Larks comments on 2012 Less Wrong Census/Survey - Less Wrong

65 Post author: Yvain 03 November 2012 11:00PM

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Comment author: Larks 08 November 2012 11:27:49AM 2 points [-]

'Cause in the general population it just seems to mean "liberal".

Only in the American interpretation of the word "liberal", which is at odds to how it is used both in most of the world (British Commonwealth, Europe, etc.) and historically.

Comment author: MugaSofer 08 November 2012 11:33:07AM *  0 points [-]

I'm ... not American.

Comment author: MixedNuts 08 November 2012 11:40:45AM 2 points [-]

Europe!"liberal" means "strongly for economic freedom, weakly for social regulation", so pretty much right-wing. US!"liberal" means "for economic regulation, strongly for social freedom", so totally left-wing.

Comment author: MugaSofer 08 November 2012 11:46:13AM *  0 points [-]

Europe!"liberal" means "strongly for economic freedom"

Not ... particularly. We're all over the map on the economy in my experience. I don't even know what you mean by "social regulation"; are we talking abortion?Freedom of speech? What?

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 09 November 2012 02:36:55AM 1 point [-]

I don't even know what you mean by "social regulation"; are we talking abortion?Freedom of speech? What?

Abortion, drug use, various alternative lifestyles.

Comment author: MugaSofer 09 November 2012 09:46:00AM 0 points [-]

Well, I'm not sure about drug use, but liberals here are generally OK with abortion and most alternative lifestyles.