The hegemonic ideology of the capitalist world. Here's the Wikipedia summary to give you something palatable. They don't mean "liberal" in the American sense of "Democrat-aligned".

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago

Over time, the meaning of liberalism began to diverge in different parts of the world. According to the Encyclopædia Britannica: "In the United States, liberalism is associated with the welfare-state policies of the New Deal programme of the Democratic administration of Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, whereas in Europe it is more commonly associated with a commitment to limited government and laissez-faire economic policies."

Fucking Americans always gotta be different

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

No, a liberal, ie someone who espouses liberalism, the free market capitalist ideology. Libertarians are anti-state liberals.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Liberalism has one necessity of wanting a very limited government. The same as libertarian. Anti state would be anarchist?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarianism

the dominant form of libertarianism in the United States. This libertarianism, a revival of classical liberalism

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago

no the definition of a liberal here is a liberal