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To all the infallible unblemished champions of the proletarian revolution who are shitting on "libs":
According to the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics and Western Political Theory in the Face of the Future, this is the definition of liberalism:
In your own words, what do you think "lib" means? And if you're going with my cited textbook definition, what's so offensive to you about the tenets that are listed?
Either words' definitions matter or they don't, and if they don't, then none of what you say matters.
Generally it is used as a derogatory remark towards the flank of capitalist that often styles themselves 'leftist'.
In a very reductive sense it means if you're offended by being called it, then it means you.
Wannabe pejoratives usually are overly reductive.
I just think the tankies and MAGA types don't even know what it really means. Republicanism and Marxism are historically both liberal political philosophies that find their roots in the enlightenment.
I think they want to say "corporatist neoliberal", but it's too many syllables or requires too much thought. "Lib" makes for a nicer stone to throw.