fairly spiritual now. This is a recent development and I never thought I’d be here like 5 years ago.

  • TomMasz@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I once thought the Democratic Party in the US was liberal. Now I realize they’re slightly right of center (with some exceptions), and there really isn’t a truly liberal (or leftist) party of any note.

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      1 month ago

      As a European the Dems strike me as very pro capitalist neoliberals but definitely not as liberals. They get along with anyone if it’s good for the economy. Freedom isn’t something they actually value that much.

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      It depends on the lens you’re using to look at the situation:

      Would you argue that the Dems are not Progressive Liberals?

      They are leftist depending on the definition. Classic left-wing was simply anti-monarch, pro-republic. In that regard the Dems are left wing. Are they Communists/Socialist though? lmao, absolutely not. They are WAY too focussed on social issues, in general.