moreobviousthings t1_itguu4o wrote on October 23, 2022 at 3:37 PM

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

lazydictionary t1_ithejtu wrote on October 23, 2022 at 5:49 PM

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.

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