20 Jun 2021 7:14 pm
My argument also is based on the fact that words ought to have actual meaning, lolPolar1ty » 20 Jun 2021, 7:12 pm » wrote: ↑ Then your argument is that more people would support fascism/fascism-lite if it wasn't made into the f word of politics, which is different from people who argue that (subset) isn't liberal because (reasons).
In fact your argument implies that people who oppose the current system CANNOT be liberals or were fooled into supporting liberalism while holding views contradictory to liberalism cuz ppl are stupid/gullible.
if you cannot define a political philosophy independently of who labels themselves that philosophy then you can't even talk about politics anymore.