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Originally Posted by Damien
But even Corbyn and his supporters wouldn't call themselves liberal. They're not liberals. As said before the way, in this country, liberal and left are synonymous is the kind of imported Americanism that Brietbart awkwardly tried to do. We have Conservatives who're liberal here.
As for the examples given it becomes rather hard to differentiate between left and right at some point. Trump is doing things in might be considered left wing. He is a protectionist who wants to impose tariffs on imports, limit free trade and spend a lot of government money on providing jobs. If Trump proves a failure I suspect you'll be defining him as a liberal too.
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Perhaps this bi-axis overview of the Left / Right / Libertarian / Authoritarian conundrum will help you out. You do seem to struggle with impartiality on this subject.
Where would you place yourself on this chart? I would place myself towards the bottom left corner of the left/libertarian quadrant. Communists would, I suppose, be well inside the left authoritarian quadrant. Adolf, (despite the deliberately misnamed National Socialist Party), would be well into the right/authoritarian quadrant. Where might we place Cameron, May, Corbyn, Bernie Sanders or Obama. We all know where we can stick Trump!!
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For your own entertainment, rather than scientific enlightenment, you can test yourself for placement on the chart.
https://www.politicalcompass.org/