Dude, these are ideological frameworks that exist in the world. Liberals are about individual rights and individual property rights. Leftists are about collective rights and collective property rights. They are clearly distinctive worldviews.
Dude, these are ideological frameworks that exist in the world. Liberals are about individual rights and individual property rights. Leftists are about collective rights and collective property rights. They are clearly distinctive worldviews.
Let me put it another way. Liberals look at what is going on now and feel the system is broken and needs to be fixed. Leftists look at what is going on now and see the system is working as designed and must be replaced. They are fundamentally different worldviews.
The American system lumps liberals and leftists together, but their worldviews tend to be damn near incomparable from an organizing perspective.