• SCB@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I can show you better than the other guy is doing, I think.

    “liberal” is a spectrum of identities that are named by the right - from hippy liberals to bleeding hearts to champagne liberals. They share a common umbrella of ideology, but their individual quirks and passions set them apart.

    Neoliberals have their own definitions, but again are characterized by the people who dislike them, in this case it’s generally people on the far left. They fall under the set of “liberal,” but because their opposition is also their in-group, they are a more isolated identity. They are also, interestingly, given that reality, by far the largest liberal segment of the Democratic Party.

    This is why the left primarily attacks neoliberalism - they’re just going where the voters are, trying to change their minds.