Just like how Japan had, up until late last year, been majorly under the governance of the Liberal Democratic Party (Read: Conservative traditionalists).
peregrin5@lemm.ee 4 months ago
One thing I learned as I grew up is that in politics, words mean the opposite of what they mean.
Examples:
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is neither democratic, a republic, or for the people.
The Nationalist Socialist Party had a problem with actual socialists.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Snowclone@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Technically speaking they’re using the words correctly, liberalism is describing the freedom of capitalists to do as they please above all else, Republicans in the US aren’t traditionalist, they are neoliberals who want unregulated capitalism, and if course they are highly racist nationalists who want to improve white birth rates by any reduction of civil rights possible, and ethnic clensing, the democrats on the other hand prefer status quo neo liberalism, being closer to what you’d call a conservative, in their system unfettered capitalism along with conservative status quo is a pretty accurate use.
RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 4 months ago
Appearances (AKA propaganda) are key to despotism. If many people with rifles know how awful you are, you’re in deep shit. On the other hand, if you either ensure few people have rifles or confuse enough of them into thinking everything is okay, you’ll be fine.
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Right. Sweden is a Kingdom, but it’s one of the most liberal democracies in the world.