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AbigailFlippinfloppn OP t1_itgtees wrote

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

Liberal literally just means "believes in capitalism"

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big_whistler t1_itgu4ix wrote

Youre using this term deliberately ignoring the context of American politics

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AbigailFlippinfloppn OP t1_itgugfk wrote

Because in American politics terms seem to be deliberately misused to obfuscate the class based nature of our problems 🤔

Also this is how the terms are used among basically all American Marxists and socialists, American mainstream politics aren't politics they're a circus

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moreobviousthings t1_itguu4o wrote

Can you cite a source for that? Capitalism is strictly an economic construct, while liberalism is more broad and not specific to economics.

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lazydictionary t1_ithejtu wrote

If you didn't believe in capitalism you would probably be considered a socialist or maybe an anarchist.

Just read the intro on Wikipedia.

>However, they generally support private property, market economies...Liberals also ended mercantilist policies, royal monopolies and other trade barriers, instead promoting free trade and marketization.

Classical liberalism

Social liberalism [mainstream Democrats], which are usually defined as center-left or center, which is definitely capitalist

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