Comment by TillieNeuen [she/her]@hexbear.net on Federation be like

Too obvious to be funny, but i still wanted to draw a shitpost.

I think it’s a typo for “libs,” since n and b are next to each other on an English keyboard.

Well, that makes no sense then.

libs is shorthand for liberals

Well, someone else said it means libertarian…. People shouldn’t use shorthand when so many other words in the same topic use the same.

It means people who subscribe to the failing economic theory of liberalism not just Democrats but Republicans and Libertarians too.

its a shared colloquial understanding on the english-speaking western internet that “lib/libs” is shorthand for “liberal/liberals” in the vast majority of cases, the person who told you it meant “libertarian” was probably looking for the word “lolbert”

Oh goodness, lolbert? Is there a lolearnie?

The political tendency in America that describe themselves as “Libertarians” are extremely individualist, pro-capitalists who are absolutists about private property and essentially believe that instead of a government all social entities should be private corporations that contract with each other and individuals to form society. Ie instead of a city having a civic government there would be a corporation that privately owns all the property and leases it, a corporation that owns the streets, a corporation that provides police and military services, but only to people who contracts. Many of them don’t go that far, but strongly believe that there should be little or no government regulation or interference in the economy.

It’s a very unrealistic system and non-libertarians, ie almost all Leftists and almost all Democrats, along with a good proportion of Fascists (GOP and their allies) don’t take Libertarians seriously.

My bad, I should have clarified that to the rest of the world outside of the US, “liberal” means “Liberal, Conservative, Libertarian”.

Like CriticalOtaku said in this thread, here on Hexbear, if someone says “libs,” we mean liberal in the older sense of the word.

I see. Well, I guess that’s the problem with a federated social media system. Rules for the entire system, with identical subs, and never really knowing where you are.

What’s this hexbear instance about?

we are a left unity instance. we are composed mostly of MLs and anarchists, so we are opposed to imperialism

So would it be a good place for a democratic socialist?

Yes for sure. If you mean actual democratic socialist ideology, like Evo Morales, Allende or Nelson Mandela, then yes. Hexbear is a left wing unity website.

If you mean social democracy, such as the Nordic/Scandinavian countries, then probably not. Though you’re always welcome to stick around and engage in good faith.

If you agree that the west is currently the greatest threat to global socialism then this the place for you.

we’re mostly on the revolutionary socialist side of the spectrum but yeah, you’ll be fine here. the inside jokes and cultural oddities will make more sense with time. welcome!

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