• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      No, I disagree with each of your definitions. Here’s how I see them:

      • leftist - anyone left of center; this is a big tent with both capitalists and communists
      • progressives - leftists who want significant, but moderate political change (e.g. universal healthcare, high minimum wage, etc)
      • liberals - anyone who believes in individual rights and private property, so basically the capitalist wing of leftist ideology; originally, liberals were more synonymous w/ modern libertarians, but now they tend to prefer larger government

      So in terms of size of the groups: leftists > liberals > progressives. The communist part of the left is largely mutually exclusive from progressives and liberals, though some progressives are in favor of some elements from socialism.

      At least that’s how I see it. I’m neither leftist or conservative, I’m a pretty centrist libertarian. I’m left of many leftists and right of many conservatives, depending on the issue.