More dataisdepressing than dataisbeautiful
As a Transfem, it’s because conservatives suck (granted I despise all forms of liberalism).
Also why the hell is liberalism considered “left-wing” its center right at most.
Generally, a supporter of the political philosophy liberalism. Liberals may be politically left or right but tend to be centrist.
Liberalism supports capitalism, nothing about it is left wing. Hell even Social Liberalism isn’t left wing.
It sounds like you’re thinking of Libertarianism which is a subset of liberalism, but they are distinct.
Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, right to private property and equality before the law. Liberals espouse various and often mutually warring views depending on their understanding of these principles but generally support private property, market economies, individual rights (including civil rights and human rights), liberal democracy, secularism, rule of law, economic and political freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of religion. Liberalism is frequently cited as the dominant ideology of modern history.
In the United States the Republicans follow a form of Liberalism, Libertarians a form of Classical Liberalism, and Democrats a form a Neoliberalism.
