Liberals is a worthless term unless you specify what partical things you want free...
jh Send a noteboard - 25/02/2011 08:20:21 PM
left and right are not actually much better, but think of it like this:
If you are economically liberal, with regards to few restrictions on financial transactions and employment, you are generally considered right wing.
Socially liberal, which I assume has something to do with freedom from your social history, is more of a leftist thing...
Conservatives are generally regarded as a right wing thing, typically because it focuses more on old _values_ - but the word in itself indicates that in for example sweden, every conservative would be a social democrat since they have ruled the country for a 100 years... (the term is actually not used about local politics here, I assume since it would cause some confusion)
But trying to force things into a simple one dimensional scale is probably ridiculous, these days. I assume it would be better the more dimensions you add to a comparison of political interests; but to compare every single little issue in an ideology would make a mess to visualize properly, so I'd suggest sticking with at most 5 important areas, you decide which ones.
If you are economically liberal, with regards to few restrictions on financial transactions and employment, you are generally considered right wing.
Socially liberal, which I assume has something to do with freedom from your social history, is more of a leftist thing...
Conservatives are generally regarded as a right wing thing, typically because it focuses more on old _values_ - but the word in itself indicates that in for example sweden, every conservative would be a social democrat since they have ruled the country for a 100 years... (the term is actually not used about local politics here, I assume since it would cause some confusion)
But trying to force things into a simple one dimensional scale is probably ridiculous, these days. I assume it would be better the more dimensions you add to a comparison of political interests; but to compare every single little issue in an ideology would make a mess to visualize properly, so I'd suggest sticking with at most 5 important areas, you decide which ones.
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Clarification for an nonpolitical person.
- 25/02/2011 09:52:03 AM
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The political movement Liberal
- 25/02/2011 05:11:19 PM
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Bad way to leave it hanging. You give a completely opposite perspective on contemporary positions
- 26/02/2011 12:25:41 AM
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Re: Clarification for an nonpolitical person.
- 25/02/2011 05:31:31 PM
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Liberals is a worthless term unless you specify what partical things you want free...
- 25/02/2011 08:20:21 PM
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this shows one of the reasons this is such a hard question to answer quickly
- 25/02/2011 11:42:51 PM
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Yeah. In the US, what jh refers to as "economically liberal" is called "classically liberal."
- 26/02/2011 09:11:05 AM
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Depends on what country you're talking about
- 26/02/2011 05:18:12 AM
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