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You're thinking of what "liberal" means in most of Europe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_liberalism

But the article talks about a different kind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism_in_the_United_State...

Oh interesting, I'm indeed French and it's interesting to see that it does not mean the same thing, I've misinterpreted parts of the article then. Actually, even on wikipedia, the content between the same pages is completely different, interesting to see !

Liberal basically means the opposite of what it used to mean in the U.S.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_liberalism

"Liberal" means exactly what it always meant: there have always been different strains of liberalism. It's just the conservatives and libertarians who are picky about what they call themselves, defining themselves in opposition.

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