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I wish there were fewer "screenshots of fights with libs" posts. Actual libs in the comments here I don't mind, as long as we drown them out, but the constant posting about libs wears me out a little. (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by iie@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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At least quarantine that shit to the dunk tank.

I'm not on hexbear to spend all my time thinking about libs lol, I'm on hexbear because I like hexbear. I like the riffs, and the topics, and the cool knowledgeable users who post stuff I would never see otherwise. I've learned a ton here over the years, and it really feels like a wholly unique space on the internet.

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[-] Owl@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, right to private property and equality before the law. Liberals espouse various views depending on their understanding of these principles but generally support private property, market economies, individual rights (including civil rights and human rights), liberal democracy, secularism, rule of law, economic and political freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of religion, constitutional government and privacy rights. Liberalism is frequently cited as the dominant ideology of modern history.

Everyone here makes fun of liberals because the private property and market economies keep getting in the way of the equality and human rights parts.

[-] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

lmao at liberals explaining how companies like Blackrock are bad and we need to stop them while the philosophy and politicians they've hitched their wagon to says that is all juuuuust fine

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think it because most of "us" don't have a political ideology that we conform to 100% or politicians we can vote for that we actually agree with.

I'm with everyone on the "capitalism fucks us all" but I have a very hard time seeing the proletariat utopia succeed in various places, luxury goods production for one example. For me personally I think the greed incentive drives people to create something like the next PlayStation, but a state or stateless system wouldn't give two shits about what people want to play. There would be very little incentive to create truly difficult and expensive things.

Again, I'm with you all on the "capitalism is fucking us" as greed is running rampant, I want equality and inclusion of all peoples, I want housing provided and healthcare to be a right. I just don't have a political ideology to fully identify with so "libtard" or "succdem" is the closest I can get.