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“You will be more conservative as you grow older” (lemmy.ml)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've run out of ways to say this, so I'll just reiterate it one more time and be done with it

I understand what you mean, and have since the beginning. I disagree with you on it.

In a geopolitical context, leftism is socialism and rightism is Capitalism.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You are welcome to disagree with it, but your definition is not shared by Merriam-Webster, Dictionary.com, or Wikipedia. The Encyclopedia Britannica comes closest to agreeing with you by saying that, "Socialism is the standard leftist ideology in most countries of the world," but it does not limit its definition of the political left to socialist and communist ideologies, and it certainly doesn't say, "Left wing means ending Capitalism, not just 'reigning it in." So maybe next time, before you jump into someone's comments to tell them they're using a word wrong, check if they're actually using it wrong or simply using it in a way that doesn't align with your personal beliefs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wikipedia agrees with me, the others are liberal rags.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

You:

Wikipedia agrees with me

Wikipedia:

Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy as a whole or certain social hierarchies...Ideologies considered to be left-wing vary greatly depending on the placement along the political spectrum in a given time and place...In addition, the term left-wing has also been applied to a broad range of culturally liberal social movements, including the civil rights movement, feminist movement, LGBT rights movement, abortion-rights movements, multiculturalism, anti-war movement and environmental movement as well as a wide range of political parties.

Anyway, we're done here.