Ask Lemmy

It means "i'm not a racist, but i still prefer billionaires getting all the money"

Extreme centrist

Libertarian

Sounds a lot like economically right, but politically liberal

“US politics new speak, can't relate.”

yeah. whatever.

As someone who calls himself that:

"I am a liberal but the liberal want to go after the upper middle class instead of after the top 0.1%"

P.S: I'm from Switzerland, so don't tell me about Trump. I knoe he's a fascist and I would have voted against him. But here in Switzerland we have more moderate choices.

They do not want anyone to have authority over them in any capacity. They want to fuck who they want, do what drugs they want, shoot what they want, exploit financially anyone they want, hire and fire anyone they want, control and manipulate markets however they want. They do not want any limitations placed on them by law, regulation, ethics, or morality. They feel no responsibility to anyone but themselves, do not value others that do not benefit them directly, and see society only as a means to serve their interests. They are the definition of narcissists.

Understands the importance of kidness and empathy but doesn't understand economics

I don't know if I've ever heard the quote IRL, but I've known libertarians and they've seemed fine. If all you disagree about is the particulars of economic theory it's not really worth getting worked up about.

I imagine this person being young and male, and possibly liking cryptocurrencies.

"I'm simple and don't bother to look deeper into anything"

'You're lying to either me, yourself, or both. You're a full on conservative and don't want to admit it.''

opposite of me I guess

"I haven't thought about politics for more than 30 seconds in my entire life but I don't want to admit that and don't want to sound like a complete asshole" is about the most charitable way I can translate that sound bite.

I won't waste my life savings on hookers and blow but you should absolutely have the freedom to do so without judgment

I think "I want to keep my money and let you get gay married"

You have no party if you are American as our conservative movement abandoned any form of fiscal responsibility 30-40 years ago. When was the last time a tax cut was paired with a reduction in spending? Oh yeah that last happened in 1983

I think in terms of American politics this means you are buying the shit that both sides are peddling to distract you from what the actual problems are and what is actually causing them