• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Quick clarification of terms, since I think you are using them incorrectly. In general, liberals, progressives and leftists ideologies are categorized as such.

    • Liberals want to make capitalism fair.
    • Progressives want to regulate it.
    • Leftists want to move beyond it.

    In the current US political environment the three terms are best used to describe the following groups.

    • Liberals - Clinton, Obama, Biden, Schummer, etc. What we in Lemmy tend to describe as the “Democratic establishment”.
    • Progressives - AOC, Bernie, Mamdami, etc. The Democratic socialists that want to fix and reform the current system.
    • Leftists - Almost always anti-capitalism. Want to replace the system if possible.
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      2 days ago

      Leftists want to move beyond it.

      That’s not always true. Many self described leftists support authoritarian state capitalism.

      • Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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        2 days ago

        Generalizations are bad, mmmmmkay. Not everyone in .ml is marxist/lenninist. For a very long time .ml was Lemmy’s main instance and is still very tech focused. A two second glance at my history would have clued you in.