Post by @orc_princess@lemmy.ml

2026-01-04 22:38 UTC

Yeah, it's fine for the US to invade countries even when they have no pretenses, and even when they're shamelessly saying it's for oil, some liberals will still come out and say they support it, they seem incapable of realizing that the media they consume has manufactured their consent for this to happen

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@BiteSizedZeitGeist@lemmy.world 2026-01-05 01:49

What's your (or MLs in general) definition of "a liberal"? Real question, genuinely curious. The people (Americans) I know who would call themselves "liberal" don't and wouldn't support a "blood for oil" war like this. The liberals I knew didn't support the Iraq invasion in the 2000s and won't support Venezuela now. It _seems_ - and please correct me if I'm wrong - that MLs use the term "liberal" very broadly, even in a way that would include American Republicans and MAGA devotees. As in, anyone who lives (whether or not they like it) under a capitalist regime, like a Western neo-liberal. Or even, it seems like MLs call anyone who isn't as far "left" as they are liberal.

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