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[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I might not have been a raging, bleeding-heart, anti-capitalist liberal had Trump not gotten elected in November 2016. Until then I might have considered myself apolitical with no strong political ambitions. Seeing the post-election riots/protests opened up the world to me, his election wasn't a stupid joke but an injustice on all the people Trump essentially campaigned on fucking over.

Another crazy moment was the second time I got high on weed. I was super panicked at first, but when I went to bed, all of a sudden abstract art made sense to me as I had visions and felt a connection to their work even if I didn't know their name. That high had residual effects the next day and I had felt changed somehow.

Sorry but "anti capitalist liberal"? But liberalism is capitalism

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 year ago

it's amazing how many people think "liberal" = "leftist"

We can blame America for that

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

yea I had the same reaction. In the US I think it bears a different meaning, they equate liberal with the left. Even though it hardly makes sense, it's the usage

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, as others have pointed out I'm discussing from the North American political perspective (Ontario, Canada).

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