• ZombiFrancis
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    10 days ago

    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.

    • NeilBru@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      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.