manifold
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- #61
But we weren't talking about socialism way back when. Capitalism is also a liberal philosophy. You are the one that is intent on assigning it to the right wing. That makes no sense to me.
Capitalism is consistent with liberal philosophy. In case you missed it, I've said on multiple occasions that I'm a strong supporter of both.
Perhaps it is the use of left-right that is causing a misunderstanding between us. There are several spectrums of ideology and you can really only view them as left-right one at a time, or only once. I choose to view economic models as the original left-right spectrum and thus do not use it for any other. You've said yourself many times that liberal does not equal left-wing, yet that is exactly what you are arguing now, as far as I can tell. So when I say right-wing ideology, I'm referring specifically and exclusively to the economic ideal of capitalism and making no judgements about liberal, authoritarian, conservative or progressive.