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[–] Omnipitaph@reddthat.com 9 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Okedoke, well I just learned that I have no concrete grasp of political labels and need to do a LOT of research.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 14 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

Extreme simplification:

Liberalism: supports capitalism. Current system + tweaks

Leftism: supports anticapitalism of some form, the two biggest umbrellas being Marxism/Communism and Anarchism

Marxism/Communism: supports collectivization, public ownership, and central planning (I have an introductory reading list if you want to learn more, or just read Principles of Communism)

Anarchism: supports full horizontalism and networks of communes

[–] Omnipitaph@reddthat.com 3 points 3 hours ago

Thank you for the reading list! I'll take a gander :)

[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

Sorry to say I'm a self aware liberal capitalist. I must say I love to consoom (with some moderation)

[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world -3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

New kids are trying to pretend that liberal means centrist instead of its actual meaning which is simply "not conservative"

[–] BrainInABox@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 hours ago

That is not and have never been it's meaning. In fact, conservatives are a type of liberal.