Do any of them know what the word “liberal” actually means?

  • Neon 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇹🇼🇮🇱 @lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    It isn’t / wasn’t

    There are/were a lot of systems where you need to be granted a privilege in order to do something.

    And just as many where the laws aren’t defined so anything can be laid out as illegal

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      2 months ago

      There are/were a lot of systems where you need to be granted a privilege in order to do something.

      Meaning there’s a law against doing it without said privilege.

      “If there isn’t a law against it, you’re allowed to do it”

      Even in liberalism, what you said is still the case. I need to be granted the privilege of a driver’s license to drive a car, I need the privilege of a medical license to practice medicine, etc. You’re talking nonsense.

      And just as many where the laws aren’t defined so anything can be laid out as illegal

      Such as?

      • Neon 🇺🇦🇪🇺🇹🇼🇮🇱 @lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        No, that’s not what I mean. What I mean is systems where everything is illegal by default and laws give you privileges to do something.

        Or even worse where the mood of a person is the law.

        1. Such as the new Russian law about discrediting the army.

        Anything can be interpreted into that law

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          2 months ago

          No, that’s not what I mean. What I mean is systems where everything is illegal by default and laws give you privileges to do something.

          That’s not any system that has ever existed.