• halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The American definition of conservative and liberal stopped following fiscal policies decades ago, with both major parties. It only refers to some social aspects now, and even that’s a stretch at times.

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      2 days ago

      Indeed; it was more or less a rhetorical question.

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        2 days ago

        Not sure it is sadly. A lot of people still think that those descriptors apply… In large part because of the media’s complicity in spreading any falsehood they’re fed in exchange for maximum revenue.