logoalt Hacker News

js8today at 2:36 AM5 repliesview on HN

Starmer is not left-leaning, he's a liberal (and supports austerity). People should learn the difference between the left, the right and liberalism.


Replies

iamnotheretoday at 2:42 AM

Traditional labels are becoming useless anyway, liberal can mean anything from libertarian free market enjoyer to radical progressive depending on who you are talking to. And I am talking about self-identified labels!

You also have many right wingers (internationally) moving towards things like industrial policy, subsidies, and a populist labor focus (coupled with anti-immigration rhetoric of course). In some cases, even nationalization is under discussion. It’s a wild time to try and label things.

show 2 replies
866-RON-0-FEZtoday at 2:50 AM

He's a twonk and Britain is essentially a police state at this point. The American Revolutionary War was fought over far less than what is going on right now.

show 1 reply
yonaguskatoday at 3:05 AM

at this point I don't get bogged down in the details. They're all just different masks for authoritarianism.

show 1 reply
fithisuxtoday at 3:31 AM

Are crooks called liberals these days?

sophrosyne42today at 4:19 AM

[flagged]

show 1 reply