Comment on Can someone explain Australian parties to me?
eureka@aussie.zone 3 weeks agoIm not a fan of Albanese due to him largely coasting on important issues; like housing but Im not aware of the broader population thinking he was a cunt.
For what it’s worth, I’d say many online communities (including Lemmy) are more progressivist than the average population, so a non-Australian could easily get that impression.
abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 2 weeks ago
Hmm.. I'm curious now, how did a conservative rightist party end up with Liberal in their name?
Mountaineer@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
Back in 1909 The Protectionist Party and Anti-Socialist Party put aside their differences to take on the Labor party, which was seen as Socialist.
The founders wanted freedom (Liberty) from what they saw as Labour Union dominion.
Funnily enough, an actual Libertarian party has since popped up and the Liberals challenged their name with the AEC, which as I said is funny because the Electoral Commision correctly pointed out that if ANYBODY has an incorrect name, it’s the Liberals.
eureka@aussie.zone 2 weeks ago
From a historical/polsci perspective, the Liberal Party is a conservative liberalist party, and the Libertarian Party is probably also a conservative liberalist party claiming to be a classical liberalist party (right-libertarian is also appropriate, as opposed to the original meaning of libertarian, which is now called libertarian socialism).
The US discourse using “liberal” to refer to “progressive liberalism” is more the source of confusion than the Liberal Party.
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abff08f4813c@j4vcdedmiokf56h3ho4t62mlku.srv.us 2 weeks ago
Hey, that's pretty cool (re: Libertarian Party of Australia and the AEC comment)