Lemmy is populated by far left Americans who were banned from Reddit for extremism. Strict ideological conformity is required or you’ll get actual death threats. Don’t go there unless you want violent communist revolution and hate discussing interesting ideas.
Just because you don’t know what a word means does not make the word not useful. Just because ignorant people misuse the word does not make the word meaningless.
When politically illiterate people use the word liberal to mean “progressive” they are just showing their ignorance. Liberalism is “progressive” when compared to absolute monarchy but that’s not saying much.
Hexbear users most certainly do not mean “neoliberalism” when they say “liberal.” Don’t project your ignorance on other people. Hexbear is a politically literate community.
Instead of writing this horribly ignorant comment you should have just gone and looked up what Liberalism is. The definition is like 3 clicks away.
You don’t build a “cohesive coalition” by inviting anyone with any ideology. If people don’t share views any “coalition” will tear itself apart.
Not gonna speak for everyone there, but I’ve literally seen someone claim “Liberal” derives from “Neoliberal”, so let’s not pretend it’s a bastion of political geniuses.