Japan’s Vaccination Policy: No Force, No Discrimination

Re:Japan’s Vaccination Policy: No Force, No Discrimination by malermeister on Saturday January 08, 2022 @12:36PM (#29853975)

"Far-left liberal" is an oxymoron.

Liberalism is an economically right-wing, pro-capitalist ideology (this part is incompatible with leftism!), that is socially liberal (this part isn't).

In the US, due to the two-party system, liberals and leftists are forced to share a party, but that doesn't mean they want the same things.

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Re:Japan’s Vaccination Policy: No Force, No Discrimination by kodah on Saturday January 08, 2022 @12:41PM (#29854045)

If someone says "far left" or "far right" in America I usually interpret them talking about political culture rather than policy.

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Re:Japan’s Vaccination Policy: No Force, No Discrimination by malermeister on Saturday January 08, 2022 @12:57PM (#29854226)

I understand that and as a leftist I find it unfortunate that my label is being used to describe people that believe in things I oppose, hence the correction.

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Re:Japan’s Vaccination Policy: No Force, No Discrimination by kodah on Saturday January 08, 2022 @01:35PM (#29854647)

I used to refer to people who behave poorly on the left and right as "extremists" but people then assume I oppose socialist policies, rather than me attempting to reign in behavior. I'm not sure there's better words in a contextual language like English.

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