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the remaining differences are mostly about aesthetics and not about the use of violence to maintain hegemony

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[โ€“] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

> Gives the actual historically and materially correct definition of liberalism.

> Shitlib: No, here is the actual definition using the source that's the biggest beneficiary of capitalism and imperialism, and is engaged in a genocide.

Edit: And it also talks about its origin embedded in Neo-European aristocratic thought. People who had all the property and money benefitted from this pseudo-liberty and freedom of speech, while the working class suffered. Idk why you just posted a self-own! ๐Ÿ˜‚